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playing in the Batiste Brothers Band with his dad and other relatives when he was just 8 years old. After graduating from Juilliard and gaining successful traction, Batiste stumbled onto a very ...
Milton Batiste of the Olympia Brass Band, and Russell Batiste Jr. At the age of 8, Jon played percussion and drums with his brothers in the Batiste Brothers Band, co-founded by his father.
He also co-founded the Batiste Brothers Band, an ensemble of seven brothers who dabbled in genres from funk to R&B, which Jon also played percussion and drums for when he was only 8 years old.