Jon Batiste⁩ are his volunteer Second Line is stepping off from Union Square in musical protest

[Dennis Donovan]

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Bill Weir ✔@BillWeirCNN

.⁦@JonBatiste⁩ are his volunteer Second Line is stepping off from Union Square in musical protest

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1:27 PM - Jun 6, 2020

[Budi]

1. Is John Batiste from Colbert's band??

This is so cool!

Wish I were there

[Dennis Donovan]

2. Yep - Jon Baptiste and Stay Human

[Budi]

5. Its a peace celebration!! I am so proud of how this is turning out & thanks to

..all who use their celebrity to gather & shepard those who have walked their walk for 12 days & nights...

[Brother Buzz]

3. Stephen Colbert is gonna be pissed he wasn't invited

I understand he plays a mean kazoo.

[BComplex]

4. That sentence SO needs some serious help.

[Brother Buzz]

6. Take it will with Bill Weir @BillWeirCNN

[stopdiggin]

7. and another (nt)

[Brother Buzz]

9. LOL, I meant to do that!

[stopdiggin]

10. just razzn' ya bro

[Patterson]

8. A sample of the day Trump is gone.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Where is this? NYC?

The only Union Square I know Is in SF.

[manhattan123]

13. There's a Union Square in NYC

at 14th - 18th Streets. Great view of Empire State Building from there, a farmer's market in the afternoons, lots of bars and coffee shops and bookstores.

[marble falls]

12. Thanks!

[IcyPeas]

14. Jon Batiste, more than just a late nite bandleader:

He is quite the classical musician. He holds a bachelor's and master's degree from the Juilliard School.

Stay Human
In 2005, Batiste began performing regularly in New York with his Juilliard peers, bassist Phil Kuehn and drummer Joe Saylor. He later added Eddie Barbash on alto saxophone and Ibanda Ruhumbika on tuba. Batiste named the band Stay Human, which draws its moniker from the belief that human interaction during a live musical performance can uplift humanity in the midst of the "plug in/tune out" nature of modern society. The band leads impromptu street performances, which Batiste calls "love riots".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Batiste

[BComplex]

15. Didn't know that! Very cool!

I'm glad they brought their music to the protest, too.