Jon Batiste

Known for SoundBorn 1986-11-11 (age 39)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary

Soul

The Grammys

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

American Music Awards

Be My Guest with Ina Garten

Treme

The Garfield Movie

Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes

The Color Purple

NPR Tiny Desk Concerts

Saturday Night

American Symphony

The Devil Wears Prada 2

The First Wave

She Ball

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Oscars

Finding Your Roots

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Soul, Improvised

C à vous

American Tap

Austin City Limits

Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration

The Piano

Great Performances

The Jennifer Hudson Show

America's Musical Journey

Diane Warren: Relentless

Red Hook Summer

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The View

Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter

Sherri

The Thomas Crown Affair

If I Go Will They Miss Me

A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September

Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto

Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025

Celebrity Substitute

Jon Batiste @ Ground Control

Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration

Ukraine: Answering the Call