That's true of much of tonight's winning music - Rodrigo's Disney-born pop-punk, for example, may bear the imprint of '90s queens like Alanis Morissette, but her vocal timbre's pure Internet bedroom pop (and it was nice to see her spiritual elder sibling Billie Eilish rooting for her every win). Nostalgia rolls off these songs because they don't adhere to any one set of reference points. His pastiche remains unfussy, almost obstinately playful, like the spangled cape and blue suit he wore to perform "Freedom," a song whose infectious utopianism is as unattached to heavy historical signifiers as Pharrell's Grammy-winning "Happy" was back in the Obama era.
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Native New Orleanian Batiste revels in the magpie side of the form rather than its purist tendencies: Listening to his winning album is like walking down Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District, absorbing what's pouring out of the cars rolling by with their windows down.
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Yet, I'd argue, it reflects a mainstream that's increasingly open to jazz's swing and syncopation, if not its full challenge to create in the moment.
Powers: Batiste's win made this a banner night for jazz, as you say. As the man said from the stage: "It's more than entertainment to me, it's a spiritual practice." (And yet: Were we not entertained?!?) And that's cause for celebration, even if it doesn't reflect popular music reality. Maybe no one stood out as the night's huge winner, as you say, but I'd suggest that Batiste, who took home more Grammys than anyone else, came closest. One of the four other awards he won yesterday was best music video, for "Freedom" - and his performance on the telecast of that song felt just as much like a blast from a confetti cannon. Batiste is precisely the sort of artist to win over the Recording Academy: wildly proficient, ineffably charismatic, genre-transcendent and down for whatever. (She counts, in my book.) I know this feels especially meaningful to me given my interests, but it also speaks to something I've noticed over a few decades of Grammy watching. That means WE ARE is only the third or fourth time a jazz musician has won album of the year - after Stan Getz with João Gilberto (1965), Herbie Hancock with an all-star cast (2008) and maybe Norah Jones (2003), depending on where you draw the line. He didn't win awards in the jazz categories for which he was nominated, but I'd venture to say Batiste qualifies here – in his major category win - as a jazz artist. Anyone familiar with J-Bat's career knows that he came from jazz, though his artistry and persona are too capacious for a single genre or tradition. I want to start with the final award of the event: Jon Batiste's win for album of the year, an outcome I knew was within the realm of possibility, but didn't dare to expect. Nate Chinen: It was a dizzying ride, with the dial turned way up on well-crafted enjoyment. The 2022 Grammy Awards 2022 Grammy Awards: The full list of nominees and winners Am I being too enthusiastic about what was essentially an excellent variety show? After some tough pandemic years, pop - or at least the version of pop that fits into the Grammys' definition - made an argument for its renewed health tonight by connecting with its own history and emphasizing pleasure even when the concepts ran high. The awards hardly mattered, it seemed, with no one artist standing out as the night's huge winner. It all came across as highly professional, yet convincingly energetic. Paak dapped like no winner has dapped before. Sweeping the four categories in which they were nominated for their Silk Sonic project, Bruno Mars and Anderson. Throughout the evening we had about 18 rewrites of the rock and roll myth, a mini-set from rap elder Nas, BTS jumping lasers, full body jazz hands from Lady Gaga and a psychedelic jaunt through the African diaspora with Jon Batiste. The balance between elaborate set pieces like Olivia Rodrigo's fully automotive take on "Driver's License" and more unfettered barn-burners like Silk Sonic's James Brown-ian "777" kept the show's pace lively. Last night's Grammys telecast was fun and exhausting in its embrace of so many different styles and stars, with everyone going for extra dazzle and yet none really dominating. Batiste was nominated in 11 categories and took home five prizes, including album of the year.Īnn Powers: I feel like I ran 10 laps around the entirety of popular music. Jon Batiste (center) performs at the 64th annual Grammy Awards on April 3, 2022.
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