Jon Batiste is a pianist, songwriter, and composer from New Orleans. He’s been nominated for multiple Grammys, and just won the Golden Globe and got an Oscar nomination for the soundtrack to the Pixar film Soul, which he composed along with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Jon is also a recipient of the American Jazz Museum’s lifetime achievement award, and on weeknights, you can see him as the bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. In March 2021, he put out his new album, We Are. But the title track from it came actually came out much earlier, last year, in June 2020. In this episode, Jon talks about how he drew from his roots, at a very personal level — and at a cultural, historical level — and wove all of it into the song.
For more, visit songexploder.net/jon-batiste.
Semisonic - Closing Time
Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall
Intro Theme and Thao's Farewell
Meek Mill - Trauma
Bat for Lashes - Kids in the Dark
Jay Som - Tenderness
Slipknot - Unsainted
Raphael Saadiq - Kings Fall
Clairo - Alewife
Brittany Howard - Stay High
Robyn - Honey
Bon Iver - Holyfields,
Sleater-Kinney - The Future Is Here
Denzel Curry - RICKY
Jamila Woods - BALDWIN
Big Thief - Cattails
Sheryl Crow - Redemption Day (feat. Johnny Cash)
Raleigh Ritchie - Time in a Tree
The Mountain Goats - Cadaver Sniffing Dog
The Cranberries - All Over Now
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