"She ain't never gonna find another sharp dressing, piano playing man like me." Damn straight Jon

@IsabelaFerreiraCoqueiral

3 ай бұрын

No one ever will ❤

I love that he starts out with Chopin and then moves into St. James! And then, he ends with Chopin. Brilliant!

@ticthak

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed the nocturne right away, also. Brilliant pastiche!

@charliegotosleep

2 жыл бұрын

That was so great! Confused me for a sec with the song title then I was like ahhhhh

@evilcleaver

2 жыл бұрын

The end with Chopin tends to be a traditional part of the arrangement

@dianag2411

2 жыл бұрын

The mastery that this requires is beyond his years. It is truly a blessing for mind and soul

@bigf0ot25

2 жыл бұрын

Was wondering where that was from. Thanks

His fingers are floating over those keys. Wow, what a talent.

@AwkwrdPrtMskrt

5 жыл бұрын

He does press the keys.

@telectronix1368

5 жыл бұрын

2:40

@SAMZIRRA

5 жыл бұрын

@@telectronix1368 excellent time stamp 👍

@cecileconoly4140

5 жыл бұрын

A, can

@lorrie2878

5 жыл бұрын

His fingers are beautiful on the keys... 😍

This is chilling. This is a sound not from this era, yet here played infront of us. Legendary music.

@terradisiena

5 жыл бұрын

Chilling is an apt description. Captivating too. It's the closest thing to Coltrane I've heard in contemporary music. What a unique performer.

@Nigglebaun

5 жыл бұрын

He is awesome.

@schwab019

5 жыл бұрын

Nailed the description.

@g15to

5 жыл бұрын

The original song is from from like the late 1920s, early 1930s I think but this slow dark performance is so chilling! Nailed it.

@ChrisTheDocFoster

5 жыл бұрын

That's because it's based on a piano piece by Chopin (Nocturne in C# minor)! Great performance though, don't get me wrong.

The Art of Flexing with Jon Batiste

@theMad_Artist

5 жыл бұрын

He's not showing off 🤦🤦🤦

@PumpkinQueen1313

4 жыл бұрын

@@theMad_Artist exactly. This performance is the result of pure talent + years of hard work and what now appears effortless for him is highly intimidating to anyone with musical aspirations.

Y'all know what Jon Batiste did? That.

@hollydavid8403

5 жыл бұрын

Wow

@commenterperson4481

5 жыл бұрын

Care to explain?

@telectronix1368

5 жыл бұрын

@Tea He did indeed.

@1978Calamity

4 жыл бұрын

#truth

@capoeirastronaut

3 жыл бұрын

@Crank Yanker Hoosedest did it mostest.

Jon Batiste is truly a great pianist and arranger. The thing I love about him is that he continues to hold on to his roots. His rendition of this dirge emphasizes its importance to the culture he grew up in. He is in great company with those southern musical giants that came before him.

I do love you Jon. Such beautiful music too. :) Perfect example of when you didn't choose the music, but the music chose you.

@peterrawai4062

5 жыл бұрын

India Bristol Well said

@JoltYourLife

Жыл бұрын

for real! look at his album now!

This is officially my favorite song of all time. Jon Batiste you're a BEAST... of a musician.

@cecileconoly4140

5 жыл бұрын

Free

@jasonrich4940

4 жыл бұрын

Many, many versions of this old blues standard. This piece has pulled creativity from musicians across the last century. Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, and the White Stripes are just a few of the artists who have made their own take of this wonder

Holy Wow, I haven't heard blues that good in years. Gorgeous.

@crunchking9931

Жыл бұрын

This is more of a jazz number not really blues I recommend you listen to the cab Calloway version

This guy has mad talent.

Leads in with some kind of crazy extended dominant chord I cannot identify, I was sold at two seconds in. Good gravy, what a performer.

@heatherbleu5370

5 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Anderson I was as well. I took a peek into his history and found that he was classically trained at Juilliard. Quite an accomplished gentleman.

@M3T2W01f

5 жыл бұрын

Chopin

@heatherbleu5370

5 жыл бұрын

Amer J. Is it? Do you know which one?

@M3T2W01f

5 жыл бұрын

On Hollywood Africans it's 'Chopinesque.' It's on KZread!

@heatherbleu5370

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Happy Holidays xo

My heart felt that.

@nikkarter5578

5 жыл бұрын

That was me😎

@heatherbleu5370

5 жыл бұрын

Nik Karter Stud;)

@spotieotie

3 жыл бұрын

Same dude. Same.

