Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste

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.

Acting

Sound

2025

2024

Saturday Night

Original Music Composer

2024

2023

2023

American Symphony

Original Music Composer

2023

2021

The First Wave

Original Music Composer

2020

Soul

Original Music Composer

2020

She Ball

Original Music Composer

Production

2025

2023

American Symphony

Executive Producer

Infos

Full Name
Jon Batiste
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
11/11/1986
Also Known As

TK Hazelton

Jonathan Batiste

Jonathan Michael Batiste