Photos: Jon Batiste brings music and love to patients at Children's Hospital New Orleans
Read more: Jon Batiste lifts spirits with music in his visit to Children’s Hospital New Orleans
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Musician Jon Batiste, center, high fives Children's Hospital New Orleans patient Noah Calles, 8, as they make music together with Emmett Richards, 6, back center, and Ava Rollins, 4, during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Jon Batiste greets Children's Hospital New Orleans patient Kelsey Farris, 11, of Marrero, during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Jon Batiste signs the word "love" on the melodica that he gave to patient Jesus Preza Gomez during Batiste's visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Jon Batiste looks at a painting of himself by Children's Hospital New Orleans patient Kelsey Farris, 11, of Marrero, who gave him the painting as a thank you for his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Patient Noah Calles, 8, of California, who is getting treated for Hodgkin's lymphoma stage 4, plays the melodica that Jon Batiste gave him during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Musician Jon Batiste visits Children's Hospital New Orleans on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_119.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_119.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=225%2C150 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=540%2C360 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=990%2C660 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C690 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C888 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C984 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/2f/62fa13d2-3e9d-5a8c-b6ba-e3265385e6b1/6572615685d64.image.jpg?resize=1763%2C1175 2008w)
Musician Jon Batiste hugs Erica Jensen who is a senior vice president with Be The Match, a program that helps match donors with people who have blood cancer, during Batiste's visit to Children's Hospital New Orleans on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_111.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_111.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=225%2C150 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=540%2C360 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=990%2C660 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C690 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C888 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C984 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/4b/74b93466-27f2-5b71-b98a-3ebce38f8697/6572613851a13.image.jpg?resize=1763%2C1175 2008w)
Musician Jon Batiste, center, plays the keyboard as Children's Hospital New Orleans patients, from left to right, Noah Calles, 8, Emmett Richards, 6, and Ava Rollins, 4, play the melodicas that Batiste gave them during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_118.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_118.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=150%2C106 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=200%2C141 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=225%2C159 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=300%2C211 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=400%2C282 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=540%2C381 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=640%2C451 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=750%2C529 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=990%2C698 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C730 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C846 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C940 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1041 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/a/50/a5098228-2e5c-5d32-af02-c604fde0d384/6572615279031.image.jpg?resize=1715%2C1209 2008w)
Jon Batiste gives a bow of love to patient Jesus Preza Gomez after giving him a melodica during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_116.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_116.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=225%2C150 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=540%2C360 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=990%2C660 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C690 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C888 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C984 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/66/b6612c7f-3a38-5ab3-95b2-9acabbc4fd25/6572614af1ce3.image.jpg?resize=1763%2C1175 2008w)
Jon Batiste autographs the violin belonging to Children's Hospital New Orleans patient Kelsey Farris, 11, of Marrero, during Batiste's visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_100.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_100.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=150%2C223 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=200%2C297 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=225%2C334 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=300%2C446 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=400%2C595 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=540%2C803 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=640%2C951 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=750%2C1115 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=990%2C1472 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C1538 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/3c/e3c54e09-8404-59bc-91de-a495eebe26c2/65726130b7422.image.jpg?resize=1180%2C1754 1200w)
Avery Mullen, 5, joined other patients in painting her face as she sits on the lap of her mom, Alicia, as they watch Jon Batiste during his visit to Children's Hospital New Orleans on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
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Updated![NO.batiste.120823_115.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=225%2C150 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=540%2C360 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=990%2C660 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C690 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C888 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C984 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/4c/e4c00218-a969-594a-a3cc-541d58cd6248/6572614722999.image.jpg?resize=1763%2C1175 2008w)
Jon Batiste can't believe Children's Hospital New Orleans patient Kelsey Farris, 11, of Marrero, gave him a painting that she drew of Batiste as a thank you for his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_120.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_120.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=225%2C150 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=540%2C360 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=990%2C660 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C690 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C888 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C984 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/b0/fb05c328-6905-5ac9-8e71-b443c131da43/6572615a8ec1f.image.jpg?resize=1763%2C1175 2008w)
Musician Jon Batiste, right, takes a selfie with Xavier students in the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity who helped lead a drive at their school for the Be The Match registry. Batiste visited Children's Hospital New Orleans on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_105.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_105.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=150%2C105 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=200%2C140 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=225%2C158 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=300%2C210 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=400%2C280 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=540%2C379 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=640%2C449 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=750%2C526 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=990%2C694 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C726 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C841 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C934 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1035 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/2b/02b0d895-459e-5bbe-bfc7-135e202664b2/657260187dc93.image.jpg?resize=1719%2C1205 2008w)
