George Klein presents recordings by clarinetist Alvin Batiste, who combined New Orleans roots with an advanced modern approach. He is heard with fellow modernists Ellis Marsalis, Harold Battiste & Ed Blackwell in the American Jazz Quintet, as a sideman with Henry Butler, and as leader of several sessions on the India Navigation, Columbia, and Marsalis Music record labels.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
BAT’S BLUES
BEYOND THE GROOVE YARD 193
George Klein, Groove Yard Studio, Ypsilanti, July 12, 2017 [GKBG-0193]
[01] George Klein Intro & Opening Comments
[02] American Jazz Quintet: Stephanie
[03] Alvin Batiste: The Kheri Hebs
[04] Alvin Batiste: Picou
[05] Alvin Batiste: Ode to Bechet
[06] Alvin Batiste: Bat’s Blues
[07] American Jazz Quintet: Imp n’ Perry
[08] Henry Butler: Swinging at the Palace
[09] Alvin Batiste: Bumps
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by George Klein for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced & recorded by George Klein in Ypsilanti MI
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
Sponsored by Hempshopper & Ceres Seeds, Amsterdam
© 2017 George Klein. Used with permission.