“A group of people enjoying music together, that’s my idea of a “Good Time”: live music, in real time, experienced at the very moment it is created” explains Django Bates during the presentation of his piano solo concert. “Two years ago, when I started writing new piano pieces, I was at a point where I wanted to simplify everything in my life, and I went through a distillation process. The resulting compositions, such as “Flurry In The Desert”, “Iris”, “My Idea Of A Good Time”, embrace all the ways in which the piano has been a cherished friend of mine over time”