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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 Academ…
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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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American Amazon
as Self
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
as Self
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
as Self
The Devil Wears Prada 2
as Jon Batiste
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025
as Self : Singer, Vocals & Piano
Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September
as Self
Diane Warren: Relentless
as Self (archive footage)
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
as Self
Saturday Night
as Billy Preston
The Color Purple
as Grady
American Symphony
as Self
Jon Batiste @ Ground Control
as Self : Guest
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
as Self
Ukraine: Answering the Call
as Self
Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration
as Self
WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon Batiste
No Poster
Soul, Improvised
No Poster
American Tap
as Self
America's Musical Journey
as Self
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
as Self
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
as Self - Band Leader
Red Hook Summer
as Da Organist Tk Hazelton