Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste was born in Metairie, Louisiana, to a Catholic family.{{Cite web |last=Heins |first=Scott |date=2015-06-19 |title=From New Orleans To NYC: Jon Batiste Talks The Late Show And Musical Identity |url=http://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/from-new-orleans-to-nyc-jon-batiste-talks-emthe-late-showem-and-musical-identity |access-date=2020-12-03 |website=Gothamist |language=en}} He grew up in Kenner, Louisiana. Batiste is a member of a New Orleans musical dynasty, the Batiste family, that includes Lionel Batiste of the Treme Brass Band, Milton Batiste of the Olympia Brass Band, and Russell Batiste Jr.{{cite web |last1=Brasted |first1=Chelsea |date=October 4, 2016 |title=What do you get with 25 musical Batistes? 'A captive audience' |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/music/article_8dac4835-ba81-5898-9da3-9c0bd876fc9e.html |access-date=December 31, 2020 |website=The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate}}{{cite web |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/jon-batiste |title=Jon Batiste |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Dimitri |date=November 11, 2013 |website=Interview Magazine |access-date=December 31, 2020}} At the age of eight, he played percussion and drums with his family's band, the Batiste Brothers Band.{{cite news |last1=Chinen |first1=Nate |title=Jon Batiste Will Lead 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' Band in a Style He Sees Fit |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/08/arts/music/jon-batiste-will-lead-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-band-in-a-style-he-sees-fit.html |access-date=2022-08-01 |work=The New York Times |date=2015-09-07}} At the age of 11, at his mother's suggestion, he switched to piano and took classical piano lessons from local teacher Shirley Herstein every Saturday for seven years.{{cite news |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_11cb3b0a-e682-11eb-a018-ab5ff87e7a13.html |last=Spera |first=Keith |title=Shirley Herstein, who taught classical piano to Jon Batiste and many others, has died |newspaper=Times-Picayune |via=Nola.com |date=July 16, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2023}} Batiste further developed his piano skills by transcribing songs from video games such as Street Fighter Alpha, Final Fantasy VII and Sonic the Hedgehog.{{cite magazine |last1=Weingarten |first1=Christopher |title=Meet Jon Batiste, Colbert's Crowd-Thrilling Bandleader |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/meet-jon-batiste-stephen-colberts-crowd-thrilling-rebel-bandleader-33145/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=August 5, 2015}}

At 17, Batiste released his debut album, Times in New Orleans. He attended St. Augustine High School and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts with Trombone Shorty in New Orleans and graduated in 2004. He then went on to attend the Juilliard School, receiving a Bachelor of Music in 2008 and a Master of Music in 2011, both in jazz studies.{{cite web |url=https://www.juilliard.edu/stage-beyond/creative-enterprise/creative-associates/jon-batiste |title=Jon Batiste: Bio |author= |date=n.d. |website=Juilliard School}} He studied with William Daghlian there.{{cite news |last1=Hernández |first1=Javier C. |last2=Chavous |first2=Kandice |date=2024-11-19 |title=Jon Batiste Can't Stop Thinking About Beethoven |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/arts/music/jon-batiste-beethoven-blues.html |access-date=2024-11-25 |newspaper=The New York Times}} While at Juilliard, he released his second album, Live in New York: At the Rubin Museum of Art. By the end of 2006, Batiste had been a featured performer in South Africa, London, Lisbon, Spain, Paris, and the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.salisbury.edu/news/article.html?id=5069 |title=Award-Winning Jazz Artist Batiste Performs at SU Monday, September 24 |publisher=Salisbury University |date=12 September 2012 |access-date=7 October 2015}}

