However, this isn’t Für Elise as you’re used to hearing it. It’s lifted from Batiste’s upcoming Beethoven Blues album, which puts a decidedly different spin on the Ludvig van canon. As the title suggests, its 12 tracks aren’t straight renditions of the great man’s work, but fresh takes that incorporate blues and gospel elements.

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.

In 2023, Batiste sat down with CNN’s Chris Wallace for an episode of “Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace,” which streams on Max. Seated at a piano, Batiste demonstrated for Wallace how Beethoven’s well-known “Für Elise” could be recast with a blues or gospel feel.

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.