Late Show Bandleader Jon Batiste Discusses His Genre-Busting Year
Pianist and bandleader Jon Batiste is a near-perfect representative of what it means to be a millennial jazz musician in 2021.
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Highlights from the 2019 Global Citizen Festival
The 2019 Global Citizen Festival featured Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Pharrell Williams, and more for an event that drew thousands of attendees who won tickets through social activism.
Holiday Mirth at 2018’s Penultimate ‘Live From Here’
Jon Batiste, St. Vincent, Sara Watkins and Jim Gaffigan were Chris Thile's special guests at the last Live From Here show for the season.
“No Pause, Press Play”: An Interview with Jazz Virtuoso Jon Batiste
Known to millions as the Late Show with Stephen Colbert's masterful MD, Jon Batiste makes a space for listeners "to feel and to think" on his Verve debut, Hollywood Africans.
Newport Folk Fest: Jon Batiste Leads Superb Finale
Another weekend at the Newport Folk Festival provides some amazing musical memories, especially the Jon Batiste-led star-studded finale.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Jon Batiste: The Music of John Lewis
The late show band leader and Wynton Marsalis, in concert presenting the surprising prescient music of the leader of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
Jon Batiste and Stay Human: 29 June 2014 – Summerstage, New York (Photos)
If you are familiar with Jon Batiste, you already know he is a wild performer. He managed to kick it up a notch at his Summerstage show.