“We Are”

Jon Batiste is a pianist, songwriter, and composer from New Orleans. He’s been nominated for a number of Grammys, and simply received the Golden Globe and bought an Oscar nomination for the soundtrack to the Pixar movie Soul, which he composed together with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. Jon can be a recipient of the American Jazz Museum’s lifetime achievement award, and on weeknights, you possibly can see him because the bandleader on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. In March 2021, he put out his new album, We Are. However the title monitor from it got here truly got here out a lot earlier, final yr, in June 2020. On this episode, Jon talks about how he drew from his roots, at a really private stage — and at a cultural, historic stage — and wove all of it into the track.

You should buy or stream “We Are” right here.


Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

Kizzo, producer
Autumn Rowe, co-writer
Pomo, producer
Cory Wong, guitarist
Nate Smith, drummer
Sam Yahel, organist
The Marching 100
Gospel Soul Youngsters, choir
Ed Sullivan Theater
Carol Burnett
Mac Miller