A new birth for music! Chris Bates is a new up and coming award winning artist fulfilling a purpose and opening the ears of the masses. Chris is a gifted pianist, guitarist, brass musician and rapper. His sound ranges from the avant-garde to Sucker Free Sunday. The New York music scene has been SuperSport's focal point since about 2014. He began his journey in the New York jazz scene as a sideman for numerous artists including Mingus Big Band, Jason Moran and Absence of Ruin and now as a member of Henry Threadgill’s Very Very Circus. He is also a composer and producer.
As of late he has expressed as a rapper in the hip hop genre as well as a passionate activist for the preservation of jazz music. Deluxe was a classical musician in his formative years. He later elected to broaden his horizons as an all around musician and lyricist. He characterizes his taste as eclectic and influenced by his life experiences. Music has been a paramount part of his life and has played a role in his upbringing on the east coast of the United States. Chris is soon to finish his first album. The album will be released next year. Chris was selected to be apart of Betty Carter Jazz Ahead in 2014 before being added as a member of the Mingus Big Band while continuously celebrating its Grammy win until Sue Mingus’ death a few years ago. With Mingus he was invited to go on tour with band abroad along with his name being featured in a London Newspaper. Chris has performed in venues across the nation including Chicago’s Symphony Hall, New York’s Zankel Hall, San Francisco Sf Jazz Venue, San Francisco’s Davies Hall, Los Angeles’ Disney Hall, New York’s Jazz Standard, Brooklyn’s Roulette, Stanford University, Berklee School of Music in Boston as hired artist and many more. Chris has been featured as an artist at Numerous Jazz Festivals including The Clifford Brown Jazz Festival, The Detroit Jazz Festival, Big Ears Music Fest, and many more. Chris has performed on stage with a myriad of award winning and Grammy Award Winning Artists including Logan Richardson, Seamus Blake, Chris Cheek, Joe Sanders, Jeremy Pelt, Alexander Sipiagin, Orrin Evans, Blue Note artist Immanuel Wilkins, Charles Alturra, Justin Brown, Cowboy Bepop soundtrack Writer Yoko Kanno, Josh Roseman, Jason Marshall, Blue Note artist Nasheet Waits, EJ Strickland, Botti Saxophonist Chad Leftkowitz Brown, Blue Note Artist Gerald Clayton, Miles Okazaki, Brandon Ross, Gene Lake, David Adewumi, Stacy Dillard, Orlando Le Fleming, David Kikoski, Wallace Roney Jr., Jaleel Shaw, Robin Eubanks, Myron Walden, Ronnie Cuber and many more.