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Although sometimes called a "New Orleans clarinetist" (his Columbia album even billed him as a "Legendary Pioneer of Jazz"), in reality Alvin Batiste is an avant-garde player who does not fit easily into any classification. Under-recorded throughout his career, Batiste was a childhood friend of <a href="spotify:artist:6OyNnPUKtNrjm5QQkK0Px9">Ed Blackwell</a> and he spent time in Los Angeles in 1956 playing with <a href="spotify:artist:47odibUtrN3lnWx0p0pk2P">Ornette Coleman</a>. However, Batiste chose the life of an educator in Louisiana. He did make some little-known records with the AFO ("all for one") quintet in New Orleans, popped up on a couple of <a href="spotify:artist:5v74mT11KGJqadf9sLw4dA">Cannonball Adderley</a> dates, and toured with <a href="spotify:artist:1eYhYunlNJlDoQhtYBvPsi">Ray Charles</a> in 1958, but was an obscure legend until he made three albums with <a href="spotify:artist:2v0sxtgD8ejJFf7shI6tC8">Clarinet Summit</a> in the 1980s (a quartet also including John Carter, <a href="spotify:artist:00SOiqZ0YGY2JhjSPxZMZg">David Murray</a>, and <a href="spotify:artist:2DyjqJKeLalliPzVY3jkiO">Jimmy Hamilton</a>). Batiste recorded an album, Bayou Magic, in 1988 as a leader for India Navigation and made the 1993 Columbia album Late. Songs, Words and Messages, Connections appeared in 1999, followed by Marsalis Music Honors Alvin Batiste in 2007. He remained a very explorative (and under-recognized) player until his death in May 2007 of heart failure, just hours before he was set to perform at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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