#1206 Jon Batiste and Stay Human

As I said when taking notes for my upcoming Bonnaroo jaunt:

Jazz, but all over the place, with some ragged bop and new orleans swing, a little poppy and douchey, but they feel like a band that knows how to put on a good live show.

I think that about sums it up. You sense that Batiste's a legitimate musician making populist overtures, and the result is a strange brew that's enjoyable and interesting, but not as much of either as it would be it had committed to one or the other. Still, I recommend it mildly, if nothing else because it keeps things unpredictable as it wheels so readily between sparse solo showcases, lightly experimental explorations, and knotty little jamups 3.5/5