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In 2007, at the age of 20, Batiste made his debut at the Concertgebouw, in Amsterdam, producing and performing his own show. He conducted music clinics, classes, and workshops throughout the Netherlands in inner-city schools and underprivileged neighborhoods. He was invited to Carnegie Hall to produce and perform in his own show, with six young musicians from the Netherlands.{{cite news |last=Todd |first=Nate |date=June 16, 2017 |title=5 things you didn't know about Jon Batiste |work=AXS.com News}} The performance concluded with a finale he composed for choir, jazz combo and orchestral instruments. In the following years, Batiste released a number of music projects, including Social Music (2013), which spent over a month at the top of the Billboard and iTunes jazz charts; The Late Show EP (2016) with Stay Human; and a holiday album, Christmas with Jon Batiste (2016). In 2017, he released the singles "Ohio" with Leon Bridges and Gary Clark Jr., as well as "Battle Hymn of the Republic" for The Atlantic. Batiste's cover of "St. James Infirmary Blues" was nominated for a Grammy in 2019, in the category of Best American Roots Performance. Batiste's debut solo album, Hollywood Africans, was released by Verve Records in September 2018. "Don't Stop" served as the lead single. Leading up to the album release, he completed a Summer Festival tour across the U.S. with the Dap-Kings.

Batiste's career performances include a tribute to Chuck Berry and Fats Domino during the 60th annual Grammy Awards (performing alongside Gary Clark Jr.); the Kennedy Center Honors' tribute to Carmen De Lavallade; the Concert for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama; the National Anthem at the 2017 NBA All Star Game; and Opening Night of the 2017 US Open. He has curated the Global Citizen Advocacy Concert with Tom Morello and the Louis Armstrong Wonderful World Festival in Queens, N.Y.

Batiste was cast in the HBO television series Treme, appearing as himself in seasons 2, 3, and 4. He was also cast as T.K. Hazelton in director Spike Lee's film, Red Hook Summer, and he composed and performed the Hammond B-3 organ music that was a part of the film score. Other film scores composed by Batiste include the television documentary Duke 91 & 92: Back to Back and the short film Melody of Choice. He also appears in the films Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014) by Spike Lee and Thrive (2015) by Paul Szynol.

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In 2005, Batiste began performing regularly in New York with his Juilliard peers, bassist Phil Kuehn and drummer Joe Saylor. He later added Eddie Barbash on alto saxophone and Ibanda Ruhumbika on tuba.{{cite web |url=http://www.juilliard.edu/journal/1411/discoveries/3-releases-jazz-grads |title=3 Releases From Jazz Grads |publisher=The Juilliard Journal |date=November 2014 |access-date=6 October 2015 |author=Hodges, Bruce}} Batiste named the band Stay Human, which draws its moniker from the belief that human interaction during a live musical performance can uplift humanity in the midst of the "plug in, tune out" nature of modern society. The band leads impromptu street performances, which Batiste calls "love riots".{{cite web |url=http://joonbug.com/newyork/scenetracker/LoveRiot-A-Classic-Had-To-Be-There-NYC-Moment/pYKXZGHIHkh |title=#LoveRiot: A Classic "Had To Be There" NYC Moment |publisher=Joonbug.com |date=2012-04-11 |access-date=2012-09-18 |archive-date=July 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703013625/http://joonbug.com/newyork/scenetracker/LoveRiot-A-Classic-Had-To-Be-There-NYC-Moment/pYKXZGHIHkh |url-status=dead }} Notable artists were often seen accompanying Batiste, including Wynton Marsalis.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSPhk6fcJhI |title=Potash Twins and Jon Batiste - Union Square |publisher=YouTube.com |date=August 28, 2014 |access-date=2021-11-20}}

In 2011, Stay Human released the album MY N.Y., which was recorded in its entirety on New York City Subway trains, an idea that came to Batiste after questioning how to connect with people.{{cite web |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/music/jonathan-batiste-and-the-stay-human-band-fill-the-subway-with-their-take-on-jazz-6433806 |title=Jonathan Batiste and the Stay Human Band Fill the Subway with Their Take on Jazz |first=Larry |last=Blumenfeld |date=4 January 2012}}

On April 22, 2017, the band played for the March for Science rally at the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.{{Cite news |url=https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/19/14331168/science-march-earth-day-route-livestream-signs-speakers |title=The March for Science on Earth Day, explained |last=Resnick |first=Brian |date=April 22, 2017 |work=Vox |access-date=February 6, 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2128541-on-the-ground-in-washington-at-the-march-for-science/ |title=On the ground in Washington at the March for Science |last1=Whyte |first1=Chelsea |date=April 22, 2017 |work=New Scientist |access-date=February 6, 2019 |last2=Grossman |first2=Lisa}}

In 2014, Batiste and Stay Human appeared on The Colbert Report to perform the group's single, "Express Yourself", written and produced with Austin Bis.

