- Hello, Billy Bob
- Raindance
- Be Who You Are
- Worship
- My Heart
- Drink Watger
- Calling Your Name
- Clair De Lune
- Butterfly
- 17th Ward Prelude
- Uneasy
- Call Now (504.305.8269)
- Chassol
- Boom for Real
- Movement 18' (Heroes)
- Master Power
- Running Away
- Goodbye, Billy Bob
- White Space
- Wherever You Are
- Life Lesson
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Kenny G Primary Artist,Saxophone,Featured Artist
Lana Del Rey Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Chassol Primary Artist,Bass,Piano,Vocals,Fender Rhodes,Synthesizer Bass
Lil Wayne Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist
Fireboy DML Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Native Soul Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals
NewJeans Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jon Bellion Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Leigh-Anne Pinnock Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
JID Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Rita Payes Primary Artist,Vocals,Trombone,Featured Artist
Camilo Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Michael Batiste Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Daniel Seeff Bass
Mathieu Edouard Drums
David Gauthier Voices
Gabe Noel Cello
Alvin Batiste Vocals
Nick Waterhouse Guitar (Electric)
Matthew Correia Percussion
Pedrum Siadatian Guitar (Electric)
Duke Ellington Vocals
Shannon Powell Drums
Gabe Witcher Violin
Wayne Shorter Vocals
Quincy Jones Vocals
Dan Wilson Piano,Vocals
Connor Gallaher Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Steel)
Pete Nappi Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Brian Lang Double Bass
Rahm Silverglade Keyboards
Justine Darcenne Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Nikki Grier Vocals (Background)
Josh Adams Drums
Christophe Chassol Bass,Piano,Vocals,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Taj Sapp Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Kyana Fanene Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Leigh-Anne Featured Artist
Luca Stewart Vocals (Background)
Pastor Drew Voices,Voiceover
Mehrnam Rastegari Strings,Kamanche
Nio Levon Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Jonathan Bellion Vocals (Background)
Roget Chahayed Keyboards
Taylor Dexter Keyboards
Braxton Cook Flute,Trumpet
Zach Dawes Bass
Wesley Singerman Guitar,Keyboards
TenRoc Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Kola Rai Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Brennan Gautier Vocals (Background)
Brayla Cook Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Harold Lilly Composer
Enrique Sanchez Composer,Producer
Nasri Atweh Composer
Josh Gudwin Mixing
Gigi Composer
Gregg White Assistant Engineer,Assistant Mastering Engineer
Nick Cooper Vocal Producer,Vocal Producer
Anthony Ferguson Composer
Jordan Johnson Composer
Justin Bieber Composer
Huford Brown Composer
Nikki Grier Composer
Kenny G Composer,Engineer,Recording
Julian Vasquez Engineer,Recording
Chassol Producer,Recording
Jon Batiste Producer,Recording,Programming,Sound Design,Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Musical Producer
Serban Ghenea Mixing
Nick Waterhouse Producer,Composer
Lana Del Rey Composer
Jon Bellion Composer,Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer
Chris Gehringer Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Jackie Mittoo Composer
Gabe Witcher Arranger,Recording Arranger
Greg Koller Arranger,String Engineer
Leroy Sibbles Composer
Robert Lyn Composer
Nelson Ray Producer
Zac Brown Recording
Ray Nelson Composer,Producer
"Deadly" Headley Bennett Composer
Dan Wilson Composer,Engineer,Producer
Manny Marroquin Mixing
DJ Khalil Producer,Programming
Dwayne Carter Composer
Michael Pollack Composer
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Composer
David Ozinga Assistant Engineer
Pete Nappi Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming,Vocal Producer
Fitzroy Simpson Composer
Rahm Silverglade Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Nathaniel Warner Composer,Vocal Producer
Destin Route Composer
Andre Lindal Composer
Kassa Overall Producer,Drum Programming,Additional Production
Johnny Simpson Composer,Producer
Kaleb Rollins Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Vocal Mixing,Vocal Engineer,Additional Production
Jahaan Sweet Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming
Laura Sisk Mixing
Christophe Chassol Composer,Engineer,Producer
Ken Oriole Mixing,Engineer
Stefan Johnson Composer
Sean Anderson Composer
Anthony Vilchis Mixing Assistant
Bobby Mota Assistant Engineer,Assistant Mastering Engineer
Will Worden Tape Realizations,Assistant Engineer
Jonathan Bellion Composer,Programming
Leigh-Anne Pinnock Composer
Ylva Dimberg Composer
