Musician Jon Batiste, the most nominated artist at this year’s Grammys, on his favorite places in New Orleans, the best music venue in NYC and where he hopes to travel next
The ‘Late Night’ musician and this year’s most nominated Grammy artist tells us what he misses most about his hometown, New Orleans, why he only packs a carry-on and the places at the top of his travel wish listJasmine Clarke for The Wall Street Journalas the young bandleader of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” but this year’s Grammy Awards will likely give Jon Batiste’s profile a major boost.
Born and raised in and around New Orleans, Mr. Batiste began his music career at age 8, playing drums in his family’s soul and funk band. After trading percussion for the piano and graduating from Manhattan’s Juilliard School, he and his Stay Human band released their first album and toured internationally, then moved back to New York. But it seems as if he’s never in one place long; while at Juilliard he even invented his own portable instrument.
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