Being twofold, the purpose of this thesis is (1) to determine if and how Social Music may be an evolution of jazz music, while simultaneously being a re-discovery of jazz as it was initially intended to be, especially from a social perspective, and (2) to divulge how Jon Batiste and Stay Human expressively use Social Music to deliver concepts of love, believe, hope, determination, encouragement, and joy to a world that synchronously experiences devastation, tumult, beauty, and promise. An introspective analysis of Jon Batiste and Stay Human will serve as the explanatory vehicle to ascertain the aforementioned. Additional introspective analyses of Jon Batiste and Stay Human are included and strongly considered. As jazz is known as being birthed in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Jonathan Batiste was reared in Kenner, Louisiana – a suburb outside of New Orleans, there is a discussion of Batiste’s thoughts of Congo Square and early jazz in New Orleans, thereby yielding further clarification of my inquiry as to how Social Music may be a re-discovery of jazz as it was initially intended to be. The introspective analysis includes a brief musical biographical sketch of (a) Jonathan Batiste in New Orleans, Louisiana, (b) Jonathan Batiste and his Trio in New York, (c) Jon Batiste and Stay Human in New York alongside national and global tours, and (d) Jon Batiste and Stay Human as the Bandleader and House Band of CBS’s syndicated The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. This introspective analysis entails a discussion of my documentation of diverse musical experiences with Jon Batiste and Stay Human. To capture the inclusiveness of community, there are additional introspective analyses of musical experiences with Jon Batiste and Stay Human, including members from the Stay Human band as well as members from the audience. There is a discussion of how Jon Batiste and Stay Human have revolutionized the music and social climate of jazz. As Jon Batiste ultimately seeks to bring people together, there is a discussion of how social music (a) brings people of diverse demographic and socio-economic class together and (b) makes jazz more accessible to the masses, ultimately linking the common thread of humanity.
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Jazz History and Research
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Jazz--Social aspects
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Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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1 online resource (ix, 465 p. : ill.)
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M.A.
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Includes bibliographical references
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by Cherise Renée Harris
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Batiste, Jonathan
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Graduate School - Newark Electronic Theses and Dissertations
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