Ian Doerr Engineer,Recording
John Arbuckle Engineer
Roget Chahayed Composer,Producer,Programming
Taylor Dexter Composer,Programming
Braxton Cook Composer,Producer,Programming
The Monsters & Strangerz Producer
Zach Dawes Producer
Marc Whitmore Engineer,Recording
Khalil Abdul-Rahman Composer
Zach Brown Engineer
Chaz Sexton Engineer,Recording
Wesley Singerman Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming
Nija Charles Composer
Jacob Ferguson Engineer,Recording
Rita Payes Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Taydex Producer
Jason Cornet Composer
TenRoc Producer,Programming
Bryce Bordone Mixing Assistant
Camilo Echeverry Composer
Elijah Noll Composer
Elijah Knoll Composer
Zach Pereyra Mixing Assistant
Adedamola Adefolahan Composer
Evan Fulcher Engineer
Trey Station Mixing Assistant
Dave Ozinga Assistant Engineer
Ryan Lynn Producer
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Overview
Pianist and singer Jon Batiste has always wanted to try and heal people with his music, bridging musical, cultural, and political divides. It was the modus operandi of his long-running Stay Human ensemble, who later brought their message of unity and love to a wider audience via their time as the house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. It was also the underlying ethos at work on Batiste's Grammy-winning 2021 album We Are, a genre-crossing pop production informed by his deep jazz and New Orleans R&B roots. With 2023's World Music Radio, he again seeks to heal across boundaries, crafting a soul- and dance-infused album that feels like something Stevie Wonder might have made in the 1980s, but colored by his own distinctive blend of contemporary pop and jazz harmonies. Loosely conceptual, World Music Radio is designed to play as the broadcast of interstellar radio DJ Billy Bob Bo (voiced by Batiste), whose message of global unity bookends the album. Particularly Wonder-esque is the adult-contempo-ish "Calling Your Name," replete with a harmonica solo and fuzzy synth backgrounds. Equally evocative is the '70s roller disco vibe of "Call Now (504-305-8269)," which finds the pianist's father, Michael Batiste, laying down a funky bass line. Also lending their voices are a handful of guests, including JID, NewJeans, and Camilo, who jump on board for the pop-reggae number "Be Who You Are," and Jon Bellion and Nigerian rapper Fireboy DML, who bring an uplifting soulfulness to the Afro-beat-inflected "Drink Water." More high-profile collaborators pop up, including Lana Del Rey, who duets on the emotive album closer "Life Lesson," Lil Wayne on "Uneasy," and even saxophone icon Kenny G, who brings his smooth sound to a brief version of "Clair de Lune." Despite all of these guests and shifting stylistic moods, World Music Radio holds together nicely. The production has an organic, musically experimental vibe that feels like Batiste is really bridging his jazz and pop influences. There's also a sense that he is digging deeper emotionally after a tough few years. In 2021, his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, battled a recurrence of leukemia that eventually led to her undergoing a bone marrow transplant. During her hospitalization, Batiste wrote her lullabies as a way of offering comfort. One of them, "Butterfly," a spare piano ballad in the Paul McCartney tradition, is included on World Music Radio and proves one of the most indelible songs on the album. There are other candid tracks, like the gospel-inflected "Wherever You Are" (which sounds like it was recorded live at church) and "White Space" (a lilting, impressionistic piano ballad where Batiste coos through a vocoder). It's in these intimate moments on World Music Radio, when Batiste sounds like he's jamming out at home or singing directly to a loved one, that you can truly feel that his desire to heal the world comes from a deeply personal place. ~ Matt Collar
Product Details
Release Date: | 08/18/2023 |
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Label: | Interscope / Verve |
UPC: | 0602455882738 |
Rank: | 2010 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
Jon Batiste Primary Artist,Harmonium,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Sound Effects,Organ,Piano,Vocals,Clarinet,MelodicaKenny G Primary Artist,Saxophone,Featured Artist
Lana Del Rey Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Chassol Primary Artist,Bass,Piano,Vocals,Fender Rhodes,Synthesizer Bass
Lil Wayne Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Featured Artist
Fireboy DML Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Native Soul Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals
NewJeans Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jon Bellion Primary Artist,Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Leigh-Anne Pinnock Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
