
Jon Batiste
Born: 1986-11-11
Place of birth: 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

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
2020

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration:30th Anniversary
2025

The Grammys
1959

American Music Awards
1974

Soul
2020

Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
2018

Be My Guest with Ina Garten
2022

Treme
2010

The Color Purple
2023

Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
2022

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
2008

The Oscars
1953

The Garfield Movie
2024

The Devil Wears Prada 2
2026

Saturday Night
2024

American Symphony
2023

The First Wave
2021

She Ball
2020