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Jon Batiste on the key to improvising music

At Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, correspondent Bill Whitaker watched the composer Jon Batiste and other musicians whip up a song out of thin air. The former Late Show with Stephen Colbert bandleader told 60 Minutes he uses improvisation to write and record new music.
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