Jon Batiste
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Jonathan Batiste performs at the 2014 Monterey Jazz Festival
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Jon Batiste |
| Born | November 11, 1986 |
| Origin | Kenner, Louisiana, United States |
| Genres | Jazz, blues, pop music, rock, soul, R&B, funk, hip hop, classical |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, educator, comedian |
| Instruments | Piano, voice, melodica, electric bass, Hammond organ |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Associated acts | Stay Human, Stephen Colbert |
| Website | jonbatiste |
Jonathan "Jon" Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, educator, and bandleader from Kenner, Louisiana, United States. Batiste has collaborated with many acclaimed musicians in various genres of music, released recordings of his own, performed in over 40 countries and has appeared as an actor in both film and television. Most recently, he was appointed as the associate artistic director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Batiste regularly tours with his band Stay Human. In 2012, he was listed on ARTINFO as among the "30 under 30" most influential people in the art world. He received a master's degree from the Juilliard School and currently resides in Washington Heights, Manhattan. Since September 8, 2015, Batiste has been the music director and bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and its band Stay Human.
Batiste is a member of a long lineage of musicians from the Batiste family of Louisiana. He was introduced to music by his family's band, the Batiste Brothers Band, in which he played percussion/drums at age 8. At his mother's suggestion, Batiste switched to piano at the age of 11.
By the age of 17, he released the first of his two CDs as a band leader entitled Times In New Orleans, featuring New Orleans musicians including Jason Marsalis, Donald Harrison Jr. and Christian Scott. By then he was already attracting considerable attention as a young musician of great talent and potential. A student at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts along with Trombone Shorty, Batiste graduated in 2004 before going on to study at the Juilliard School. While studying at Juilliard he released his second CD, Live in New York: At the Rubin Museum of Art.
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