Jon Batiste

Personal Info

Known For

Sound

Known Credits

30

Gender

Male

Birthday

1986-11-11 (38 years old)

Place of Birth

Kenner, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

  • TK Hazelton
  • Jonathan Batiste
  • Jonathan Michael Batiste

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

The Color Purple
7.1%

The Color Purple

Dec 25, 2023

Saturday Night
6.7%

Saturday Night

Sep 27, 2024

The View
4.5%

The View

Aug 11, 1997

The Oscars
6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

The Oscars
6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

American Symphony
6.8%

American Symphony

Nov 24, 2023

The Grammys
8.7%

The Grammys

Nov 29, 1959

Red Hook Summer
5.5%

Red Hook Summer

Aug 10, 2012

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Production

2023
American Symphony as Executive Producer

Sound

2024
Saturday Night as Original Music Composer
2024
The Garfield Movie as Songs
2023
American Symphony as Music
2023
American Symphony as Original Music Composer
2023
American Symphony as Songs
2021
The First Wave as Original Music Composer
2020
Soul as Original Music Composer
2020
She Ball as Original Music Composer
2016
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale as Music Director
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