HOLLYWOOD AFRICANS

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Label
VERVE
Release Date
November 2, 2018
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    Featuring
    • PERFORMER
      Jon Batiste
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 02, 2018
    • UPC
      602567875192
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      VRVB002886801.1
    • LABEL
      VERVE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2018 release from the musician, bandleader and TV personality. Batiste is best known as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Recorded in his hometown of New Orleans, the album is produced by T-Bone Burnett and is described as "an homage to his musical heroes and an intimate portrait of the artist." As Batiste explains, "The idea was to strip everything down, go back to basics. "When you strip something down to rawest form, the essence of it shines through." The Kenner-born bandleader of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert opted to include on the album's track list the New Orleans standard "Saint James Infirmary," as well as "Smile," "The Very Thought of You" and Louis Armstrong's timeless "What a Wonderful World."