Alvin Batiste (November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007) was an American

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clarinetist born, who was in

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans

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, United States. He taught at his own jazz institute at Southern University in Baton Rouge,

. His final album was a tribute produced by Branford Marsalis, and also featured Russell Malone and

Herlin Riley Herlin Riley (born February 15, 1957) is an American jazz drummer and a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis. A native of New Orleans, Riley started on the drums when he was three. He played trumpet through high ...

. Several well-known musicians studied under Batiste while at Southern University. They include Branford Marsalis, Randy Jackson, his brother Herman,

Donald Harrison Donald Harrison Jr. (born June 23, 1960) is an African-American jazz saxophonist and the Big Chief of The Congo Square Nation Afro-New Orleans Cultural Group from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Berklee Col ...

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, Charlie Singleton ( Cameo), Ronald Myers and Woodie Douglas (Spirit). Mike Esneault, an Emmy Award-winning composer, pianist, and educator was also mentored by Batiste. Batiste died in Baton Rouge, of a heart attack in his sleep, aged 74.

Discography

As leader

*1984: ''Musique D'Afrique Nouvell Orleans'' (

India Navigation India Navigation was an American record company and independent record label that specialized in avant-garde jazz in the 1970s and 1980s. It was founded by Bob Cummins, a corporate lawyer who helped jazz musicians with legal matters. Its catalog ...

) *1988: ''Bayou Magic'' (India Navigation) *1993: ''

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'' ( Columbia Records) *1999: ''Songs, Words and Messages, Connections'' (SLM Records) *2007: ''Marsalis Music Honors Series: Alvin Batiste''

As sideman

With Cannonball Adderley *''

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'' (1972) With

Billy Cobham William Emanuel Cobham Jr. (born May 16, 1944) is a Panamanian–American jazz drummer who came to prominence in the late 1960s and early 1970s with trumpeter Miles Davis and then with the Mahavishnu Orchestra. He was inducted into the ''Mode ...

*''

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'' (1977) With

*''The Village'' (1987, Impulse!) With

Clarinet Summit Clarinet Summit was a project organized by producer Joachim-Ernst Berendt in 1979. The 1979 concert was released on MPS Records as ''You Better Fly Away''. It features John Carter, Perry Robinson, Gianluigi Trovesi, Bernd Konrad, Theo Jörgens ...

*''Clarinet Summit'' (1984) With Marlon Jordan *''Marlon's Mode'' (1997) With

Mark Whitfield Mark Whitfield (born October 6, 1966) is an American jazz guitarist. Life and career Whitfield was born in Lindenhurst, New York. He has worked with Jack McDuff, Jimmy Smith, Courtney Pine, Nicholas Payton, and Chris Botti. In 2000, Whitfield ...

*''Patrice'' (1991) With

Wynton Marsalis Wynton Learson Marsalis (born October 18, 1961) is an American trumpeter, composer, teacher, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has promoted classical and jazz music, often to young audiences. Marsalis has won nine Grammy Award ...

*''Crescent City Christmas Card'' (1990)

References

External links

Jazz News obituary
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