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Lawrence Batiste, photo courtesy of the Batiste family

In Memoriam: Lawrence Batiste (1938–2022)

July 27, 2022 by: Geraldine Wyckoff

“The music was always in my heart and my mind,” Lawrence Batiste sincerely avowed during an interview when he was being inducted into the 2006 edition of the New Orleans Jazz All-Stars. At the time, the drummer was recalling the period when he temporarily put down his sticks to take a day job as a refrigerator technician at Sears to support his family. On the other hand, music had been a part of Batiste's life since childhood when he became enraptured by the ma...

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