jon batiste
@JonBatiste • 161,844 subscribers
♡✞ Your Joyous heroic American maestro
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I was checking out 1989 (Taylor’s Version) by my friend Taylor Swift …
jon batiste932,019 views • 1 year ago
There will never be another. A truly singular example of modern artistic excellence and profound humanity. When I'd call him, he would dive right into telling stories and I was all ears. I wish those conversations had been recorded because they were drenched in unlimited insight, wisdom and soul. Whether it was his equal parts awe-inspiring and ridiculously humorous recounting of how he helped shaped cultural history, or our shared love of family, world travels, exploring faith and rising from dark times. Almost everything was discussed and I was always grateful for our relationship. To fully unlock and reflect upon it all right now is just too much to process. His anecdotes about work ethic and his constructive feedback of my work were significant factors in sharpening my craft—for instance as a collaborator and unofficial producer on the We Are and World Music Radio albums that changed my artistic trajectory. But some of the most powerful advice he shared with me was rooted in how to develop your humanity. The power of prayers and mantras, which he said every morning . His insight about how "Your music can never be more or less than you are as a human being, so work on the human part" or how he and Ray Charles developed inner strength during the civil rights era by instilling within that "Not one ounce of my self worth depends on anyone else's acceptance of me" , a few examples of MANY. When I won the Academy Award in my speech I evoked his words about the power of 12 Notes, how we all get the same ones and it's up to us what we do with them. When he wasn't able to travel anymore I would always make a point to visit him in LA to show love, talk life and play for him. The last time we saw each other in person I played for him but this time asked if I could record him listening to me for posterity sake . In the clip I'm playing his "Ai No Corrida" then going into a Chopin waltz, then some blues and then Thelonious Monk's "Round Midnight" . Always the best for Q. You will be forever missed but my goodness did you make your mark sir !! It's on us now to carry it forward 🤲🏾✨
jon batiste313,842 views • 1 year ago
Our film “American Symphony” is out at midnight on @Netflix worldwide 🙏🏾 and you can listen to “It Never Went Away” everywhere now. Thank you Matthew Heineman for telling our story. And grateful to team up with Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground #AmericanSymphonyNetflix
jon batiste314,795 views • 2 years ago
Messing around w this Taylor song I can't get this part out of my head 💚
jon batiste262,507 views • 3 years ago
So many parallels between cooking and playing piano. I love to cook. It's become a meditative practice for me that soothes my spirit, clears my mind and feeds my body. At home in the kitchen cooking while having philosophical debates or listening to music is a peak life zone.
jon batiste15,353 views • 1 month ago
Set your clocks! Tomorrow we're releasing another piece from the 'Beethoven Blues' album worldwide 🙌🏾In anticipation, and because we we're LONG overdue for a catchup, I spent some quality time going deep in conversation with my brilliant pal Tim Ferriss . We spoke at length about the many seasons of life, trusting the process, failure, the blues, competition vs originality, feeding the dream machine and much more. How do we spark the creativity that is always there waiting for us? The measure of your greatness is the measure of your generosity. 5th Symphony in Congo Square out tomorrow ✨🫶🏾
jon batiste67,781 views • 1 year ago
A song sketch I posted that my friend Marie Lavis decided to stack her voice on. Thoughts??
jon batiste81,391 views • 3 years ago
WOW GRAMMYS 🕊️♥️ We put our lives on the line making this film and writing this song as an offering for anyone experiencing the extreme highs and lows of life. This act of creativity and vulnerability wouldn't have been possible without you suleika jaouad . You inspired the song and agreed to share this part of our journey as our offering to the world. We are both forever changed and inspired by how many lives this work has inspired around the world 🫶🏾 Thank you to Matthew Heineman for your integrity, skill and leadership! Love to Netflix, Higher Ground and all the teams who came through for us. Thanks to my friend Dan Wilson for helping translate what was in my heart into song. Incredibly honored that both our documentary "American Symphony" and song "It Never Went Away" has been recognized in the categories of Best song for visual media and best music film. Thank you God for this beautiful life ♥️ Congratulations to everyone involved and to all the nominees this year.
jon batiste38,348 views • 1 year ago
I'm over her in Paris in a state of shock. We really lost Russ 💔 He was a force of nature, one of the most original and authentic people you'll ever meet. A Bunche Village legend. Purple Knight Marching 100 LEGEND!! A Batiste LEGEND! Long Live The Young Lion RUSS 🫶🏾
jon batiste39,931 views • 2 years ago
BEETHOVEN BLUES pre order now. Out nov 15 My official video of the “Für Ellis-Batiste” performance is out now! This album inspired so many incredible visuals (more on that later). I got to that place I was in as a kid when I’d alternate between reimagining Beethoven’s music and composing my own things. Here is the full version of what I played in my recent interview, entitled “Für Elise-Batiste” 🪽♥️ My special offering to all of you. Für Elise-Batiste out now on all platforms
jon batiste26,479 views • 1 year ago