Description
*This is a Vinyl LP*
Release Date: 2023
Label: Now-Again
Track List
Side A
A1. Samba Dee
A2. Ah Je Gu Da Ba
Side B
B1. Clean Air
B2. Music Came
Side C
C1. Nanigo
C2. Holdin’ Meetin’
Side D
D1. Samba Dee (Instrumental)
D2. Music Came (Instrumental)
Personnel
Bass – Charles Singleton
Clarinet, Vocals [Monologues], Composed By – Alvin Batiste
Congas – Bennie Robertson
Congas, Electronics – George Mitchell
Congas, Vocals [French Spanish Monologue] – Juan Mosquera
Drums – Herman Jackson
Guitar – Alphonso Rodriguez
Organ – Antonio York
Percussion – Richard Hunter
Saxophone – James McElroy
Trumpet – Ernest Nation, Willie Singleton
Vocals – Eddie Perkins
Notes
This is the first-ever commercial releases of New Orleans’ legend Alvin Batiste’s Spiritual Jazz albums created with the college band he instructed and led in Baton Rouge. Originally given away as souvenirs at Southern University, the two albums contains deep Batiste originals. They are some of the most sought after albums of Americas 70s jazz underground.
