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On Friday, August 18, Jon Batiste sang live on TODAY as part of the Citi Concert Series! Here's how to watch the highlights for free.
Batiste began working on the album in late 2019, making it in his dressing room over six days in September and finishing it by mid-2020. While largely written and recorded prior to the events of 2020, the album's lyrical and thematic content reflects such events as the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and his involvement in 2020, leading Black Lives Matter protests in New York after the killings ...
Jon Batiste was born in Metairie, Louisiana, to a Catholic family. [1] [10] He grew up in Kenner, Louisiana. [2]Batiste is a member of a New Orleans musical dynasty, the Batiste family, that includes Lionel Batiste of the Treme Brass Band, Milton Batiste of the Olympia Brass Band, and Russell Batiste Jr. [11] [12] At the age of eight, he played percussion and drums with his family's band, the ...
Jon Batiste performed on the TODAY Show Plaza on August 18. Watch his full performance plus more behind the scenes of the Citi Concert. A thunderous storm didn't stop Jon Batiste from livening up ...
Jon Batiste has bid farewell to The Late Show-- as bandleader, that is. The GRAMMY winner has stepped down from his musical role on the late-night show, host Stephen Colbert confirmed on Thursday ...
Baptiste met his birth mother, who was a care leaver herself, at the age of 10 for the first time since going into care. [26] [6] He has never met his birth father.In his mid-20s, in spite of having been told by social workers that he was an only child, he found out for the first time that he had four older half-brothers on his father's side, one of whom he has met.
John Batiste was commissioned as an infantry officer from West Point (Class of 1974) and served in five US Army heavy divisions over the next 31 years. He is a two-time combat veteran in both the Gulf War (brigade operations officer/S3, 24th Infantry Division) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (commanding general of the 1st Infantry Division ).
Request your fan passes for the Friday, June 17 Citi Summer Concert LIVE on the TODAY Plaza. Jon Batiste concert on TODAY: What you need to know Skip to main content