Randy Newman hadn’t been doing much singing when he got a cold call from Jon Batiste. The musicians had met a decade earlier and spent some time together, but time went by, and they drifted apart. Now ...

“I’m not someone who’s against necessarily where technology can go, but it’s never going to be Jon Batiste. Sorry.” In fact, he said the name of the album is a sign of the times. “This album Big Money ...

When Jon Batiste began working on his 2025 album, Big Money, an impromptu sit-down on the piano with Randy Newman turned into the first time in years that the legendary songwriter and composer sang.

AKRON, Ohio — Masterful. Mesmerizing. Magnificent. Sunday night at the nearly sold-out Akron Civic Theatre, New Orleans native Jon Batiste brought a two-hour spectacle that turned a concert into ...