Jon Batiste
Biography
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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
The View
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
All Movies (21)
- The Devil Wears Prada 22026 · as Jon Batiste
- Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary2025
- Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 20252025 · as Self : Singer, Vocals & Piano
- Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto2025
- A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September2025 · as Self
- Diane Warren: Relentless2025 · as Self (archive footage)
- Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration2024 · as Self
- Saturday Night2024 · as Billy Preston
- The Color Purple2023 · as Grady
- American Symphony2023 · as Self
- Jon Batiste @ Ground Control2023 · as Self : Guest
- Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes2022 · as Self
- Ukraine: Answering the Call2022 · as Self
- Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration2022 · as Self
- WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon Batiste2021
- Soul, Improvised2021
- American Tap2018 · as Self
- America's Musical Journey2018 · as Self
- Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute2018 · as Self
- Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale2016 · as Self - Band Leader
- Red Hook Summer2012 · as Da Organist Tk Hazelton
All TV Shows (24)
- Celebrity Substitute2024 · as Self
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter2023 · as Self - Roundtable Talent
- The Piano2023 · as Self - Judge
- Sherri2022 · as Self - Guest
- The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
- Be My Guest with Ina Garten2022 · as Self - Guest
- Bottomless Brunch at Colman's2020 · as Self
- The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Musical Guest
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert2015 · as Self - Guest
- Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
- Treme2010 · as Jon Batiste
- C à vous2009 · as Self - Guest
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- NPR Tiny Desk Concerts2008 · as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self
- The View1997 · as Self - Guest
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988 · as Self
- Austin City Limits1975 · as Self
- American Music Awards1974 · as Self - Presenter
- Great Performances1971 · as Self
- The Grammys1959 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self - Performer