Leader: Michael Bates
Years Active: 2011-2014
Personnel:
- Michael Bates: bass, compositions
- Russ Johnson: trumpet
- Chris Speed: alto saxophone
- Russ Lossing: piano
- Tom Rainey: drums
Albums:
- Acrobat: Music for, and by, Dmitri Shostakovich (Sunnyside Records, 2011)
Live Performances:
| Date | Venue | Media |
| 2014 | ||
| Jan 18[1] | Cornelia Street Café | |
| 2012 | ||
| May 5[2] | Cornelia Street Café | |
| 2011 | ||
| Dec 10[3] | I-Beam | |
| Nov 12[4] | Cornelia Street Café | |
| Apr 14[5] | Cornelia Street Café | |
| Feb 10 | I-Beam |
[1] Dan Weiss replaced Tom Rainey on drums.
[2] Greg Tardy replaced Chris Speed on alto saxophone; Michael Sarin replaced Tom Rainey on drums.
[3] Jeff Davis replaced Tom Rainey on drums; included special guest Samuel Blaser on trombone.
[4] Record release: Acrobat: Music for, and by, Dmitri Shostakovich.
[5] On this date and for the 10 February 2011 performance, billed as “Michael Bates’ October Quintet.”