Jon Batiste

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When singer-songwriter Jon Batiste set out to make what he now calls a “boring process documentary” about composing a symphony, he and director Matthew Heineman couldn’t have predicted…

Jon Batiste on how ‘American Symphony’ went from ‘boring’ music doc to a portrait of intimacy

When singer-songwriter Jon Batiste set out to make what he now calls a “boring process documentary” about composing a symphony, he and director Matthew Heineman couldn’t have predicted…

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