ALVIN BATISTE
Genres: Third Stream, Post Bop, Avant-Garde Jazz • United States

Alvin Batiste is regarded as one of the major instrumentalists of our time. His performances range from concerts at the Joe Papp Theatre, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Sweet Basils, Carlosi and the Bottom Line in New York to the Theatre Boulange in Paris.  He has performed extensively in Europe, Canada and the United States.  He has toured West Africa and appeared in concert in Mali, Ivory Coast, Zaire, Benin and Togo. The clarinetist’s performances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fair always attracted large audiences.  His live recording at Snug Harbor in New Orleans is one of the classic recordings available in the early 1990's on the Evolution Hall Label. The albums Batiste recorded with the Clarinet Summit are historic.  Along with the late John Carter, Jimmy Hamilton and David Murray, two albums were prepared for release on the India Navigation Label. The Italian label, Black Saint, read more...