ALVIN BATISTE Musique DAfrique Nouvelle Orleans (Sealed 1984 US India Navigation four-part LP suite a very Progressive release which celebrates New Orleans culture through African roots. Its quite a funky-at-times longplayer [thanks to the electric bass grooves] with classical motifs spiritual jazz trappings & slight academic approach. The late Batiste refused to leave his beloved New Orleans after the destruction of hurricane Katrina he carried on teaching at the New Orleans Cen tre For Creative Arts until his passing. This collectors copy remains factory sealed from new with no deletion cuts the vinyl mint & unplayed IN-1065)ÞÞMusique DAfrique Nouvelle Orleans 15:09A1a Kodaly A2b Just Like Mystics Of Old A1c March