Alvin Batiste was an avant garde jazz

Jazz

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 clarinet

Clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...

ist born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Louisiana

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. He taught at his own jazz institute at Southern University

Southern University

Southern University and A&M College is a historically black college located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Baton Rouge campus is located on Scott’s Bluff overlooking the Mississippi River in the northern section...

 in Baton Rouge.

His final album was a tribute produced by Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis is an American saxophonist, composer and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ensembles and has led the group Buckshot LeFonque.-Biography:Marsalis was born...

 and also features Russell Malone

Russell Malone

Russell Malone is an essentially self-taught swing and bebop jazz guitarist. He began working with Jimmy Smith in 1988, and went on to work with Harry Connick, Jr. and Diana Krall throughout the 1990s...

 and Herlin Riley

Herlin Riley

Herlin Riley is an American Neo-bop jazz drummer. Along with other notable musicians such as Wynton Marsalis and Wessel Anderson, he is a member of the New York jazz group, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra....

.Allmusic review

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

Randy Jackson

Randall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...

 (American Idol

American Idol

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), his brother Herman, Donald Harrison

Donald Harrison

Donald Harrison, Jr. is an American jazz saxophonist from New Orleans, Louisiana.-Biography:Harrison studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and Berklee College of Music. He played with Roy Haynes, Jack McDuff, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Terence Blanchard and Don Pullen in the...

, Henry Butler

Henry Butler

Henry Butler is an American jazz pianist.He is known for his technique and his ability to play in many styles of music. Referred to by Dr...

, Charlie Singleton (Cameo), and Woodie Douglas (Spirit).

As leader

• 1984: Musique D'Afrique Nouvell Orleans (India Navigation
  India Navigation
  India Navigation was an American independent record label that was active from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Founded by corporate lawyer Bob Cummins, the label specialized in jazz music, particularly avant-garde jazz.-Discography:...
  
  )
• 1988: Bayou Magic (India Navigation)
• 1993: Late (Columbia Records
  Columbia Records
  Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
  
  )
• 1999: Songs, Words and Messages, Connections (SLM Records)
• 2007: Marsalis Music Honors Series: Alvin Batiste

As sideman

With Cannonball Adderley

• The Black Messiah
  The Black Messiah
  The Black Messiah is a live album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley recorded at the Troubadour in Los Angeles, California in 1970 featuring performances by Adderley's Quintet with Nat Adderley, George Duke, Walter Booker and Roy McCurdy with guest appearances by Airto Moreira, Mike Deasy,...
  
  (1972)

With Henry Butler

Henry Butler

Henry Butler is an American jazz pianist.He is known for his technique and his ability to play in many styles of music. Referred to by Dr...

• The Village (1987, Impulse!
  Impulse! Records
  Impulse! Records was an American jazz record label, originally established in 1960 by producer Creed Taylor as a subsidiary of ABC-Paramount Records, based in New York City...
  
  )

With Clarinet Summit

• Clarinet Summit (1984)

With Marlon Jordan

Marlon Jordan

Marlon Jordan is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader.-Biography:Born Marlon Jordan, one of six performers of a prominent family of New Orleans musicians...

• Marlon's Mode (1997)

With Mark Whitfield

Mark Whitfield

Mark Whitfield is an American hard bop and soul-jazz guitarist born in Syosset, New York, probably better known for his recordings as bandleader for both the Verve and Warner Bros. Records record labels...

• Patrice (1991)

With Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Marsalis

Wynton Learson Marsalis is a trumpeter, composer, bandleader, music educator, and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Marsalis has promoted the appreciation of classical and jazz music often to young audiences...

• Crescent City Christmas Card (1990)

External links

• Jazz News obituary