Date: Sunday, November 4, 2012
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Building: Woldenberg Art Center, Freeman Auditorium
Location: uptown campus

Musical tribute by The Next Generation and special guests. Concert begins at 5 pm with reception to follow at 6 pm. Free and open to the public. Battiste will be feted by former jazz students in a celebration of his life. Battiste is a retired musician, arranger and music educator who served as the musical director for Sam Cooke, Sonny & Cher, Dr. John and many others. He will sign copies of his memoir, "unfinished blues: Memories of New Orleans Music Man" at the reception. Event is a collaboration by Tulane's Jazz Studies program and the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South through its Music Rising program.

Sponsored by: New Orleans Center for the Gulf South as well as Jazz Studies Program, Music Rising Program

Admission: Free
Attendance: Open to the public
Open to: Alumni, Faculty, Graduate students, Parents, Prospective undergrads, Staff, Undergraduates, Visitors

Tickets: Not required

For more information contact Karen Celestan via email to kcelestan@tulane.edu or by phone at 504-616-5595

Additional information may be found at the event website at http://tulane.edu/liberal-arts/NOCGS/index.cfm