 Batiste has performed with wide range of musicians and bands including Papa Grows Funk, Vida Blue, Harry Connick Jr., Champion Jack Dupree, Robbie Robertson and Maceo Parker.In 1987 Batiste was in the New Orleans funk band Nuclear Rhythms featuring percussionist songwriter Rosie Rosato, psychedelic funk guitarist songwriter Dirk Billie and bassist songwriter Mark Adam Miller.Robert Whiteside

Robert Whiteside (March 26, 1950 – October 30, 2006) was an American-born artist known for re-creations of Fabergé eggs for celebrities and dignitaries across the globe.