Jon Batiste & Stay Human Join St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights Lineup

Jon Batiste & Stay Human, the sizzling house band on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," joins the St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights line-up on August 20 at Deer Valley Resort's Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater. Andy Garcia and the CineSon All Stars, previously scheduled to play August 20, will now perform on August 27. For tickets and information: 435-655-3114 or www.BigStarsBrightNightsConcerts.org

As spicy and richly textured as his native N'Orleans, jazzman Jon Batiste and his New York City-based band of Julliard contemporaries dish out a steamy concoction of everything from ragtime to funk. With "a mission of bringing the joy of jazz to the masses" (New York Daily News) the 29 year-old Batiste and his band don't just play the music; they live it, breathe it and, most importantly, share it... even on the subway (where they created a self-produced album). It's a sound described by a Washington Post reviewer as "... pounding rhythms and lively melodies, deceptively finessed and firmly steeped in gospel and the blues."

Born and raised in a culture and family of jazz - and educated at the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Arts as well as the Juilliard School - Batiste comes to the stage with innate artistry as well as fine-tuned technique. His heritage is deeply rooted in New Orleans; his family's connection to the music of the Crescent City was part of the inspiration for the HBO documentary Treme in which he appeared. Yet, he has also fused his musical background with the sounds and influences of a decade of living in the Big Apple. A New York Times reviewer, who caught Batiste's act at the Newport Jazz Festival, described him as "fast-tracking toward heroism." Already, he has collaborated with everyone from Prince to Wynton Marsalis. And, since September, Batiste has served as bandleader for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."

"If you missed Jon Batiste's performance at The Eccles Center in 2014, this is an opportunity to catch an incredible talent, a musician who is truly making jazz and its sister genres relevant for a new generation," says PCI executive director Teri Orr. "Jon Batiste is to harmonaboard what Jimi Hendrix was to guitar. And his band is just as jaw-dropping in its sheer artistry and ability to entertain."

CONCERT DETAILS

All St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights concerts take place at Deer Valley Resort's Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater. Shows start at 7 p.m. (gates open at 5:30 p.m.) Purchase lawn and reserved tickets as well as summer season punch cards (punch cards are available to Park City Institute members only) at the Mega Genius Supply Store & IQ HQ or via phone at 435-655-3114, online at www.BigStarsBrightNightsConcerts.org and at Park City Institute's Box Office (located at 435 Swede Alley in the Mega-Genius Supply store and IQ HQ for the summer). Lawn tickets may also be purchased at the New Park Mega-Genius location (1153 Center Drive, Suite G-230); The King's English Bookshop (1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City); the Deer Valley Signatures stores located at 625 Main Street and Silver Lake Village and Deer Valley Etc. in Snow Park Lodge (please call 435-649-1000 or 800-424-DEER (3337) for Deer Valley store hours). General Admission tickets start at $40. Reserved seats start at $55.

Gates open 90-minutes before show time. Coolers are permitted and a nine-inch chair height restriction (i.e. you shouldn't be able to roll a basketball under the seat) is enforced. Concerts will be held rain or shine.

* PRESS: Please contact Jane Gendron for interview requests, review tickets and press information, jgendron@jgendron.com or 435-640-3315.

St. Regis Big Stars, Bright Nights Concerts

at Deer Valley Resort:

Squirrel Nut Zippers (July 3, 2016)

Emmylou Harris & Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (July 14, 2016)

Chris Botti & Lucia Micarelli (July 21, 2016)

Kip Moore (July 24, 2016)

Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn (July 28, 2016)

Mike Posner (August 7, 2016)

Jon Batiste and Stay Human (August 20, 2016)

Trace Adkins (August 25, 2016)

Andy Garcia and the CineSon All Stars (August 27, 2016)

Jewel (September 3, 2016)

ENTERTAINING, EDUCATING AND ILLUMINATING SINCE 1998

Park City Institute is a non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing world-class performances and new ideas to the community. Since 1998, PCI has presented internationally renowned and cutting edge musicians, actors, authors, comedians, dancers, speakers and film at The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts (a joint-use facility with the Park City School District). The organization will embark on its 13th season of headliner concerts at Deer Valley Resort this summer. PCI is dedicated to introducing young people to the arts through free student outreach workshops, shows and demonstrations. They proudly launched the Mega-Genius Supply Store and IQ HQ - an after school literacy program and very thinky retail store - in January 2010; and opened a second Mega-Genius retail shop and after school tutoring center in New Park in 2015. And the organization continues to illuminate with TEDx events, Curiosities evenings and the Park City Institute / Strategic News Service Future in Review Speaker Series.

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Jane Gendron

J Gendron Communications, LLC

435-640-3315

jgendron@jgendron.com