That song, though, had the benefit of T Bone Burnett, a huge Grammy favorite as a songwriter. There's also Jon Batiste's "It Never Went Away" from “American Symphony.” It was Oscar-nominated ...

In part two of our interview, Batiste joins us from the piano and plays some of his favorite Christmas songs. He's the former ...

I'm Terry Gross. Christmas has inspired some great songs in every genre and some really bad ones. Today, we'll hear some great ones. We'll start with Jon Batiste at the piano, playing, singing and ...