@AsFewFalseThingsAsPossible

3 жыл бұрын

Bowie

A beautiful rendition of an awesome Cab Calloway tune. Simply beautiful. He's so talented.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for listening to all of us who have been asking for more Jon Batiste, what a talented treasure he is! Everyone, have a wonderful holiday, and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. 🎆

@catelyntully9361

5 жыл бұрын

Vee Cee, Wishing you and your beloved a relaxed and (breathe deeply) lovely holiday. (Breathe again.) When there is nothing else to do, listen to Jon Batiste's album, and keep breathing. Xo to you and yours

@veecee3669

5 жыл бұрын

Shelly van den Heuvel Thank you for taking the time to reply, wishing you all the best as well! Yes, deep, deep breaths are definitely needed this time of the year. Especially this year! 😊

One of my favorite blues songs. Perhaps one of my favorite songs, period. So sweet, so cold, so perfectly suited for a wide range of hauntingly beautiful interpretations.

@artleta1

3 жыл бұрын

Hugh Laurie does an excellent rendition. Check it out

@mockturtlesuppe

3 жыл бұрын

@@artleta1 Ha, yes! I don't remember posting this, but I'm actually a big fan of Hugh Laurie in general and was already very fond of his version!

Love a sharp dressed piano playing man. 😊

If he keeps up with these performances, the secret of him slumming his world class talent out for a TV show will be out. Folks this is as close your gonna get in 2018 to seeing a Louis Armstong-class of Talent from 'Nawlins. Bravo!

The most beautiful I have heard in years. Feels good.

Haunting, chilling, and bluesy all at the same time

Sometimes I forget why this guy is on the show, then I see his work and I shut my goddamn mouth.

@Nevertoyoung20

5 жыл бұрын

Axel McDoo hilarious lol

@MeriamH.

5 жыл бұрын

I love this comment! 😂

@Sumatra77

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@friendofphi

5 жыл бұрын

Talent and your occasional well timed "Cold blooded"

@millerezra8

5 жыл бұрын

I love Stephen but sometimes I wish he'd shut up and let Jon play more

They waste Jon's inclusion in the show! The most beloved talk show hosts have a really killer side-kick. He's a genuinely funny guy! Having to just hit a key when Colbert throws something or just go "OOO! I see what ya did there!" or "COLD BLOODDEEEEDDD" seems like a waste, lol. I hope he gets included more throughout time. He's talented, and really funny!

@MelissaChapin

5 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more! Point dialogue his way, give him field pieces. Future audiences will ask why he wasn't treated as the equal to the times that he so clearly is.

@itgetter9

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, but don't forget: He's hitting his own jokes, to the tuned-in listener. It's in the music he chooses to play. He's been adding a lot, in my opinion.

@lorrie2878

5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy Jon. I am not a jazz aficionado. I feel his input is less than it should or could be. But his music and band are amazing. Have you seen where he and Stephen Jon's hometown?

@NA12495

4 жыл бұрын

Jon is probably playing his cards being on the show. Also, if you go live you might hear more. Go to his KZread channel.

@homodeus8713

2 жыл бұрын

@@itgetter9 💯 Nuanced and I’m sure he’s paying the bills ok and getting exposure! Now he’s won a Grammy!

One word describes: AWESOME!!

@NissNissFisk

5 жыл бұрын

As Jon Batiste would say: AH-AH-AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

H O L Y S H I T that was beautiful. Gonna go get the album now. On top of the amazing music he makes, this man has a truly stunning profile.

There's a story that a fan approached Fritz Kreisler after a performance and said, "My dear Kreisler, I'd give my life to play like that." To which he replied, "Madam, I did."

@WesOEden

5 жыл бұрын

Damn, that was amazing.

@SAMZIRRA

5 жыл бұрын

I have heard that too. 😀 That's the same thing Itell people about my artwork.

@ChristinaGina

5 жыл бұрын

Dark, but true. A soul is a high price to pay...

@milesroyce6395

4 жыл бұрын

I thought that was Heifetz? Maybe I'm wrong though.

@JohnDoe-po3ku

4 жыл бұрын

@@SAMZIRRA how humble

What a priviledge to have met you in Toronto when you were with Roy Hargrove's Big Band. Exact words he told me was you were the whole band. 👍👍👍😎😎😎

Not just a virtuoso performance on the keyboard, but a beautiful deep and unique vocal as well. JB, you got the Big Bend all over you! Love hearing this NO classic given new life by such a fine musician.

This is how I discovered the love of piano music - listening to Jon Batist play a song about a dead woman "lying on a long white table..."

Jon, keep spreading your music all over the globe. Feeling this blues all the way in Europe. You're doing great things, my man.

Unlike many contemporary performers, his soulfulness isn't artificially exaggerated. It's tastefully subtle and sublime...

Holy shit. What a talent. He's seriously underutilized in the late show house band.

