People
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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration | 2024-11-08 |
Saturday Night as Billy Preston | 2024-09-27 |
The Color Purple as Grady | 2023-12-25 |
American Symphony as Self | 2023-11-24 |
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes as Self | 2022-10-21 |
Ukraine: Answering the Call as Self | 2022-07-03 |
Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration as Self | 2022-06-17 |
Soul, Improvised | 2021-03-23 |
American Tap as Self | 2018-07-24 |
America's Musical Journey as Self | 2018-05-17 |
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute as Self | 2018-04-10 |
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale as Self - Band Leader | 2016-11-08 |
Red Hook Summer as Da Organist Tk Hazelton | 2012-08-10 |