jon batiste
@JonBatiste
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♡✞ Your Joyous heroic American maestro
Joined July 2009
BEETHOVEN BLUES. pre order now. Out nov 15 . This whole album is profoundly beautiful and I can't wait for you to hear it!!!!!! Since childhood I've made a practice of interpolating classical piano music as if it were my own. I was often drawn to be in
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Music, food and good vibes with my guy Kim Taehyung 🙌🏾❤️
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What an amazing achievement for my family and for my ancestors !
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This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine. I was happy to produce and write for AMERIICAN REQUIEM, along with Beyoncé and Dion "NO ID" Wilson. When I catch inspiration, the words and chords pour out of me. What a honor to then see how brilliantly Beyoncé
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What an honor to represent the nation’s coming together and the potential of real positive impact at the First Biden State Dinner @whitehouse. Even better to have shared this historic moment with our family ♥️
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I moved to New York as a teenager to play jazz. “It was all a dream, I used to read DownBeat magazine.” So now, to be named as both Jazz Artist and Beyond Artist of the year by DownBeat is a dream come true! Thanks @downbeat_mag and thank you to everyone who made this possible.
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What a privilege it is to work with this team and be a part of @colbertlateshow. In trying times, so many people across the world find community with our show and I am extremely proud of that. @StephenAtHome, you’re a gem of a human being and I am still so in awe of you…
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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,
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Growing up in Louisiana I saw the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival posters everywhere—from restaurants, schools, bars, peoples homes and more. I am honored to be the face of the festival on the official poster ❤️ Amazing work by Terrance Osborne Gallery on this one 🙌🏾
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“Purpose is the essential element of you. It is the reason you are on the planet at this particular time in history. Your very existence is wrapped up in the things you are here to fulfill." --Chadwick Boseman.
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I gained so much from every exchange we shared, from every speech I read or heard and from afar before we ever met. Your life is proof of what is possible when we channel the most profound attributes of our humanity towards the pursuit of justice and goodness for all.
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Suleika and I are so grateful to be honored by the @BKLYNlibrary tonight for our musical and literary contributions! Though @suleikajaouad can’t attend tonight, I am very pleased to accept the award on our behalf and look forward addressing the community this evening. So proud!❤️
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premiering batiste symphony no 1 this week at carnegie hall.
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A dream come true. I cried the entire day. So much healing and life force energy on Sesame Street. I loved stopping by my favorite neighborhood! Don't miss my visit to. “where the air is sweet”, @sesamestreet! Streaming on @HBOMax November 18.
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Messing around w this Taylor song I can't get this part out of my head 💚
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Well would ya look at that, they got the kid up on a billboard in times square. The first time I played NY I was 13 & I remember them billboards looked BIG! since then I always wondered if I’d make it up there one day. God is good. Thanks @Spotify ⬆️⚡️💿.
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WOW!! Thank you God!! 🙏🏾🤍.I love EVERYBODY!.I’m so grateful to my collaborators and to my ancestors 😭😭😭 11!
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Deeply honored to interpret your exquisite work, Lin. “Wait For It” from Hamilton: An American Musical by @Lin_Manuel
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This night meant a lot…(more on that later) The blessings of divine health, divine peace, divine love, divine joy & divine freedom. WE WON 🩵🙌🏾✨
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Onstage tonight at Madison Square Garden and the piano microphones completely shut off mid song. Necessity is the mother of invention! I love being a performer and what it brings out of you. It's a beautiful parallel to life 🙏🏾❤️
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What a blessed morning! We are incredibly grateful to be considered for the Academy Award for Best Original Score for @pixarsoul ! My first Oscar nomination!! This was a profoundly rewarding creative collaboration filled with so much love, light and lineage. Go team go 🖤🙌🏾
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What a day! TIME's list of the 100 Most Influential People in the world is out. I'm humbled to be a part this group and for the encouraging words from my hero @quincyjones. Thank you to everyone who ever believed in me and to all the ancestors. List here:
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I am speechless 🦋 6 dreams come true. What a tremendous blessing. Thank you @RecordingAcad
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COACHELLA WAS EPIC ! STILL PROCESSING IT ! THIS WAS FOR YOU GRANPA !
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Hey family, I woke up yesterday and tested positive for COVID-19. To keep my family, my friends and our loyal fans safe, I will be absent from @colbertlateshow and will also unfortunately have to postpone the premiere of AMERICAN SYMPHONY at Carnegie Hall which - as many of you…
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WE MADE IT!!! JEOPARDY!!!! In “Pop Culture” Category 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️⚡️⚡️⚡️
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6 Grammy Nominations on my birthday 🤯🤯🤯 Last year on my birthday week we found out Suleika was sick again. Life is such a journey and everyone path is one of one—stay the course! To get to create art for a better world with people I love is Gods Gift! "May all your storms be
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I WAS ON SESAME STREET THIS MORNING!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ WHAT A DREAM COME TRUE TO BE PART OF THAT PURE AND RIGHTEOUS ENERGY OVER ON SS!! ✅ AMEN!! AND PRAYERS AND LOVE TO ALL OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS WHO WE CELEBRATE IN THIS SONG 😭😭😭😭🌞 🌞🌞🌞
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Maestro Batiste at Met Gala 2024 🩵. British men’s luxury designer, @alfreddunhill x @Cartier . Fabric of the waist coat is SPITALFIELDS BROCADE MADE IN 1745, DESIGNED BY ANNA-MARIA GARTHWAITE in tribute to black composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Anna Maria
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I’ll find you in the morning sun and when the night is new.
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We did it @PixarSoul family! Congratulations to everyone! .Great night for jazz! 💛🙏🏾.Goodnight from Loulou and I✨ #GoldenGlobes
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pt 2—I’m still processing the magnitude of premiering Batiste Symphony #1. I was also honored to go to Tennessee to help close out the Pilgrimage Music Festival. Music is a universal language—you can do SO MUCH with those same 12 notes!
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Music is the ultimate unifier. Coming home for National Anthem-Batiste xo @NFL @RocNation 🙏🏾🇺🇸 #SBLIX
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