Batiste, whose “Beethoven Blues” album comes out just days before the awards ceremony, said in a statement that books are “sacred sources of refuge, insight and humanity, shaping the world as we know it.”
Kate McKinnon will host National Book Awards next month. Jon Batiste will perform live
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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 transforms classical into blues and gospel with 'Beethoven Blues'
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