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    Jon Batiste

    1986-11-11 (38 years old) in 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 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.

    Movies

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    Andrea Bocelli 30: The Celebration
    0 %|Nov 8, 2024
    Music, Documentary
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    Saturday Night
    71 %|Sep 27, 2024
    Comedy, Drama
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    The Color Purple
    71 %|Dec 25, 2023
    Drama
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    American Symphony
    69 %|Nov 24, 2023
    Documentary, Music
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    Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes
    40 %|Oct 21, 2022
    Documentary
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    Ukraine: Answering the Call
    0 %|Jul 3, 2022
    Documentary
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    Soul, Improvised
    60 %|Mar 23, 2021
    Documentary
    actor
    American Tap
    0 %|Jul 24, 2018
    Documentary
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    America's Musical Journey
    56 %|May 17, 2018
    Documentary, Music
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    Elton John: I'm Still Standing - A Grammy Salute
    78 %|Apr 10, 2018
    Music, Documentary
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    Red Hook Summer
    57 %|Aug 10, 2012
    Drama

    Series

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    Sherri
    42 %|Sep 12, 2022
    Talk
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    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
    66 %|Sep 8, 2015
    Comedy, Talk
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    Finding Your Roots
    62 %|Mar 24, 2012
    Documentary
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    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
    49 %|Jul 16, 2009
    Talk, Comedy
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    NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
    72 %|Apr 22, 2008
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    The View
    45 %|Aug 11, 1997
    Talk
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    LIVE with Kelly and Mark
    52 %|Sep 5, 1988
    Talk
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    Austin City Limits
    62 %|Jan 1, 1975
    Documentary
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    The Grammy Awards
    77 %|Nov 29, 1959
    Reality, Talk
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953
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    The Oscars
    70 %|Mar 19, 1953