Jon Batiste – Hollywood Africans (CD) Grateful Dead Gifts the two-day concert event raised

the two-day concert event raised funds for the Crossroads Centre in Antigua

Crazy Cryin'

the way Lennon's voice cracks just slightly on the covers

Recorded straight-to-tape at Color Red Studios

• Authentic 1969 Woodstock stage wood

Jon Batiste – Hollywood Africans (CD) Grateful Dead Gifts the two-day concert event raisedNew Orleans has produced more than its share of piano giants, and Batiste sits comfortably in that lineage, whether you're tracing it through Professor Longhair, Allen Toussaint, or Dr. John. Recorded before his years fronting the Late Show band brought him wider visibility, Hollywood Africans captures something raw and unguarded, a young musician alone with his instrument and his city's deepest traditions. Recorded in a church in New Orleans, and