Patient Emmett Richards, 6, laughs as he plays the melodica that Jon Batiste gave him during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_103.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_103.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=150%2C104 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=200%2C138 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=225%2C155 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=300%2C207 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=400%2C276 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=540%2C373 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=640%2C442 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=750%2C518 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=990%2C684 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C715 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C829 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C920 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1019 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/34/334b5940-eec6-535e-a801-422ad8553b62/65726010a11a9.image.jpg?resize=1732%2C1196 2008w)
Avery Mullen, 5, plays the melodica that Jon Batiste gave her and other patients during his visit to Children's Hospital New Orleans on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_104.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_104.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=150%2C102 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=200%2C136 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=225%2C152 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=300%2C203 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=400%2C271 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=540%2C366 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=640%2C434 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=750%2C508 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=990%2C671 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C701 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C813 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C903 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1000 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/c0/3c078d1f-3973-5c09-848a-69135b39ed7a/65726013abaae.image.jpg?resize=1749%2C1185 2008w)
Musician Jon Batiste, center, makes music with Children's Hospital New Orleans patients during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_101.JPG
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Emmett Richards, 6, right, makes sure the sticker that Ava Rollins, 4, was wearing doesn't fall off her sweater during Jon Batiste's visit to Children's Hospital New Orleans on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_106.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_106.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=150%2C105 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=200%2C140 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=225%2C158 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=300%2C210 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=400%2C281 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=540%2C379 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=640%2C449 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=750%2C526 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=990%2C695 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C726 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C842 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C935 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1036 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/cc/7cc1ea7c-3d76-5237-85ce-502f7b1aebe1/6572601a59f95.image.jpg?resize=1719%2C1206 2008w)
Patient Emmett Richards, 6, plays the melodica that Jon Batiste gave him during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_102.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_102.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=150%2C100 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=200%2C133 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=225%2C150 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=400%2C267 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=540%2C360 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=640%2C427 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=990%2C660 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C690 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C800 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C888 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C984 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/04/904b0a1b-72c3-57af-88bb-dd03a8c24e5a/6572600c4d356.image.jpg?resize=1763%2C1175 2008w)
Jon Batiste visits Children's Hospital New Orleans on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_108.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_108.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=150%2C105 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=200%2C140 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=225%2C157 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=300%2C209 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=400%2C279 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=540%2C377 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=640%2C447 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=750%2C524 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=990%2C691 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C723 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C838 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C931 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C1031 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/a0/ba0bb883-70cf-57f6-a36c-a24f414e3a55/65726021939dc.image.jpg?resize=1723%2C1203 2008w)
Family of patients and staff of Children's Hospital New Orleans watch musician Jon Batiste play music during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)NO.batiste.120823_109.JPG
Updated![NO.batiste.120823_109.JPG](https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=150%2C96 150w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=200%2C129 200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=225%2C145 225w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=300%2C193 300w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=400%2C257 400w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=540%2C347 540w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=640%2C411 640w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=750%2C482 750w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=990%2C636 990w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=1035%2C665 1035w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C771 1200w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=1333%2C857 1333w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=1476%2C949 1476w, https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/nola.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/29/f294f68b-4d71-585c-92aa-6228cd0befeb/65726025ac71c.image.jpg?resize=1795%2C1154 2008w)
Musician Jon Batiste plays the keyboard along with Children's Hospital New Orleans patient Ava Rollins, 4, during his visit to the hematology and oncology inpatient unit at the hospital on Thursday, December 7, 2023. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
(Photo by Chris Granger The Times-Picayune)Chris Granger
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