To Jon Batiste, music is about much more than playing the right notes, releasing hit records and winning awards — although he does all of that, with regularity. “It’s more than entertainment,” the ...

Jon Batiste performs with the TBC Brass Band during Jon Batiste's Love Riot Festival, a 'day of hope and celebration' on the ...

Batiste had a lot to say about AI—and his belief it won’t ever replace the sound of human voice—backstage at the 68th Grammys.

There was, simply put, no way Jon Batiste was not going to be a musician. Born in Louisiana to one of New Orleans’ most prolific music families -- father Michael Batiste played bass for Jackie Wilson ...

Jon Batiste’s music mirrors connection, intimacy. His songs, accompanied often by his Stay Human ensemble, are so fundamental and informed by deep jazz, Afro-pop, R&B, and New Orleans roots that he is ...

When Jon Batiste began working on his 2025 album, Big Money, an impromptu sit-down on the piano with Randy Newman turned into the first time in years that the legendary songwriter and composer sang.

Here's a look at the national anthem singer for Super Bowl 59.

Not a whole lot of performances at Heinz Hall end with spectators, sousaphones, melodicas and percussion instruments spilling out onto Penn Avenue. Then again, not a whole lot of performers are Jon ...

Singer-songwriter Jon Batiste is a musical marvel. The New Orleans-bred composer and musical chameleon blends a variety of music styles - R&B, funk, jazz and classical - into an exciting mix that is ...

NORFOLK, VA. — An Old Dominion University music student gets the thrill of a lifetime after meeting award-winning musician Jon Batiste. “I call it a handheld piano that you simply blow into,” said ODU ...