Music student meets Grammy winner Jon Batiste with collab talks in the works

Music student meets Grammy winner Jon Batiste with collab talks in the works

An Old Dominion University music student gets the thrill of a lifetime after meeting award-winning musician Jon Batiste.I call it a handheld piano that you simply blow into, said ODU graduate student Hassan Smith as he demonstrated the odd-looking instrument.You can play notes, chords, he added.Its called a melodica.Last year, at a concert in Washington, D.C., the Chesapeake resident had the opportunity to play for one of his music heroes award-…