Louisiana Legends; Alvin Batiste
- Series
- Louisiana Legends
- Episode
- Alvin Batiste
- Producing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting
- Contributing Organization
- Louisiana Public Broadcasting (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/17-1615fn6n
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- Description
- Episode Description
- An interview with Alvin Batiste conducted by Gus Weill for Louisiana Legends. Batiste, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, was a jazz clarinetist. He discusses playing at Carnegie Hall with other Southern musicians; growing up as an African American in New Orleans; receiving his first clarinet at age 14; sneaking into clubs in the French Quarter as a teenager to play jazz; the encouragement he received from the New Orleans music community; his exposure to the positive and negative aspects of race through music; recording and touring with Ray Charles; earning degrees from Southern University and Louisiana State University; the counsel of his father-in-law in not reacting violently to racism; teaching himself to play Charlie Parker's music on the saxophone and translating the music to the clarinet; becoming the first jazz musician in residence at a public school in the United States; organizing the Jazz Institute at Southern University; his experience of touring South Africa in 1973; and the link between drugs and music.
- Episode Description
- This episode of the series "Louisiana Legends" from July 24, 1985, features an interview with Alvin Batiste conducted by Gus Weill. Batiste, a New Orleans native, was a jazz clarinetist, composer, and educator at the Jazz Institute at Southern University in Baton Rouge. He discusses performing at Carnegie Hall in New York along with other Southern musicians; receiving his first clarinet at age 14; sneaking into clubs in the French Quarter as a teenager the encouragement he received from the New Orleans music community; touring with Ray Charles; receiving degrees from Southern University and Louisiana State University; his exposure to the positive and negative aspects of race through music; teaching himself to play Charlie Parker's music on the saxophone and translating it to the clarinet; organizing and teaching at the Jazz Institute at Southern University; his experience of visiting Africa in 1973; and the link between drugs and music.
- Date
- 1985-07-24
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- Biography
- Subjects
- Louisiana; MUSIC; Jazz/Blues; African Americans; Racism; Discrimination; Education
- Rights
- Louisiana Educational Television Authority/Louisiana Public Broadcasting. Restricted Use. For permission or licensing information contact: comments@lpb.org
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 195:05:15
- Credits
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Associate Producer: Fourrier, Clay
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Director: Richard, Todd
Interviewee: Batiste, Alvin
Interviewer: Weill, Gus
Producer: Grigsby, Kathryn
Producing Organization: Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Video: Hatfield, Kent
Video: LaBauve, Douglas
Writer: Laudun, Tika
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: C3072 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:28:00
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: C3072.mp4 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: video/mp4
Generation: Copy: Access
Duration: 195:05:15
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: C3072.mxf (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: application/mxf
Generation: Master
Duration: 195:06:15
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Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Identifier: H515 (Louisiana Public Broadcasting Archives)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Duration: 00:30:00
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Louisiana Legends; Alvin Batiste,” 1985-07-24, Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 20, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-1615fn6n.
- MLA: “Louisiana Legends; Alvin Batiste.” 1985-07-24. Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 20, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-1615fn6n>.
- APA: Louisiana Legends; Alvin Batiste. Boston, MA: Louisiana Public Broadcasting, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-17-1615fn6n