What is the best Jon Batiste album?

Grammy-crowned statements share the stage with solo-piano experiments, smoky live jazz sets, and genre-hopping concept records. Which deserves the crown?

1. 1
   We Are

   Batiste's 2021 breakthrough that won the Grammy for Album of the Year, blending soul, gospel, and jazz.
   1000pts
2. 2
   World Music Radio

   His genre-spanning 2023 concept album framed as a global radio broadcast.
   571pts
3. 3
   Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard

   A 2019 live album capturing Batiste's trio at the famed jazz club.
   422pts
4. 4
   Social Music

   The 2013 album with Stay Human that fused jazz, soul, and pop into a joyful whole.
   281pts
5. 5
   Soul

   The Oscar-winning 2020 Pixar score Batiste composed with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
   281pts
6. 6
   The Process

   A 2014 experimental collaboration with Chad Smith and Bill Laswell.
   281pts
7. 7
   Hollywood Africans

   A 2018 Grammy-nominated set of intimate, piano-forward Americana and jazz.
   281pts
8. 8
   Beethoven Blues

   His 2024 solo-piano project reimagining Beethoven through a blues and improvisational lens.
   281pts
9. 9
   Big Money

   Batiste's 2025 studio album exploring ambition and American life.
   192pts
10. 10
    Times in New Orleans

    Batiste's early 2005 album rooted in the traditions of his hometown.
    192pts

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