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Chauvet fixtures selected for Jon Batiste’s Coachella show

During his appearance at Coachella’s Outdoor Theatre, Jon Batiste, his band, and a variety of special guests took fans on a musical odyssey that included everything from covers of Beatles songs to the classic from his hometown New Orleans, “When The Saints Go Marching In”.

The set on Batiste’s stage reflected the rich diversity and creative spirit of his music, with a tree in the middle of the stage, a clothesline to the left, a recording studio to the right, and a utility pole thrown in for good measure.

Accenting the set pieces and reflecting Batiste’s music and stage persona was a Shepherd Lowrey lighting design on a rig that featured twelve Chauvet Professional Color Strike M motorized strobe washes from Ariel Afar and his team at SLX Productions.

Describing the vision behind the production of the Jon Batiste show, Lowrey says: “It was all about the tree of life. Once we surrendered the right of way to the tree, everything made sense. We used some light as roots that carried this electric current of the tree. Others, like the Color Strike Ms, were almost like budding flowers, or maybe even weeds underneath the tree, depending on the roll they played for each song.”

Lowrey achieved this effect by positioning the Color Strike M fixtures upstage left and upstage right, as well as across the downstage deck. He ran the fixtures at 65 percent to achieve the desired level of brightness and coverage.

“In this show, I used the Strikes for candy light”, continues Lowrey. “Like candy, they were not absolutely necessary for your everyday diet - but they were oh so delicious. They were really used to accent the music as opposed to washing the stage or keep anyone visible. The Strikes had no responsibility to keep anyone covered, so we could use them freely to spice up the show with stabs of white or chase effects.”

On the subject of white light, Lowrey says “ain’t nothing like a blast of white to break it up!” He used white lighting in the show to accent drum hits. “We wanted to support the drums with blasts of white so that the sound connects with the lighting and locks the whole thing in for an immersive experience”, he explains. “White is full on. So, we gave the down beats blasts of white to command the visuals.”

Jon Batiste’s Coachella show was the product of many collaborative hands, which in addition to Lowrey included the SLX team, creative director Jemel McWilliams, production designer Eighteen Twenty-Six Studio, scenic designer Winston Studios, content designer Cameron Leahy, and video director Raux Rau.

(Photos: Charles Detwiler/Mach Shot)

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