This article is about the American musician. For the American military officer and consultant, see John Batiste. Not to be confused with Jean-Baptiste.
Jon Batiste
Batiste in 2023
Background information
Birth name
Jonathan Michael Batiste[1]
Born
(1986-11-11) November 11, 1986 (age 37) Metairie, Louisiana, U.S.[1]
Education
Juilliard School (BM, MMus)
Genres
Jazz
R&B
soul
hip hop
pop
Occupation(s)
Singer
songwriter
bandleader
multi-instrumentalist
film composer
Instrument(s)
Vocals, piano, keyboards, melodica, guitar
Years active
1998–present
Labels
Naht Jona
Razor & Tie
Concord
Verve
M.O.D. Technologies
Blue Engine
Tiger Turn
Walt Disney
Member of
Stay Human
Spouse(s)
Suleika Jaouad
(m. 2022)
Website
Jon Batiste
Musical artist
Batiste at Carnegie Hall
Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986)[2] is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality.[3] 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,[4] appeared nightly as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022.[5][6]
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).[7] Batiste has garnered 5 Grammy Awards from 20 nominations, including an Album of the Year win for his album We Are (2021).[8]
In 2023, Batiste featured in the documentary film American Symphony which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony.[9]
^ abStated on Finding Your Roots, January 7, 2020
^Rose, Lacey; O'Connell, Michael; Sandberg, Bryn Elise; Stanhope, Kate; Goldberg, Lesley (August 28, 2015). "Next Gen Fall TV: 10 Stars Poised for Breakouts". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
^Wicks, Amanda (July 24, 2015). "Stephen Colbert's New Bandleader Could Change Late Night TV". The New York Observer.
^Pogrebin, Robin (June 17, 2012). "National Jazz Museum in Harlem Plans Expansion". The New York Times.
^Mosk, Mitch (March 19, 2021). "Interview: Jon Batiste Dives into His Inspiring, Genreless New Album 'WE ARE'". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
^Serico, Chris (June 4, 2015). "'I like this guy': Stephen Colbert chooses Jon Batiste as 'Late Show' bandleader". Today. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
^Cohn, Gabe (February 28, 2021). "Golden Globes Winners 2021: The Complete List". The New York Times.
^Cite error: The named reference grammy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Feinberg, Dan (September 1, 2023). "American Symphony' Review: Matthew Heineman's Doc Is a Moving, Music-Filled Love Story". hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
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their soundtrack to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In 2021, alongside JonBatiste, they won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for the soundtrack for Pixar's...
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has performed or recorded with JonBatiste, Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Dwayne Dolphin, Steve Wilson, Joe Lovano, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, and Ellis...
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including Harold Battiste (AFO Records), Lionel Batiste, Russell Batiste Jr. and JonBatiste (Stay Human). Batiste was a member of the New Orleans-based American...
including the single "Kat Food", and features guest appearances from JonBatiste, Euro, and Fousheé. The album's first and only single "Kat Food" was...
second Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (this time shared with JonBatiste) and second Academy Award for Best Original Score, both for the Pixar...
including one for Album of the Year as a featured artist on We Are by JonBatiste. Named one of the '100 Greatest Singers of all Time' by Rolling Stone...
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