Jon Batiste
Kompositör, Skådespelare, Producent
11 november 1986 (39 år)
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.
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.
Filmography
| 2024 | Saturday Night · as Original Music Composer |
| 2023 | American Symphony · as Original Music Composer |
| 2022 | Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March · as Composer |
| 2021 | The First Wave · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | Soul · as Original Music Composer |
| 2020 | She Ball · as Original Music Composer |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Saturday Night · as Billy Preston |
| 2023 | The Color Purple · as Grady |
| 2014 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus · as Vocals |
| 2013 | Baloise Session · as Cast |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer · as Da Organist Tk Hazelton |
| 2023 | American Symphony · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | The Garfield Movie · as Songs |
| 2016 |