@FasterFaster196

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I hope he's getting paid massive money to do that. He's too great a talent to be a sidekick band leader.

@1969madame

Жыл бұрын

@@FasterFaster196 He left the show in August 2022.

@d.e.b.b5788

11 ай бұрын

It payed the bills. Most musicians struggle financially all their lives. Stephen Colbert gave him the ultimate freedom to finally get out there and perform, where the world would see him, to the benefit of all of us. Wonderful music.

An emotive take on such a timeless song.

I adore Jon Baptiste, who I would barely know of without The Late Show, so thank you Stephen Colbert. I almost miss this performance. After watching the Auld Lang Sang performance I fell upon this. I think he should be more often showcased. This is incredible. And he is so gorgeous too.

True Detective Season III brought me here.

@kiwiyogi2846

5 жыл бұрын

And me too

@dv8148

5 жыл бұрын

came here to listen to it one more time that’s the end of my story

@itsKaMiLHERe

5 жыл бұрын

how did u find season 3

@kiwiyogi2846

5 жыл бұрын

It's good. @@itsKaMiLHERe

@BeattapeFactory

5 жыл бұрын

same

What a talent...Colbert is lucky to have Jon Batiste!

What a great interpretation of Chopin’s nocturne at the beginning. Loved it!

Jon has the true heart & Soul to sing and play this song; was made for him to sing.

Grammy winner!!

On my funeral... please arrange Mr. Batiste to play the piano.. whatever the cost.

@heatherbleu5370

5 жыл бұрын

CLHLC Noted.

If anyone throws me a funeral, I want this version of this song played at it. Until then I'll continue to be enchanted, moved by it while still alive. Gorgeous.

*mesmerized by John's hands as he plays* and his voice *ooooooof* he is seriously such an amazing musician and I'm so glad we get to hear him not just in the show, but in some individual musical segments in the "guest musician" slot. It's such an honor and such a treat to have him in late night. He can do the funny and he is a MASTER of the soulful ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

So glad for your success and Grammy nomination, Jon! More segments like this and when you interview the jazz legends left standing ^_^

Mr. Jon, I am from Mexico but lived in New Orleans a few years, but this is the mos beautiful blues I have heard, you touched my soul

And, who wouldn't have guessed his voice is as polished as his playing... Jesus Christ...the talent, natural and trained, just pours from the guy. Fantastic version.

I'm so glad SC finally showcased him. What a talent!

I know something is great when I get goosebumps in the first few bars.

this guy combined a Chopin classic with legendary st james infirmary, magical moment, a series (True Detective 3) couldn't have ended better, musically speaking , cannot not love him

The man is amazing! Love piano players.

I could listen to him play 24/7. He is a master pianist.

A stunningly fresh interpretation and performance of this classic blues song. Whoa.

One of my favorite blues songs and Jon's rendition is truly amazing!

I'm speechless. Bravo Jon, you light the way, man.

Astounding version. The opening the flourish, the dirge, the runs, the closing allusion.

I didn't know Stephen Colbert side kick could 'play the piano like that, What a performance!!'

One of my favorite songs of all time. Now one of my favorite renditions of all time. So so great.

This is why he was accepted into Julliard and also hired on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at such a young age. He's what, 27...28? What an awesome performance.

Down to the root Soul, born in a piano playin’ body with those long magical fingers.

Brilliance, thy name is John Baptiste!

Pure talent!!!

Jon Batiste. Man, it doesn't get better than that.

Oh My God! Fabulous! MUST LISTEN WITH GOOD HEADPHONES. ACTUAL MUSIC! subtleties, nuances, textures, timbre, phrasing, MORE JON BATISTE PLEASE!

This is one of my favorite songs, and all I gotta say is: Damn, Jon Batiste!!!! Absolutely brilliant.

I love the Louis Armstrong version of this song. This is beautiful. Thank you so much.

@nooneyoucaretoknow6986

5 жыл бұрын

Give the version by Hugh 'House' Laurie.

@scottstewart5784

5 жыл бұрын

@@nooneyoucaretoknow6986 For grins, try the White Stripe's version. It may not be your cup of tea, bt it is an interesting take on the song.

@charlesboyle9223

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks,guys, I'll check those versions out.

@nooneyoucaretoknow6986

5 жыл бұрын

@@scottstewart5784 For sure, l will look it up. Part of music's beauty is the variety.

@scottstewart5784

5 жыл бұрын

@@nooneyoucaretoknow6986 Cool! Some of the live versions are pretty out there. The original release studio version is my favorite.

Great voice, amazing talent. Would love to see more interaction between him and Stephen, though! Dude’s got some killer one-liners at times.

