>> Stephen: JON, I LOVE THE MUSIC, THANKS FOR BEING MY BAND
LEADER, HAVING A GOOD TIME OVER THERE.
>> GOOD JOB, MAN, IT PAYS WELL.
>> Stephen: THANKS.
GOOD TO KNOW, MAN.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: GOOD TO KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY YOU DO IT FOR THE
LOVE.
>> Jon: I LOVE IT, MAN, I LOVE MONEY.
>> Stephen: JON.
(LAUGHTER).
>> Stephen: GOOD.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: IN THE WORDS OF GOGGLE, JON, I LOVE YOU.
>> Jon: I KNOW, YOU SAID IT EARLIER, THAT WAS COOL.
>> Stephen: YOU DIDN'T SAY IT BACK THOUGH.
>> Jon: I KNOW, I WAS PLAYING, THAT'S COMMIT AM.
I CAN'T COMMIT THAT EARLY.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT COMMITMENT.
HOW WE MADE THE COMMIT AM TO EACH OTHER TO DO THIS THING BSM
A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I MET YOU ON THE OLD SHOW.
WE HAD A GREAT TIME.
AND THEN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS AGO, I CALLED YOU UP AND SAID COME ON
IN, LET'S TALK ABOUT BEING THE BAND LEADER FOR THE SHOW.
>> Jon: THAT'S RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE HAD A NICE CONVERSATION.
>> Jon: IT WAS A DEEP CONVERSATION.
>> Stephen: VERY DEEP, TALK ABOUT TALKING ABOUT BIG
QUESTIONS, WE TALKED ABOUT VERY BIG QUESTIONS.
BUT THEN YOU ASKED ME A QUESTION, AFTER I SAID WOULD YOU
BE MY BAND LEADER YOU ASKED ME AN INTERESTING QUESTION FIRST.
>> Jon: I ASKED YOU IF YOU WOULD COME DOWN TO NEW ORLEANSS
MY HOMETOWN AND MEET MY PARENTS AND HAVE RED BEANS AN RICE WITH
US.
>> Stephen: EXACTLY, LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE
FROM.
>> Jon: EXACTLY.
>> Stephen: FIND OUT WHERE YOU LEARNED TO DO WHAT YOU LEARNED
HOW TO DO I SAID I WOULD LOVE TO AS LONG AS I COULD BRING SOME
CAMERAS.
SO WE DID IT WE WENT DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS, WE SPENT A DAY TOGETHER
AND WE PUT TOGETHER A COUPLE OF LITTLE PIECES OF US TALKING, AND
YOU TEACHING ME ABOUT NEW ORLEANS.
>> Jon: RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THE FIRST ONE.
>> Jon: OH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: JIMMY.
>> I HEADED DOWN TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, TO SOAK UP SOME
CULTURE AND TO LEARN ABOUT ALL THINGS JON BALTIST.
HEY, JON.
>> Jon: HEY, MAN, HOW ARE YOU DOING?
>> Stephen: THANKS FOR MEETING ME HERE AT A BAR FOR BREAKFAST.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER.
>> Jon: YEAH, WE'RE GETTING INTO IT.
>> Stephen: LET'S TELL THE PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE.
YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE BATISTE FAMILY OF MUSICIANS HERE IN THE
NEW ORLEANS AREA.
TELL ME ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
>> MY DAD IS ON THE MUSICAL SIDE, HAS SEVEN BROTHERS, THEY
HAD A BAND.
THEY PLAYED TOGETHER.
HAVE OVER 30 COUSINS THAT PLAY.
>> Stephen: NOW WHAT DO YOU PLAY?
>> WELL, I PLAY PIANO AND AN INSTRUMENT CALLED M MEL ODJICKA,
HARMONICA AND KEYBOARD PUT TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: SOME CALL IT THE FACE PIANO.
>> YEAH.
>> I THINK YOU, JUST YOU, JUST YOU.
>> Stephen: SO WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JON BATISTE.
GIVE ME ONE SENTENCE, ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT IS IT?
>> Stephen: I WOULD SAY JON BATISTE LOVES YOU AND LOVES THE
MUSIC.
(APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: THAT'S WONDERFUL.
>> Jon: YEAH, YOU AND-- EVERYONE.
I DON'T ME THE-- NOT LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: OH.
>> Jon: SORRY.
>> Stephen: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT YOU MEANT.
I GOT THAT FROM THE BEGINNING.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: SUREK I LOVE ALL OF YOU TOO.
I LOVE-- THAT'S HOW I-- THAT'S HOW I SAY IT TO EVERYONE I LOVE,
I LOVE YOU AND BY YOU I MEAN JUST ANYONE.
I LOVE YOU, I LOVE ALL OF YOU.
NO DIFFER RENT YAITION BETWEEN ME AND ANY OTHER HUMAN BEING,
REALLY.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: REALLY, OKAY.
>> Jon: SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
TELL ME SOME I SHOULD PLAY WITH.
>> JOE, EDDIE, JOE IS PLAYING DRUMS AND TAM BORE EVEN.
-- TAMBORINE.
>> Stephen: YOU ARE IN THE SHOT, THAT CAN'T HAPPEN IN THE
SHOW.
>> Jon: I'M VERY SORRY.
>> Stephen: KEEP IN MIND.
>> Jon: I WAS TRYING TO SHOW THE TAMBORINE.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU DOING IT AGAIN, YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN.
