Jon Batiste
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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.
Known for
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The Thomas Crown Affair
2027
Original Music Composer
movieSaturday Night
2024
Original Music Composer
movieAmerican Symphony
2023
Songs, Original Music Composer
movieJon Batiste @ Ground Control
2023
Original Music Composer
movieThe First Wave
2021
Original Music Composer
movieSoul
2020
Original Music Composer
movieShe Ball
2020
Original Music Composer
Acting44
movieThe Devil Wears Prada 2
2026
Jon Batiste
movieJon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025
2025
Self : Singer, Vocals & Piano
movieDiane Warren: Relentless
2025
Self (archive footage)
movieSaturday Night
2024
Billy Preston
tvOff Script with The Hollywood Reporter
2023
Self - Roundtable Talent
movieJon Batiste @ Ground Control
2023
Self : Guest
tvThe Piano
2023
Self - Judge
tvSherri
2022
Self - Guest
tvBe My Guest with Ina Garten
2022
Self - Guest
movieStephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
2016
Self - Band Leader
tvThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
Self - Musical Guest / Self - Guest / Self
movieRed Hook Summer
2012
Da Organist Tk Hazelton
tvTreme
2010
Jon Batiste
tvC à vous
2009
Self - Guest
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest
tvAmerican Music Awards
1974
Self - Presenter
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self / Self - Performer
Production4
movieIf I Go Will They Miss Me
2026
Executive Producer
movieAmerican Symphony
2023
Executive Producer
Crew1
movieJon Batiste @ Ground Control
2023
Compositor