Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste is an eight-time Grammy, Academy, and Emmy Award–winning singer, songwriter, composer, and pianist known for his genre-defying music. He recently announced three new studio albums: Black Mozart, along with the Thelonious Monk-inspired Monk Meditations and Monk Movements, all arriving together on August 14. These projects continue the piano series he launched in 2024 with Beethoven Blues, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Classical Albums chart and delivered his biggest sales week to date. His 2025 album, BIG MONEY, won the Grammy Award for Best Americana Album. In film, Batiste will next compose the score for Amazon MGM’s The Thomas Crown Affair, directed by Michael B. Jordan. From 2015 to 2022, he served as bandleader and musical director of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.