Congratulations to Jon Batiste on the 11 Grammy award nominations.
I went to the Tedeschi Trucks Band weekend at Lockn’ Farm in August and saw that Jon and his band would be performing on late Sunday afternoon before the final TTB show that evening. Up until then I only knew him as the bandleader on Colbert.
What a superb show – I highly recommend seeing him if you can. He exemplifies the best of live performances – great music, great energy, great showmanship, great connection with the audience.
This is one of things I like best about festival-style concerts, where in addition seeing to performers you already know, you can “sample” performers you might not have been inclined to go see at a solo concert. A bit like streaming music from new artists before buying an album.
Other recent similar festival performances were The War And Treaty and David Byrne performing American Utopia.