Jon Batiste

“It’s got to be an experience. It can’t be something that’s like a museum piece.”Jon Batiste offered that assessment about jazz back in 2014, during a…

Regina Carter Freedom Band, “Rocky Mountain High”Violinist and bandleader Regina Carter hails from a swing state: as a proud daughter of Detroit, she’s…

Jon Batiste, “WE ARE”Last Friday, pianist and Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste led his second protest march under the banner “WE ARE,” moving the action…

Jon Batiste spent his 33rd birthday playing an intimate, private concert with his band in the round while Jazz Night in America captured the show.He kept…

Along with two other recommended albums — a total of six. (We’re feeling generous.)Chick Corea Trilogy, “Crepuscule with Nellie”Chick Corea, the eternally…

Jon Batiste was a highly regarded but not especially famous jazz pianist when he first recorded a tune called “https://youtu.be/mekHqE-9WTk">Creative,” on…

Along with saxophonist Michaël Attias and trombonist Joe Fiedler.Joel Ross and Good Vibes, “Ill Relations”Ask any clubgoing New Yorker to name the most…

From the beginning, America's oldest jazz fête strove for a breadth of style. George Wein, the festival's cofounder and patriarch, used to say he wanted…

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic," a quintessentially American invention, first appeared as a poem on the cover of The Atlantic Monthly, in February…