@emills767

5 жыл бұрын

100% think the same thing all the time!

@keeshabrown7353

5 жыл бұрын

Just his impromptu laughs crack me up. They are contagious!

@SamuraiFanoCat

5 жыл бұрын

Blackfalk I meant “remarks”, my bad dude. 13 hour shift, late at night, my brain doesn’t really comply after that XD

@kennet7837

5 жыл бұрын

@Blackfalk He said "all the black ones" when referring to his piano tangents he played after Stephen made a joke related to race (I forget exactly what it was).

@DAS1962

2 жыл бұрын

This was flawless - And what would Catholic Stephen add to this performance or any other? Stephen's contribution to this piece would be belittling and pointless

This generation needs more artists like this. Quit the autotune.

Speechless, This man is surfing the wave up in the sky.

That was crazy nice!!🙏🏻🇨🇦🇨🇦

Long live the King Jon Batiste..!!!! My father would have LOVED to hear his music, I for one love the class, the elegance behind this music. Ooof.. sipping on fine scotch to this.. what a evening.

God damn, amazing. Truly amazing.

St. James Infirmary Blues + Jon= perfection

this man is a GENIUS!...

So beautifully sung&played love how his fingers went over the Keys....yes so Royally Performed Loved It.

An American treasure truly.

I want to marry his fingers, (sigh) evn though I am old enough to be his grandmother, almost. Such a cool guy, great musician and wonderful foil for Stephen Colbert...

james booker would be proud. beautiful arrangement with the classical and jazz gumbo of love.

I grew up in Louisiana listening to the blues. This man knows his bizness.

Beautiful! Amazing interpretation of a fabulous song. And those long, elegant fingers working their magic! Thank you!

I do so hope this special artist never ever gets arthritis in his hands.

WOW!!!!!! AWESOME Artist!!!!!!!💖

Watched and listened to Jon on NPR's "Live from Here," last week and he got a standing ovation after every song - +4! He's woke and a genius and compared to Chris Thiely and a young pianist (a New Yorker article has a word for this) as able to obsorb any and all types styles rhythms instruments etc - rare extraordinary talent indeed.

How the F* does someone Jazz up Chopin? Dudes expert at what he does.

@fred4379

5 жыл бұрын

partypiano0 I’m guessing the idea came from using Chopin’s Funeral March. Yo Yo Ma does the same in his version. Brilliant

@paridasnapesnapesnape5584

5 жыл бұрын

Wannabe Wallaby I think the intro is like Chopin's nocturne in c# minor! Jon Batiste has another song on his album (Chopinesque) that uses pieces of it - it's beautiful

@paridasnapesnapesnape5584

5 жыл бұрын

Wannabe Wallaby OH I forgot that the end was inspired by the funeral march 😅 whoops

@5tarf1re

5 жыл бұрын

He seems to be a big fan of Chopin. Several times when a guest has come on stage or during an improv section of a performance, he's pulled out part of a Chopin nocturne or a waltz. I don't remember the exact pieces off the top of my head, but I do remember recognizing them!

@Trolling_Bambii

5 жыл бұрын

St. James Infirmary has been jazzed like this for a long time. It's a pretty deep cut.

I LOVE this album. I have it on vinyl, and It. Is. Amazing. Jon Batiste, sir, you are Sincerely talented. Please, I only ask for you to give us more of your Music. Your Music improves the world. I'm happy to repay you in hope and deep respect.

man, let me just say, growing up in the house of blues & classical i've heard many versions of this song in my life time and this is has to be one of the best. i'm not an expert or anything, just the musical family. 20 years on cello myself. this is just, so very well done. cheers.

So great and loved the background singers, talk about subtle.

Gives me chills.

That's some seriously gorgeous Serious music.... A tonic for the soul. Thank you so much for the blessing of this gift!

Love the Chopin references at the beginning and the end!

That's an awesome rendition of St. James infirmary, so smooth.

TALENT!

Hot damn!!! So much skill and talent and musical instinct all in one person!!

Man, JB can play the blues like nobody else. That swing feel, the articulations, wide open and transparent. Chilling.

Shivers. He is so talented. Love John!!!!!♥️

Holy effing shit! That opening! That’s one sharp dressing piano playing man right there!

Well Done Jon! Love from New Orleans!

Bravo Boo! My grandma was raised in Germany as a classical pianist, drippin' honey is right, the man knows his ivory.

Love the Chopin nocturne improv at intro. Killer!!

What a gorgeous piece of song.

What a perfect ending to True Detective Season 3

Super Reprise d‘ Armstrong avec l entrée de Nocturne de Chopin en C Sharp Minor😲... Magnifique!!!

OMG!!!! Chills and tears. I love you Jon Batiste.