Jon Batiste
Sound
Born 1986-11-11
Kenner, Louisiana, USA
50 credits
Academy Awards 1
Golden Globe Awards 1
BAFTA Awards 1
Grammy Awards 1
Time 100 1
Awards
Won 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 won · 1 nominated
- 2024 Best Original Song Nominated It Never Went Away
- 2021 Best Original Score Won Soul
Golden Globe Awards 1 won
- — Golden Globe Awards Won
BAFTA Awards 1 won
- 2021 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Won
Grammy Awards 1 won
- 2022 Grammy Awards Won
Time 100 1 won
- 2022 Time 100 Won
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
40 credits
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri
The View
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Great Performances
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Oscars
American Music Awards
C à vous
Austin City Limits
Finding Your Roots
Treme
The Piano
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
The Color Purple
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Saturday Night
Celebrity Substitute
American Symphony
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Diane Warren: Relentless
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Red Hook Summer
Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness
Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
American Tap
America's Musical Journey
The Grammys
Soul of a Nation Presents: Sound of Freedom – A Juneteenth Celebration
Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
A Grammy Salute to Earth, Wind & Fire Live: The 21st Night of September
Jon Batiste @ Ground Control
Other credits
12 credits
Soul
The Garfield Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair
Saturday Night
Andrea Bocelli - The Celebration：30th Anniversary
American Symphony
She Ball
Soul, Improvised
The First Wave
Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto
Jon Batiste @ Ground Control
WE ARE: A Visual Mission Statement from Jon Batiste
Producing
4 credits
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
If I Go Will They Miss Me
American Symphony
Big Money: A Spiritual Manifesto
Writing
1 credit
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