Jon Batiste's 'Beethoven Blues' transforms classical works into unique blues and gospel renditions
NEW YORK — When Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste was a kid, say, 9 or 10 years old, he moved between musical worlds — participating in local, classical piano competitions by day, then “gigging in night haunts in the heart of New Orleans.”
Jon Batiste’s ‘Beethoven Blues’: A revolutionary take on classical music
Grammy-award winner Jon Batiste is set to release his first solo piano album, titled "Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1)," on Nov. 15.
Jon Batiste Reimagines Beethoven Compositions On New Piano Album
Jon Batiste will reimagine Beethoven on new piano album 'Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1),' inspired by his performance on CNN.
Jon Batiste takes Für Elise to unexpected places as he previews his Beethoven Blues album
Fire up any online piano lesson or sheet music platform and one of the most popular pieces will inevitably be Beethoven’s Für Elise, the ubiquitous bagatelle that the whole world wants to play. This being the case,
Jon Batiste's new solo piano album 'Beethoven Blues' reinterprets classical music
Batiste’s reinterpretations of some of the classical composer’s best-known works. Announcing the project Wednesday on X, formerly Twitter, Batiste wrote, “Since childhood I've made a practice of interpolating classical piano music as if it were my own.
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