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Jon Batiste
Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality.
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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.
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- 2026If I Go Will They Miss MeProducer
- 2026Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of HappinessSelf
- 2026The Devil Wears Prada 2Jon Batiste
- 2025Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th AnniversaryActor
- 2025Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025Self : Singer, Vocals & Piano
- 2025Big Money: A Spiritual ManifestoActor · Producer
- 2025A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of SeptemberSelf
- 2025Diane Warren: RelentlessSelf (archive footage)
- 2024Andrea Bocelli 30: The CelebrationSelf
- 2024Saturday NightBilly Preston
- 2023The Color PurpleGrady
- 2023American SymphonyProducer · Self
- 2023Jon Batiste @ Ground ControlSelf : Guest
- 2022Ron Carter: Finding the Right NotesSelf
- 2022Ukraine: Answering the CallSelf
- 2022Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth CelebrationSelf
- 2021WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon BatisteActor
- 2021Soul, ImprovisedActor
- 2018American TapSelf
- 2018America's Musical JourneySelf
- 2018Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy SaluteSelf
- 2016Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series FinaleDirector · Self - Band Leader
- 2012Red Hook SummerDa Organist Tk Hazelton
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