Jon Batiste is hitting the road again. The Grammy and Oscar winner is launching his second headlining tour, promising fresh sounds for his forthcoming album and material from his latest project, ...

(SOUNDBITE OF JON BATISTE'S "LIFE OF LUDWIG") BATISTE: You know something about the "Life Of Ludwig" - Ludwig Van Beethoven, you know - he's someone who couldn't keep the music from coming out as ...

Jon Batiste performs at the Salt Shed in Chicago on June 13, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) This continued throughout the evening as Batiste performed other tracks off of “World Music Radio ...

Blurring genre boundaries, multi-instrumentalist Jon Batiste blends jazz, classical, R&B and pop with his own artistic choices for a unique style.

Hernández Photographs and Video by Kandice Chavous Long before Jon Batiste was a ... The beauty of the music didn’t dawn on me until later.” Now Batiste, 38, is returning to his classical ...

Not just an album; its a statement Jon Batiste’s “Beethoven Blues” is not just an album; it’s a bold statement that redefines the boundaries of classical music. By blending genres and ...

I don’t know what happened where classical music stopped the improvisation as a part of the process of making this great art.” Jon Batiste was born in Louisiana to a prominent musical family. Several ...

Sipa USA/Alamy Live News Jon Batiste’s parents, Michael and Katherine Batiste, helped him flourish in his music career. The five-time Grammy winning artist’s father is a bassist from a long ...

Jon Batiste, a Grammy-winning musician from New ... A week before the Super Bowl, he added two more Grammys to his total, picking up Best Music Film for “American Symphony” and Best Song ...

However, he said that “jazz, inherently, is a form of music that goes against that.” Batiste invited several Bahamian dignitaries and jazz fans — such as Jon Stewart — to the opening night.