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~Pianist Jonathan Batiste is a member of a long lineage of musicians from the Batiste family of Louisiana. He was introduced to music by his family's band, the Batiste Brothers Band, in which he played percussion/drums at age 8. He switched to piano around the age of 12. By the age of 17, he released the first of his two CDs as a leader entitled "Times In New Orleans" featuring New Orleans musicians Jason Marsalis, Donald Harrison, Jr., and Christian Scott. By then he was already attracting considerable attention as a young musician of great talent and potential. In 2004 he graduated from the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) as a prime young performer
First Weekend of the 2026 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
by Mark Robbins
The Fair Grounds Race Course and Slots in New Orleans is transformed for two weekends a year into the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Once inside the gates the walk to the far end of the fair grounds to the Jazz Tent is filled the sounds of music from the Kid's Tent, zydeco, soul and ...
Dawn Clement, Chris McNulty, Stella Heath, Elina Duni, John Clayton With Rene Marie & More
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new music from Dawn Clement, Chris McNulty, Stella Heath, Elina Duni and John Clayton featuring Rene Marie, with birthday shoutouts to Carla Bley, Betty Carter, Stevie Wonder, Virginia Mayhew, Jennifer Wharton, Audrey Silver, Deidre Rodman Stuck, Karin Krog, Nadje Noordhuis, Sarah Hanahan, Veronica Swift, Brittany Anjou and Grace Kelly among others. Happy listening ...
Take Five with singer-songwriter-pianist EBBA
by AAJ Staff
Meet EBBA NYC-based Swedish singer-songwriter-pianist EBBA is reshaping what it means to be a jazz artist in 2025. A Berklee Presidential Scholar and recent graduate, she moves fluidly between jazz sophistication and raw, modern songwriting, carving out a sound that's fearless and arrestingly original. Fresh off the road with Jon Batiste, adding keys and vocals to his global tour ...
Matt Marantz: About Music, Money and Mouthpieces
by Dean Nardi
Back in ancient times, when people would buy actual magazines with paper and print and pictures and ads, some of the music publications would offer companion CD compilations. You could always find two or three tracks that stood out and maybe enticed you to check out an artist's recorded output. That is how I came across ...
Abbie Finn, Maria Kaushansky, Jon Batiste, And More
by Colin Muirhead
Featuring music by the Abbie Finn Trio, Maria Kaushansky, Theo Croker & Sullivan Fortner, Emma Johnson, John Donegan, Jon Batiste, and more. Playlist Abbie Finn Trio “Nothing Personal" from Northern Perspective (Self Released) 00:00 Tom Waits for No Man “Martha" from Stepney Row EP (Self Released) 07:37 ATFK “Swagger Back" from Repeat for Joy ...
All About Music—My AAJ Experience
by Alan Bryson
Music & Taste Music and food have a lot in common. Variety is the key--without it, even the best prepared food loses its appeal. It is telling that we speak of “musical taste," even though we experience music through our ears. Genres like jazz and classical music weave together themes, patterns, harmonies, and mathematical ...
Jon Batiste, Randy Newman, Hedvig Mollestad, Emma-Jean Thackray
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy a playlist of standout new jazz releases from off the beaten path, with a special focus on late-night band heroes Lenny Pickett, Ron Blake, and Jon Batiste in a one-of-a-kind collaboration with Randy Newman. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Ron ...
Jon Batiste & Randy Newman: Lonely Avenue
by Ludovico Granvassu
Enjoy this soulful take on Doc Pomus' “Lonely Avenue"--a song immortalized by Ray Charles, the patron saint of Jon Batiste's musical world. To make this single an even more compelling preview of his upcoming album Big Money, Batiste enlisted a fellow Ray Charles devotee, the legendary Randy Newman. Though Newman has kept a lower ...
Winter Jazzfest 2025: The Once and Future Music
by Adam Beaudoin
Winter JazzfestNew York, NYJanuary 9-15, 2025 Impressions of A Love Supreme We are standing in a line outside the venue, waiting in the January chill to listen to nearly two dozen musicians perform and pay tribute to John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, 60 years to the month after its release. People ...
