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2017 Jon Batiste
001-2017-006
46:06 Master Camera files on Hard Drive, Mp4 on Server and Cloud
Sat Apr 29 2017
Social Music from the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Interviewer, Karen Celestan
01:37 Jon Batiste says that his first musical mentor was his father, and that thanks to his family he has always been around music. 02:19 Batiste relays his history of musical development, beginning with free piano lessons. In private lessons he learned to trust his ear, and at the Louis Armstrong summer camp that he got exposure to musical peers outside of his family. 04:37 Batiste celebrates his teachers, largely undersung, at the summer camp, who taught him some lessons that he didn’t absorb until years afterward. 05:32 Batiste speaks to the differences between natural talent and cultivating talent, and how the teachers at the Armstrong camp didn’t encourage their pupils to rest on their laurels. 07:07 Batiste speaks to his favorite artists and influences, explaining that the moves of Cash Money and No Limit Records had an effect on him. Cites Chopin and James Booker in addition to folks within the New Orleans canon. 09:10 Batiste explains that he can rarely listen to music for enjoyment, as he tends to have an objective, and gives example of such. 10:39 Batiste reveals that he uses voice memos on his iPhone to keep track of melodies that attract him, and that every snippet of music heard on The Late Show is part of a full tune 12:23 Batiste explains he got his gig on The Late Show after an appearance on The Colbert Report 13:21 Batiste goes into detail about his experience on The Colbert Report and how it lead to his gig as bandleader for The Late Show. 17:50 Batiste says main draw of The Late Show was that a TV gig was entirely new for him and his band 19:09 Batiste identifies the instrument he plays during the opening of the show as a harmoniboard. 20:53 Batiste explains he sees his upbringing in south Louisiana and study at Juilliard as two sources of information within his own development 22:51 Batiste and Karen Celestan discuss “Paul Barbarin’s Second Line” as an example of jazz improvisation 23:23 Demonstration Second line/bamboula rhythm and ways to improvise on top of it 25:19 Batiste expounds on his conception of “social music” 27:38 Batiste explains that he picks musicians for Stay Human based on similar mindsets to his own, and a generosity of spirit 29:25 Batiste explains that as a bandleader he’s drawn to people with alternate ideas, and sees himself as a musical facilitator. 30:35 Batiste explains that he sees Christian values, particularly that of service, as applying to his musical practice 31:23 Batiste explains how he considers the whole concept of celebrity to be at odds with Christian values 33:14 Batiste laments that his celebrity can effect his loved ones, but admits that changing that would require “changing the world” 34:31 Batiste explains his decision not to sign with a label 38:23 Batiste gives some background on John Lewis and his John Lewis Project with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 40:28 Batiste gets into his relationship with New Orleans food 43:24 Demonstration “Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans”
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