Sunday, December 15, 2013

Jonathan Batiste and Stay Human, presented by UFPA at Phillips Center Thursday, February 20, 2014

Jonathan Batiste
and Stay Human at UF.
One of only THREE Florida
performances this season!
Thursday, February 20, 2013 ~ 7:30pm

Jon Batiste’s current, uplifting and playful brand of jazz integrates his classical Juilliard training with contemporary mainstream sounds. Touring with his band Stay Human, Batiste provides vocals and plays piano and melodica, striving to bring the joy of jazz to the masses. This Steinway Artist has performed in more than 40 countries and venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center. Batiste has been featured on the HBO series Treme and Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, and has collaborated with musicians including Prince, Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Buffett and Harry Connick, Jr.

PERSONNEL
Jon Batiste - piano, harmonabord, and lead vocals
Joe Saylor - drums
Eddie Barbash - sax and background vocals
Ibanda Ruhumbika - tuba, trombone and percussion

Phillips Center - University of Florida
3201 Hull Road, Gainesville, FL 32611
performingarts.ufl.edu  (800)905-2787

  

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