This time, he sits and begins to play even as Den-O Rod Form fights the Imagin, and the time door opens his wish was to play the piano such that Okumura might hear him. The Imagin steals another piano from a recording studio and brings it to him, this time delivering it to him outside the hospital. Further investigation reveals that no one really knows who Piano Man is they hear his piano, but don't know the man behind it. They learn the hospital room the man is staring at is where Okumura is, having been stuck in a coma since the accident, and that the Piano Man has been seen outside his room often, but never visited. When tailing him earlier, Deneb had seen him standing outside a hospital, playing his "air piano" and staring up at a particular room, so Ryotaro and Yuto investigate, finding him there again. The significance of the fact that his seemingly simple wish wasn't truly granted despite appearing to have been is not lost on Deneb. Īfter Ryotaro tells him the Imagin will likely try again to complete its contract, he casually says he will simply wait again. Ryotaro arrives and fights the Imagin off, after which the man sits at the piano and starts playing. The Imagin quickly complies, stealing him a piano from a home, but the man insists that his wish hasn't been granted, and his memory doesn't open up a time door, much to the Imagin's frustration. During one of these "performances", he is entered by the Kraken Imagin, which, when it presents itself, he asks simply for a piano. He stops at every open piano he finds, playing music until he is asked to leave. In the present, he is seen wandering around the city, silently moving his hands in front of him as if playing the piano. However, after Okumura finally made it into a piano concert, he is hit by a car while attempting to cross the street and tell the Piano Man the news. The two became close, him becoming a mentor for Okumura. He recognizes the man him from his earlier career, and says that he had self doubts about his skills against the high expectations he faces, but the man's passionate playing just now has inspired him past them. On January 18, 2004, he was playing a piano alone in a lot, when Yuki Okumura, himself an aspiring pianist, finds him. May it be a long and happy marriage of music and comedy.At some point, he was a well-known piano player however, he suddenly retired around 1994. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert debuts Sept. Whether during a “love riot” or just performing his music onstage, Batiste is an incredibly vibrant, mobile performer, and it won’t come as a surprise if he chooses not to stay confined to one corner of Colbert’s set.
Though it’s still early to speculate on what the partnership between Colbert and Batiste will look like, it seems safe to bet on at least one defining characteristic: mobility. It’s people coming together who don’t know each other, and it’s so beautiful.” Social Music is also the name of the band’s 2013 album, which reached the top spot on Billboard’s jazz charts.
“We call those moments love riots,” Batiste explains on his website, “because the energy is so kinetic and big. Together with Stay Human, Batiste has developed a method of performing he calls “social music.” During shows, the band often brings audience members onstage or turns the performance into an impromptu street parade.