Tag: Sam Bates

Sam Bates at drum kit
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Album review: Backblocks (Sam Bates Trio)

‘…his trio has played together intermittently without homicidal incident since 2011.’

Sam Bates at drum kit
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Album review: Backblocks (Sam Bates Trio) by John Hardaker

Rhythm. Heat. Lines. Movement. Energy. Since 2010’s ‘The Singularity’, The Sam Bates Trio have naturally progressed into the force of nature that we hear here.

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Q&A with Sam Bates – 2011 NJA Finalist

” I remember drumming along to Mental As Anything’s ‘Live It Up’ played on repeat. All Day.”