{"product_id":"jon-batiste-black-mozart-verve-377358","title":"Jon Batiste – Black Mozart (Verve)","description":"\n  \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \n\n\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease details\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTracklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Description tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJon Batiste's \u003cem\u003eBlack Mozart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the second entry in his Batiste Piano Series, following 2024's \u003cem\u003eBeethoven Blues\u003c\/em\u003e, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Classical Charts. Here, the multi-Grammy and Oscar-winning pianist turns to Mozart, recasting some of the composer's most familiar melodies through what the sources describe as Black American classical music. That framing gives the album its real point: not a polite crossover exercise, but a cultural conversation between European repertoire and Black musical traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBatiste draws on jazz, ragtime, stride, blues, gospel and stomps, keeping Mozart's melodic clarity in view while changing the rhythmic feel and expressive weight around it. The result is a solo piano record that treats reinterpretation as living practice rather than museum preservation. Pieces such as \u003cem\u003eAlla Turc\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTwinkle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGospel Andante\u003c\/em\u003e suggest the range of the approach, moving from playful transformation to something more devotional and songful without losing the thread of the original material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes \u003cem\u003eBlack Mozart\u003c\/em\u003e especially appealing is how directly Batiste pursues the idea. The album is presented as a wordless dialogue rather than a genre exercise, and that sense of openness suits his style well: technically fluent, emotionally immediate, and interested in what happens when inherited forms are made personal again. For listeners who enjoyed the way \u003cem\u003eBeethoven Blues\u003c\/em\u003e opened classical themes to improvisation, this feels like a clear and thoughtful next step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \u003c!-- Genres --\u003e\n    \n      \u003cp\u003eGenre: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classical\"\u003eClassical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \n\n    \n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Release tab content --\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cdiv\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n          \n          \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: \u003c\/strong\u003e LP\u003c\/div\u003e\n          \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnits: \u003c\/strong\u003e 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenre: \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/classical\"\u003eClassical\u003c\/a\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \n        \n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\n  \u003c!-- Tracklist tab content --\u003e\n  \n  \u003cli\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSide A                       \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Facile-Batiste\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Alla Blues\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Alla Turc Movement\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Shine\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5. Twinkle\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6. Processional\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSide B                       \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1. Country Zart\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2. Molto\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3. Molto In Cayo Hueso\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4. Gospel Andante 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/li\u003e\n  \n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n","brand":"Dutch Vinyl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44272312680513,"sku":"1651754","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1474\/5258\/files\/199957841054.jpg?v=1785398719","url":"https:\/\/www.dutchvinyl.com.au\/products\/jon-batiste-black-mozart-verve-377358","provider":"Dutch Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}