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Ben Rogerson

Why did Jon Batiste have a Jupiter-8 plugin controller, a Maschine+ and an Ableton Live controller sitting on his piano when he sang the National Anthem at the Super Bowl? We’re still not sure

Jon Batiste Super Bowl.

He recently unveiled his bluesy interpretations of the works of Beethoven, and now New Orleans’ own Jon Batiste has given us a suitably jazzy rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner at Super Bowl LIX.

Performing at The Big Easy’s Caesars Superdome, Batiste was happy to embellish the US National Anthem with some soulful piano licks, but we suspect that many electronic music gearheads may have been distracted by the three products sitting in front of Batiste on his Yamaha grand’s lid.

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