Jon won 2 Grammy's for Cry -
Best American Roots Song
Best American Roots
American Roots Music - mixture of varied musical traditions that make up the U.S. Specifically sounds from Southern U.S.
A varied combination of folk, gospel, blues, country, jazz, R&B, bluegrass, rock, cajun and native american styles. All in a modern vocal/instrumental style.
Cry - https://video.link/w/oTlqd
Jon said it's a story about the pain of fighting for equality.
Roots music is about our ancestors, the original black farmers and Indigenous peoples. It takes us back to our roots.
Jon Batiste
Jon won 5 times at the 64th Grammy's including:
Album of the Year - We Are
Best music video - Freedom
American roots performance - Cry
American roots song - Cry
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media - Jon Batiste, Atticus Ross
and Trent Reznor / Soul
(in a tie with Carlos Rafael Rivera’s score for The Queen’s Gambit)
Wow and Congratulations!!! 🎶🎶🎶👍👍🌟🌟🌟
This year we started with the Music Spotlight on Jon Batiste! The amazing jazz musician who composed the music for the movie Soul ! Click on the title to hear the music we heard in music class!
It's Alright - https://video.link/w/vzlqd
I Need You - https://video.link/w/b1lqd
Believe in Love - https://video.link/w/Y1lqd
With Itzhak Perlman / Classical - https://video.link/w/I2lqd
Jon Batiste is a member of a New Orleans musical dynasty, the Batiste family, that includes Lionel Batiste of the Treme Brass Band, Milton Batiste of the Olympia Brass Band, and Russell Batiste Jr. At the age of 8, he played percussion and drums with his family's band, the Batiste Brothers Band. At the age of 11, he switched to piano at his mother's suggestion.
There are many other musical families in New Orleans - here are a few!
The Neville Brothers (four brothers: Art, Aaron, Cyril, and Charles.)
The Marsalis Family ( Ellis Marsalis Jr. Piano/ Wynton Marsalis, Trumpet/ Branford Marsalis, Tenor saxophone/ James Black, Drum Kit/ Charles Fambrough, Bass guitar)
The Andrews Family - Jessie Hill (December 9, 1932 – September 17, 1996) was an American R&B and Louisiana blues singer and songwriter. His grandsons are James '12" and Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews. Cousins Glen David Andrews and the late Travis "Trumpet Black" Hill.