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.
Filmography
all 31
self 21
Movies 20
TV Shows 11
Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (2023)
Sherri (2022)
The First Wave (2021)
Soul (2020)
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Celebration (2020)
Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 (2020)
She Ball (2020)
Stephen Colbert's Live Election Night Democracy's Series Finale (2016)
Red Hook Summer (2012)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
The View (1997)
The Oscars (1953)
SNL 1975
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1986-11-11 (37 years old)
Birth PlaceKenner, Louisiana, USA
SpouseSuleika Jaouad
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsTK Hazelton, Jonathan Batiste, Jonathan Michael Batiste
AwardsGolden Globe Award, Time 100, Academy Award for Best Original Score, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards
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