0
0.0
Jan 4, 2024
01/24
by
KPIX
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
jon batiste. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> jon: hey, hey!tephen: you and i talk. we see each other. you were there the day my appendix came out. you were at our house for thanksgiving. to be back in this theater, how does this feel? >> jon: ooh, it's been a journey. it's been a journey. thank god for stephen colbert. >> stephen: thank god for jon batiste. sincerely. we have known each other since 2014. this is the first time i have had you back on the show since you left, over a year ago. tell the people out there about what's been going on with you over the past year and change. >> jon: yeah, so much as happened. a lot of the highlights people have seen. but behind close doors, you know, life has been a journey as well. my wife and i have gone through some tough times. we are on the other side of it. >> stephen: there is your beautiful wife, suleika. >> jon: yes. >> stephen: the highs and the lows are captured in a beautiful documentary called "american symphony" which is on netflix right now. how does it feel after being -- you and suleika
jon batiste. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ >> jon: hey, hey!tephen: you and i talk. we see each other. you were there the day my appendix came out. you were at our house for thanksgiving. to be back in this theater, how does this feel? >> jon: ooh, it's been a journey. it's been a journey. thank god for stephen colbert. >> stephen: thank god for jon batiste. sincerely. we have known each other since 2014. this is the first time i have had you back on the show since you left,...
0
0.0
Jan 21, 2024
01/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
american symphony, directed by emmy winner matthew heineman, follows jon batiste and his wife, writereatment for leukaemia, even as he enjoyed a record 11 nominations at the 2022 grammy awards. i won the biggest prize in music, come home, she's back in the hospital. it's not the film batiste expected to make. originally, it was to be about his composition of an innovative musical symphony that would challenge stereotypes about his music. found out about the nominations for the grammys. ii nominations, historic, grammy nods, on the same week, we found out that suleika, you know, the leukaemia had returned. and that was a choice that we had to make as a family. you know, do you continue rolling the cameras? so...that was a choice. and it was a choice that we made continually. laughter # in the world today...# in american symphony, his cameras capture the couple in some of their most intimate moments, including their marriage ceremony. but heineman explains that initiallyjaouad refused to be involved. it took a lot of conversations and gaining her trust and she didn't want to be part of
american symphony, directed by emmy winner matthew heineman, follows jon batiste and his wife, writereatment for leukaemia, even as he enjoyed a record 11 nominations at the 2022 grammy awards. i won the biggest prize in music, come home, she's back in the hospital. it's not the film batiste expected to make. originally, it was to be about his composition of an innovative musical symphony that would challenge stereotypes about his music. found out about the nominations for the grammys. ii...
0
0.0
Jan 21, 2024
01/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
jon batiste was at the recent golden globes to present an award, and although the film couldn't be nominatedy is already a shortlisted favourite in the preliminary 0scar documentary category, and may be in contention for best original song. it might have a close rival, though, in another story set around a well—known person dealing with illness. i was big. i was bigger than bubble gum. still is the story of michael] fox, his rise to fame and his diagnosis with parkinson's disease. you have to confront the brutal reality. certainly the revelation in american symphony of the private distress that can be going on under the public facade makes for reflection. batiste's career had taken him to band leader on cbs's the late show with stephen colbert in an industry where commercial success is viewed as a performer�*s ultimate goal. the grammys, biggest night of his life professionally. a lot of people would think that, like, he'll go out to a club and go out partying and, you know. but like that scene when he's alone in the trailer afterwards and praying and meditating and sort of soaking in this m
jon batiste was at the recent golden globes to present an award, and although the film couldn't be nominatedy is already a shortlisted favourite in the preliminary 0scar documentary category, and may be in contention for best original song. it might have a close rival, though, in another story set around a well—known person dealing with illness. i was big. i was bigger than bubble gum. still is the story of michael] fox, his rise to fame and his diagnosis with parkinson's disease. you have to...
0
0.0
Jan 18, 2024
01/24
by
MSNBCW
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
jon batiste joined us, jon bon jovi, samantha b.ve one thing in common, it's what we call mavericks. ♪ oh yeah ♪ >> i'll tell you everything. i'm an open-faced sandwich. >> it's important to be an artist and speak true. >> unless you're true to who you are, it's not going to resonate. >> music is you defining who you are. >> the blue note jazz festival. >> you have to remind yourself about the kid on the bedroom floor with the beetles record. >> all of a sudden, my queerness is my super power. >> do you think you're a motion al speaker? >> no. i speak and i'm motivational. >> reenvision is the key to survival. >> favorite lyric? >> if i could give you the moon, i would. >> you knew you made it when? . when my accountant said i had $1 million. >> success means? >> if your problems are different than they used to be. >> you have to find people who believe in you, who are crazy enough. ♪ this is how we do it ♪ ♪ got to kick it with the free ♪ >> the beat you hear now is what he made in that interview. the song youe hearing he made off
jon batiste joined us, jon bon jovi, samantha b.ve one thing in common, it's what we call mavericks. ♪ oh yeah ♪ >> i'll tell you everything. i'm an open-faced sandwich. >> it's important to be an artist and speak true. >> unless you're true to who you are, it's not going to resonate. >> music is you defining who you are. >> the blue note jazz festival. >> you have to remind yourself about the kid on the bedroom floor with the beetles record. >> all...
0
0.0
Jan 20, 2024
01/24
by
BBCNEWS
tv
eye 0
favorite 0
quote 0
american symphony, directed by emmy winner matthew heineman, follows jon batiste and his wife, writerad returned. and that was a choice that we had to make as a family. you know, do you continue rolling the cameras? so...that was a choice. and it was a choice that we made continually. laughter # in the world today...# in american symphony, his cameras capture the couple in some of their most intimate moments, including their marriage ceremony. but heineman explains that initiallyjaouad refused to be involved. it took a lot of conversations and gaining her trust and she didn't want to be part of the film. it was really important for me to honour her, honour her story, make her fully formed in both person and artist herself. are you glad that you opened up your lives to him? lam. we talk about that all the time, and i think it's really a testament to the power of love and also creativity to alchemise these difficult passages. the film has created its own reverberations this award season. jon batiste was at the recent golden globes to present an award, and although the film couldn't be n
american symphony, directed by emmy winner matthew heineman, follows jon batiste and his wife, writerad returned. and that was a choice that we had to make as a family. you know, do you continue rolling the cameras? so...that was a choice. and it was a choice that we made continually. laughter # in the world today...# in american symphony, his cameras capture the couple in some of their most intimate moments, including their marriage ceremony. but heineman explains that initiallyjaouad refused...