- 2024-10-10
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MUSIC
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Jon Batiste Announces New Album “Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1)”, Shares New Single “Für Elise - Batiste”
American singer-songwriter and Jazz pianist Jon Batiste has announced his first piano solo album “Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1)” will be released on November 15, 2024.
The album is his first classical solo piano album and eighth studio album overall, following the 2023 album “World Music Radio”.
The album comprises a 11-track, which he performed classical works into blues or gospel songs.
From the album, he released the first single “Für Elise - Batiste” on October 9, 2024.
He first performed the song on CNN last October.
The track was written by Ludwig van Beethoven and produced by Jon Batiste.
“For each work on the album, the starting point was one of Beethoven's original compositions,” Jon Batiste said of the album. “From there, I created something new at the piano, in real time. Spontaneous composition is a practice that's all but lost in classical music, which can sometimes feel overly canonized. Recording this album was a deeply spiritual experience. It allowed me to honor Beethoven's transcendent artistry while bringing his work into dialogue with my own creative journey.”- Jon Batiste shared on social media, “This whole album is profoundly beautiful and I can't wait for you to hear it!!!!!! Since childhood I've made a practice of interpolating classical piano music as if it were my own. I was often drawn to be in conversation with Beethoven's music. Many have asked if I'd ever record MY version of a classical piano album, and especially since my recent interview with Chris Wallace...so here it is! The first performance I'm sharing from the album is the full version of what I played in the interview, entitled 'Für Elise-Batiste'”
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Jon Batiste told The Associated Press about the album, “The approach is to think about, if I were both in conversation with Beethoven, but also if Beethoven himself were here today, and he was sitting at the piano, what would the approach be? And blending both, you know, my approach to artistry and creativity and what my imagined approach of how a contemporary Beethoven would approach these works.” - source : Apple Music