>> Jon: AM I OUT.
>> Stephen: HOW DOES THIS FEEL, HOW DOES IT FEEL?
>> Jon: AM I OUT?
>> Stephen: NO, YOU'RE IN.
>> Jon: AM I OUT?
>> Stephen: THIS IS GREAT, THERE YOU GO.
THAT'S BETTER.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: UH-HUH.
>> Jon: THIS IS GOING TO BE GREAT.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, JON.
>> Jon: LET'S DO IT.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT, JON BATISTE, WHERE ARE WE?
>> WE ARE ON FRENCHMAN STREET.
I'M PARTICULARLY FOND OF THIS PLACE BECAUSE I GREW UP PLAYING
HERE ALL THE TIME.
WE USED TO PLAY ON THAT CORNER.
AND WE WOULD PLAY IN THIS CLUB.
AND THAT WAS REALLY MY FIRST EXPERIENCE HANGING.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WAITING AROUND?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HANGING AT A GIG AND JUST-- .
>> Jon: HANGING IS WAITING AROUND BUT WITH STYLE AND SOCIAL
PURPOSE.
>> Stephen: LOITERING WITH STYLE.
>> Jon: YEAH, YOU CATCH A WALL.
>> Stephen: DOES LEANING HELP.
>> Jon: YEAH, IT HELPS.
SEE?
>> Stephen: AM I HANGING RIGHT NOW?
>> Jon: SO LIKE, YOU LEAN THERE.
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> Jon: SO LIKE YOU ARE LOOKING SOMEWHERE, BUT WE'RE
TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND WE'RE TALKING.
ARE WE TECHICALLY HANGING RIGHT NOW?
>> Jon: YEAH, YEAH.
>> Stephen: IS THAT A HANG.
>> Jon: BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO STAY IN POSITION.
YOU CAN MOVE.
>> Stephen: I FEEL LIKE MY SUIT IS GETTING DIRTY.
♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: SO THAT'S YOUR
DRUMMER?
AM I HANGING RIGHT NOW, IS THAT HANGING?
>> Jon: THAT'S MORE LIKE EXERCISE.
>> Stephen: I AM GETTING A GOOD CALF STRETCH.
>> Jon: TO HANG YOU HAVE TO BE MORE RELAXED.
>> Stephen: OKAY.
>> Jon: LIKE IF YOU WANT TO DO THE HAND THING, PUT THE ELBOW
WITH IT.
>> Stephen: LIKE THAT?
>> Jon: NO, NO, NO NO.
WAIT, GO BACK, GO BACK, GO BACK.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> Jon: YOU LOOK UNCOMFORTABLE.
>> Stephen: I'M GOOD.
>> Jon: THAT'S YOUR HANG, YOU GOT IT.
THAT'S IT.
AND THEN WITH THE HANG, THE THING ABOUT IT IS THE HANG COULD
LAST ALL NIGHT.
>> Stephen: REALLY, HAVE I TO STAY LIKE THIS ALL NIGHT?
>> Jon: NO, NO, NO.
YOU CAN MOVE TOO.
>> Stephen: ALL RIGHT.
>> Jon: WE CALL THAT BLEECHING.
>> Stephen: BLEECHING?
>> Jon: YEAH, YOU'RE BLEECHING CUZ IT'S LIKE YOU STAND UP,
UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP USUALLY WHEN YOU BLEECHING.
>> Stephen: BUT WHY IS IT CALLED BLEECHING, JON?
>> Jon: THE NAME, IT HAS A SOUND.
IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A STRONG CONNECTION TO THE ACTIVITY.
JUST BLEECHG, YOU KNOW, LIKE BLEECHING.
IT WORKS.
>> Stephen: GOD, I WISH I COULD SAY I UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
HOW LONG WOULD I HAVE TO STAND LIKE THIS TO BE BLEECHING?
>> Jon: IT'S NOT ABOUT-- .
>> Stephen: YOU SAID THERE WAS A LENGTH OF TIME INVOLVED?
>> Jon: NO, NO, NO, NO.
THAT WAS-- .
>> Stephen: IS THAT SOMEONE PLAYING JAZZ, ONE NOTE.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: YEAH!
BEAUTIFUL DAY.
>> Jon: YEAH, GREAT.
WONDERFUL.
>> Stephen: HUMID THOUGH.
>> Jon: IT ALWAYS IS IN THE SUMMER TIME.
>> Stephen: IT'S A LITTLE-- IT'S A LITTLE HUMID,
HAVE I TO SAY.
>> Jon: WE'RE WEARING THESE GLAZERS.
>> Stephen: YEAH, I HAVE AN HISTORIC CASE OF SWAMP ASS RIGHT
NOW.
>> Jon: IS THAT SO?
>> Stephen: YEAH, YOU COULD RUN A FAN BOAT IN MY BUTT CRACK
RIGHT NOW.
>> Jon: I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL DO THAT TODAY.
>> Stephen: NO, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT MY TALCOM POWDER
BILL IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THIS.
>> Stephen: JON BATISTE, EVERYBODY.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) >> Stephen: WE SHOT A LOT MORE
DOWN THERE IN NEW ORLEANSS.
WE'LL HAVE MORE OF THAT ON ANOTHER SHOW, MAYBE TOMORROW,
MAYBE ANOTHER TIME.
JON THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> Jon: YEAH.
>> Stephen: JON BATISTE AN STAY HUMAN.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.