As a literal description of Batiste himself it is cruel and unfair; but as a short hand poetic summary of how his recent persona on the show comes across, I think, sadly, it is spot on.
WTF is he doing? It does seem like somebody told him to be more like Paul, but Batiste is by all accounts a fantastic musician - he's got to have a better ear than that. And whoever is mixing the sound for the show is not doing him any favors - half the time it feels like he got on the phone on the upstairs extension and thinks he is having a conversation with someone else during our call. I have felt from day 1 that Colbert made a mistake with his choice of bandleader, and while I am glad to see the show finding its legs, nothing that has happened has changed my initial impression. Batiste is a likeable guy and I'm sure an amazing musician, but so much of what he plays, while technically high quality, sounds to me like an opera star covering Janis Joplin. And he is almost always out of his depth with the kind of comedy Colbert does. I don't know what cool band is out there that could take his place, but I hope that as soon as it is graceful enough to do so they replace him. On Tue, May 2, 2017 at 1:07 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > While I agree that Jon Batiste often treats the monologue as a chance to > beat to death a bad Paul Shaffer impression, I think calling it Uncle > Tomming is unfair. > > David > > On Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 1:08:01 PM EDT, Mark Jeffries < > [email protected]> wrote: > A nice show of humanity on Jimmy's part (and I assume this is the first > time he's had guest hosts). I'm afraid that if Colbert had to be that > human his Uncle Tomming bandleader would still be doing the screaming and > piano doodling because that's what Chris Licht told him to do. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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.
