Jon Batiste is super-talented and I generally like his music, but this comes across as a little too much flex-slash-masturbatory-hey-everyone-look-what-I-can-do-ish for my taste.

 Edweirdo wrote:

Agree. The performer makes mistakes while playing. This isn't jazz or modern interpretation. To me, it sounds as a terrible performance!

 paloeguevo wrote:

i imagined the smirk on his face :)

Despite having a reasonable vocabulary, I can't find words to describe how awful and unnecessary this is.  Beethoven would have been glad to be deaf rather than having to listen to this sonic dreck.

Stunningly beautiful and not at all what Sonny Landreth described.

 paloeguevo wrote:

Perhaps.  I like your sentiment, but I think if he heard this, he might be scratching his head wondering "what's happening here?".  Since Blues and Jazz came later, he would really be in the dark on this one.

Hi Bill -- playing Mr Batiste twice today, eh?!  If I may suggest, checkout another (multi-talented) modern pianist, ELEW (Eric Lewis). https://elewrockjazz.com/

Or even watch ELEW and Batiste go head to head at Newport Jazz Festival:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIn66dpDoNs

Wow!  A fantastic rendition of this classic in my humble opinion. 

I very much enjoyed  listening to Jon Baptiste on the occasions that I tuned into the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, BUT I had no idea how truly talented this young man was, until he started to get airplay on RP!  So, once again, thank you, thank you, thank you, William and company for constantly continuing to expand my music appreciation horizons.  

Radio Paradise has provided my wife and myself with our daily background (and foreground) music for a few years now.  I hope my monthly donation helps ensure that it stays that way for years to come.  I can't think of a better station to be listening to when my soul fades from this world.

 surfool wrote:

time for a new pet?

Beethoven would be proud

If you haven't checked it out, watch his documentary, "American Symphony." It shows hime to be a wonderful person, as well a a deeply gifted talent. Highly recommend.

 JamesBentley1 wrote:

I don't mean to single you out but it's become a pet peeve of mine: Bill has been called William for a couple of years now. (It's William and Alana now, not Bill and Rebecca.) Just FYI.

And here was me, thinking he was an annoying one-trick pony.
Happy to be wrong.

Second.
and an outstanding take on a classic. 
Bill and crew always impress!

First.
And this is interesting....