I’ve mostly given up on listening to Fresh Air (I track the episodes on an RSS reader and stream ones I want to listen to) and the interviews with Batiste and Questlove have been especially rewarding and worth looking up. Batiste is gifted not only at composing but also at describing how he does it. Maybe if Colbert put him in the guest chair and gave him a chance to talk about it that would give the audience an idea. Being called on to be a regular sidekick feels like more of a waste.
On Mon, Apr 4, 2022 at 5:31 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations to JB, for not only not going 0-fer, but for winning the > biggest Grammy (among his 5), Album of the year. I am always shocked when > something I like wins a Grammy, as I am so far out of the demo (I had to > Google Olivia Rodrigo, then I think I remembered fast forwarding thru her > on SNL in the last year or two). But his album really was my favorite this > year. > > A big year for late night TV musicians, as Questlove was the winner of the > Best Documentary Oscar that got overshadowed by Will Smith’s nonsense. That > was a remarkable piece of work. > > I’m not so surprised that Batiste doesn’t do more of his own solo work on > the show, or that he doesn’t contribute more as a side kick (in fact, I > think the show is better the less it tries to use him in that way). It’s > more that the depth and quality of his musical signature does not seem to > come through on that show. I feel like we get a much clearer sense of that > signature from Doc, Paul and Questlove. Though truthfully I don’t watch > Colbert that regularly anymore so maybe that has changed. > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 at 12:10 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I can only guess as to why Batiste is not as active in a non-band sense >> on the show. My sense is that Batiste's creative energies are mainly >> focused on non-Late Show projects, which is fine with me. Whether that >> flexibility was a condition for accepting the gig, or it simply evolved >> that way, I don't know. >> >> I think many people have gotten used to the notion of a late night >> bandleader as a sidekick, thanks to Paul Shaffer. But I think that role is >> still pretty rare. Max Weinberg was arguably a mix of Paul and Doc >> Severinsen (still with us at 94), and The Roots are more like Batiste in >> being active outside The Tonight Show. >> >> David >> >> >> On Sunday, April 3, 2022, 11:04:04 AM PDT, PGage <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> Really nice piece. Wish them the best. I have been on the line (in our >> case losing) the fight with fucking leukemia with a close family member. >> Sucks. But then, we were not as relentlessly (sometimes obnoxiously?) >> positive as Batiste. >> >> I am really into his “We Are” album (I will be shocked if he goes 0-fer >> tonight) but as almost always with his non-Late Show work, wonder why that >> guy does not show up with Colbert very often. >> >> On Sun, 3 Apr 2022 at 10:35 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> Mr. Batiste has 11 nominations at tonight's Grammys (he's also scheduled >> to perform), but based on today's CBS Sunday morning piece, it may not be >> what Stephen asks him about first on the next new Late Show. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS9TSxsA78c >> >> David >> >> >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/171092892.708715.1649013042112%40mail.yahoo.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/171092892.708715.1649013042112%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJZcyLKW86x684J5rhLAfj8xm3x1DZMEAem%3DCrPxzwVdg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYJZcyLKW86x684J5rhLAfj8xm3x1DZMEAem%3DCrPxzwVdg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiE-WyqZGBNoj-CMtHVNHfpHMikS0oJxFQiDsdzBc%3D_-gQ%40mail.gmail.com.
