I was personally hoping that he would remember his friends in Chicago and pick Lisa McQueen, who has logged many years with the Annoyance and Second City, to be late-night's first female bandleader, but this may work out.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor [email protected] On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 4:03 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > You might like Stephen C's choice of bandleader. While I am assuming his > band his coming with, it's not explicit from the press. It's a combo > rather than a band, so like when the Roots moved from Late Night to > Tonight, some additional musicians may come into the mix. > > > http://www.vulture.com/2015/06/stephen-colbert-taps-jon-batiste-as-bandleader.html > > > http://colbertlateshow.com/video/B35E8490-70A8-7A2D-BC25-BF7D09C8FA96/introducing-a-new-friend/ > > > http://www.colbertlateshow.com/news/1004307/stephen-colbert-announces-official-musical-friend-/ > > You might remember him from The Report. > > http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/oeurov/jon-batiste-and-stay-human > > http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/1ymccn/jon-batiste-and-stay-human----express-yourself- > <http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/oeurov/jon-batiste-and-stay-human> > > Personally, I think late night has always done well with the house bands > (though arguably it's the weakest part of the current edition of Late > Night). There's a question of how long Batiste may want to stay with the > show, but I think (based on the appearance on The Report) it may simply be > to pursue other opportunities rather than any lack of chemistry with the > host. > > David > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
