![]() Batiste has earned accolades including Grammy nominations for his rootsy take on "Saint James Infirmary" off 2018's expansive Hollywood Africans and for 2020's Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard. to Trombone Shorty - has become a visible signature of his work. Though heralded as a brilliant pianist and organist, his use of the melodica - which has graced albums by artists ranging from Stevie Wonder and Harry Connick, Jr. Batiste has busked on street corners, held music clinics worldwide, and managed to draw multitudes to his wide-open, accessible brand of rhythmic swing on virtually any keyboard instrument he chooses, in any genre. A member of the esteemed Batiste musical family, he emerged in his teens as a gifted jazz pianist with a strong grasp of the Crescent City jazz and R&B sound. ![]() He has toured the globe with his own Stay Human ensemble and issued releases like 2013's chart-topping jazz album Social Music. Since 2015, Batiste has been the bandleader and musical director for CBS' The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. ![]() ![]() Keyboardist, singer, and composer Jon Batiste is an ebullient and highly eclectic performer with a sound that combines the jazz traditions of his New Orleans home with a vibrant blend of funk, pop, and R&B.
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