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Jon Batiste
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 p…
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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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2027
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie Original Music Composer
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2026
American Amazon
Movie Self
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2026
Portrait of an Artist: Stephen Curry
Movie Self
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2026
If I Go Will They Miss Me
Movie Executive Producer
- 2026
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2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2
Movie Jon Batiste
- 2025
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2025
Jon Batiste @ Baloise Session 2025
Movie Self : Singer, Vocals & Piano
- 2025
- 2025
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2025
Diane Warren: Relentless
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2024
Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
Movie Self
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2024
Celebrity Substitute
TV show Self
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2024
Saturday Night
Movie Billy Preston
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2024
The Garfield Movie
Movie Songs
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2023
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self - Roundtable Talent
More credits
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2023
The Color Purple
Movie Grady
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2023
American Symphony
Movie Self
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2023
Jon Batiste @ Ground Control
Movie Self : Guest
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2023
Candy Necklaces
Movie Self
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2023
The Piano
TV show Self - Judge
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2022
Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
Movie Self
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2022
The Sherri Shepherd Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
Ukraine: Answering the Call
Movie Self
- 2022
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2022
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
The First Wave
Movie Original Music Composer
- 2021
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2021
Soul, Improvised
Movie
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2020
Soul
Movie Original Music Composer
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2020
She Ball
Movie Original Music Composer
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2020
Bottomless Brunch at Colman's
TV show Self
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2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV show Self
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2018
American Tap
Movie Self
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2018
America's Musical Journey
Movie Self
- 2018
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2016
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale
Movie Self - Band Leader
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2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV show Self - Musical Guest
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2012
Red Hook Summer
Movie Da Organist Tk Hazelton
