Jon Batiste, the multi-talented band leader of Stay Human, the house band on “The Late Show With
Stephen Colbert,” has a new album set for release on March 19th, and the lead single, “I Need You,” cooks!
Woven into the song (literally) is the excitement of “Jump, Jive and Wail,” a 1950s hit written and performed by Louis Prima, and covered by The Brian Setzer Orchestra in 1998.
Batiste works the video, too: Attractive, athletic, high energy dancers draw us in: we want to dance, smile and jive, too.
“I Need You” is building radio airplay. Right now, it’s #12 on the Alternative chart.