Alvin Batiste
Alvin Batiste (* 7. November 1932 in New Orleans , † 6. May 2007 ) was an American jazz - clarinetist , saxophonist , pianist, composer and university teacher.
Live and act
Batiste had a classical training on his instrument; while in high school he played with Ed Blackwell and performed with Guitar Slim and Ukulele Lemon. After completing his military service, he began his music career in New Orleans in the mid-1950s. He founded the American Jazz Quintet in 1956 with Ellis Marsalis , Harold Battiste and Ed Blackwell to play modern chamber music jazz (first recording 1956), played with Ornette Coleman and worked as a music teacher. He toured with Ray Charles in 1958 , then went on to study at Southern University in Baton Rouge . Then he performed Mozart's clarinet concerto with the symphony orchestra in his hometown . He later founded the Jazzstronauts .
From 1969 to the mid-1980s he taught at the Southern University Jazz Institute, which he directed. Branford Marsalis , Donald Harrison, and Herlin Riley are among his students .
His work is documented on five albums under his own name; According to Digby Fairweather , as an instrumentalist with an eclectic style - comparable to Tony Coe in England - he is equally at home in traditional and modern jazz and also integrates elements of contemporary music. As a composer he wrote three "New Orleans Suites" for the New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra .
Batiste has been involved in recordings with Cannonball Adderley , Billy Cobham (with whom he also appeared at the Montreux Jazz Festival ), Branford Marsalis and Marlon Jordan ; In 1987 he worked with Freddie Hubbard's Satchmo Legacy Band . Since 1981 he has been a member of John Carter's Clarinet Summit with David Murray and Jimmy Hamilton and also involved in its recordings (1984, 1987). In 1989 Batiste was a guest musician on Wynton Marsalis ' album Crescent City Christmas Card , and in 1990 on the album Ka.leidoduke by Ernie Wilkins .
Discographic notes
- Musique D'Afrique Nouvell Orleans ( India Navigation , 1984)
- Bayou Magic (India Navigation, 1988)
- Late ( Columbia Records , 1993)
- Songs, Words and Messages, Connections (SLM Records, 1999)
- Marsalis Music Honors Series: Alvin Batiste (2007)
literature
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Batiste, Alvin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 2007 |
| Place of death | New Orleans |