JID Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Rita Payes Primary Artist,Vocals,Trombone,Featured Artist
Camilo Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals
Michael Batiste Primary Artist,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
Daniel Seeff Bass
Mathieu Edouard Drums
David Gauthier Voices
Gabe Noel Cello
Alvin Batiste Vocals
Nick Waterhouse Guitar (Electric)
Matthew Correia Percussion
Pedrum Siadatian Guitar (Electric)
Duke Ellington Vocals
Shannon Powell Drums
Gabe Witcher Violin
Wayne Shorter Vocals
Quincy Jones Vocals
Dan Wilson Piano,Vocals
Connor Gallaher Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Steel)
Pete Nappi Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Brian Lang Double Bass
Rahm Silverglade Keyboards
Justine Darcenne Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Nikki Grier Vocals (Background)
Josh Adams Drums
Christophe Chassol Bass,Piano,Vocals,Synthesizer,Fender Rhodes
Taj Sapp Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Kyana Fanene Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Leigh-Anne Featured Artist
Luca Stewart Vocals (Background)
Pastor Drew Voices,Voiceover
Mehrnam Rastegari Strings,Kamanche
Nio Levon Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Jonathan Bellion Vocals (Background)
Roget Chahayed Keyboards
Taylor Dexter Keyboards
Braxton Cook Flute,Trumpet
Zach Dawes Bass
Wesley Singerman Guitar,Keyboards
TenRoc Bass,Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Kola Rai Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Brennan Gautier Vocals (Background)
Brayla Cook Vocals,Choir/Chorus
Technical Credits
Fabian Marasciullo Vocal MixingHarold Lilly Composer
Enrique Sanchez Composer,Producer
Nasri Atweh Composer
Josh Gudwin Mixing
Gigi Composer
Gregg White Assistant Engineer,Assistant Mastering Engineer
Nick Cooper Vocal Producer,Vocal Producer
Anthony Ferguson Composer
Jordan Johnson Composer
Justin Bieber Composer
Huford Brown Composer
Nikki Grier Composer
Kenny G Composer,Engineer,Recording
Julian Vasquez Engineer,Recording
Chassol Producer,Recording
Jon Batiste Producer,Recording,Programming,Sound Design,Mixing,Composer,Engineer,Musical Producer
Serban Ghenea Mixing
Nick Waterhouse Producer,Composer
Lana Del Rey Composer
Jon Bellion Composer,Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer
Chris Gehringer Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Jackie Mittoo Composer
Gabe Witcher Arranger,Recording Arranger
Greg Koller Arranger,String Engineer
Leroy Sibbles Composer
Robert Lyn Composer
Nelson Ray Producer
Zac Brown Recording
Ray Nelson Composer,Producer
"Deadly" Headley Bennett Composer
Dan Wilson Composer,Engineer,Producer
Manny Marroquin Mixing
DJ Khalil Producer,Programming
Dwayne Carter Composer
Michael Pollack Composer
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Composer
David Ozinga Assistant Engineer
Pete Nappi Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming,Vocal Producer
Fitzroy Simpson Composer
Rahm Silverglade Composer,Producer,Additional Production
Nathaniel Warner Composer,Vocal Producer
Destin Route Composer
Andre Lindal Composer
Kassa Overall Producer,Drum Programming,Additional Production
Johnny Simpson Composer,Producer
Kaleb Rollins Mixing,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Vocal Mixing,Vocal Engineer,Additional Production
Jahaan Sweet Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming
Laura Sisk Mixing
Christophe Chassol Composer,Engineer,Producer
Ken Oriole Mixing,Engineer
Stefan Johnson Composer
Sean Anderson Composer
Anthony Vilchis Mixing Assistant
Bobby Mota Assistant Engineer,Assistant Mastering Engineer
Will Worden Tape Realizations,Assistant Engineer
Jonathan Bellion Composer,Programming
Leigh-Anne Pinnock Composer
Ylva Dimberg Composer
Ian Doerr Engineer,Recording
John Arbuckle Engineer
Roget Chahayed Composer,Producer,Programming
Taylor Dexter Composer,Programming
Braxton Cook Composer,Producer,Programming
The Monsters & Strangerz Producer
Zach Dawes Producer
Marc Whitmore Engineer,Recording
Khalil Abdul-Rahman Composer
Zach Brown Engineer
Chaz Sexton Engineer,Recording
Wesley Singerman Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording,Programming
Nija Charles Composer
Jacob Ferguson Engineer,Recording
Rita Payes Composer,Engineer,Producer,Recording
Taydex Producer
Jason Cornet Composer
TenRoc Producer,Programming
Bryce Bordone Mixing Assistant
Camilo Echeverry Composer
Elijah Noll Composer
Elijah Knoll Composer
Zach Pereyra Mixing Assistant
Adedamola Adefolahan Composer
Evan Fulcher Engineer
Trey Station Mixing Assistant
Dave Ozinga Assistant Engineer
Ryan Lynn Producer
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