Talk:Jon Batiste

Parents?
The Batiste family article cites an NPR source indicating Jon Batiste's father to be Michael Batiste, "[Jon] Batiste has been in the zone since before he was born. He comes from a long line of New Orleans musicians, including his father, Michael, a bassist who performed with Jackie Wilson and Isaac Hayes on the “Chitlin’ Circuit” in the ’60s and ’70s. His dad also co-founded the Batiste Brothers Band: seven brothers who played R&B, soul, funk and New Orleans music. He says his father was his first mentor..."

The article cited here for Jean and Estelle- https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_8dac4835-ba81-5898-9da3-9c0bd876fc9e.htmlhttps://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_8dac4835-ba81-5898-9da3-9c0bd876fc9e.html - seems to be referring to the parents of Paul Batiste, the family historian mentioned in that article: "Paul Batiste, though, who operates as an unofficial historian for the family and who co-published a book about the same, has a theory as to how all that talent could come from one bloodline. "I've thought about that a lot of times, because I know this is the reason: Captive audience," he laughs. "It's that simple." Growing up "two people shy of a baseball team," Batiste and his six brothers were hearing their parents play music before they could sit at a piano or a set of drums themselves. His parents, Estella and Jean Batiste, met in New York but moved to New Orleans, where they owned a grocery store and a hardware store in the Ninth Ward."

This would allow for Michael Batiste, as per the Batiste family article, to be the father of Jon. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.145.183.194 (talk) 17:28, 8 May 2021 (UTC)