Jon Batiste
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1986-11-11 · Kenner, Louisiana, USA
Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists including Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, and Mavis Staples. Batiste, with his band Stay Human, appeared nightly as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022. Batiste also serves as the music director of The Atlantic and the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. In 2020, he co-composed the score for the Pixar animated film Soul, for which he received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and a BAFTA Film Award (all shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). Batiste has garnered 5 Grammy Awards from 14 nominations, including an Album of the Year win for his album We Are (2021). In 2023, Batiste featured in the documentary film American Symphony which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony.
Filmography
TheatersThe Thomas Crown Affair
2027 · Movie
TheatersAmerican Amazon
2026 · Movie
TheatersIf I Go Will They Miss Me
2026 · Movie
TheatersDisney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
2026 · Movie
The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026 · Movie
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
2025 · Movie
Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025
2025 · Movie
Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto
2025 · Movie
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September
2025 · Movie
Diane Warren: Relentless
2025 · Movie
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
2024 · Movie
Celebrity Substitute
2024 · Series
Saturday Night
2024 · Movie
The Garfield Movie
2024 · Movie
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023 · Series
The Color Purple
2023 · Movie
American Symphony
2023 · Movie
Jon Batiste @ Ground Control
2023 · Movie
Candy Necklaces
2023 · Movie
The Piano
2023 · Series
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
2022 · Movie
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
Sherri
2022 · Series
Ukraine: Answering the Call
2022 · Movie
Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration
2022 · Movie
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022 · Series
The First Wave
2021 · Movie
WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon Batiste
2021 · Movie
Soul, Improvised
2021 · Movie
Soul
2020 · Movie
She Ball
2020 · Movie
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020 · Series
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Series
American Tap
2018 · Movie
America's Musical Journey
2018 · Movie
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
2018 · Movie
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016 · Movie
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Series
Red Hook Summer
2012 · Movie
Finding Your Roots
2012 · Series
Treme
2010 · Series
C à vous
2009 · Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Series
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008 · Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
The View
1997 · Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Austin City Limits
1975 · Series
American Music Awards
1974 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series
The Grammys
1959 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series