On June 4, 2015, it was announced that Jon Batiste and Stay Human would serve as the house band on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The show premiered on CBS on September 8, 2015. On the show, Batiste and Stay Human have performed alongside Billy Joel, Will Smith, Wynton Marsalis, John Legend, Grace VanderWaal, and Nas.

On the August 11, 2022, episode, Colbert announced that Batiste had decided he would not be returning to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, in order to "pursue personal and professional interests".{{cite magazine |last=Schneider |first=Michael |date=August 11, 2022 |title=Jon Batiste Exits 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert', Louis Cato Named New Bandleader |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jon-batiste-the-late-show-with-stephen-colbert-louis-cato-1235339662/ |magazine=Variety |location=Los Angeles, California |access-date=August 12, 2022}}

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In June 2020, Batiste took part in the Juneteenth celebration in Brooklyn, New York with a day of protests, marches, rallies, and vigils to "celebrate, show solidarity, and fight for equal rights and treatment of Black people.”{{cite news |author= |title=Juneteenth in Brooklyn |url=https://bklyner.com/juneteenth-in-brooklyn/ |date=June 19, 2020 |website=Bklyner |access-date=June 26, 2020}} Performing on the steps of the Brooklyn Public Library, Batiste was joined by Matt Whitaker in a performance presented in partnership with Sing For Hope.

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The 2020 Juneteenth took place during the protests, following the murder of George Floyd, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, seen by some as connected to an increase in an awareness of racial injustice.{{cite web |first=David |last=Robinson |author2=David McKay Wilson |author3=Nancy Cutler |author4=Ashley Biviano |author5=Matt Steecker |title=Why George Floyd's death, COVID-19 inequality sparked protests: 'We're witnessing history' |url=https://www.lohud.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/06/05/george-floyd-death-covid-19-racial-inequality-sparked-protests/3143236001/ |website=lohud |date=June 5, 2020 |access-date=June 26, 2020}} When questioned as to the differences he sees in the present movement for change and its connection to music, Batiste responded by saying: "...music has always been something that has had all of the different purposes of our life and our community and our healing and our unspoken pain{{snd}}and the transmission of messages and the raising awareness of a condition of a people. [...] What's different, now, is that it's much more widespread in the support of changing the systemic oppression that's been going on for 400 years." He believes, "Now, it's more important than ever for us to be reintroduced to what our ancestors used music for, because it's been forgotten. [...] The world, at large, sees music as entertainment. It's never been that, at its root. It is that in one element of it, but the entire spectrum of music is far, far deeper and wide-ranging."{{cite web |last1=Fancher |first1=Lou |title=For Jon Batiste, Music Is the Way to Transformation |url=https://www.sfcv.org/events-calendar/artist-spotlight/for-jon-batiste-music-is-the-way-to-transformation |website=San Francisco Classical Voice |date=June 22, 2020 |access-date=June 26, 2020}}

Batiste composed music for the 2020 film Soul, collaborating with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2109069/soul-review-pixar-disney/reviews/movie-review/ |title='SOUL,' Pixar's Metaphysical Jazz Movie With A Score By Nine Inch Nails |first=Chris |last=DeVille |website=Stereogum |date=December 3, 2020}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/soul-soundtrack-pixar-disney-plus/ |title=Soul soundtrack – everything you need to know about the music for the Pixar film |website=Radio Times |first=Patrick |last=Cremona |date=December 25, 2020}} The trio went on to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score{{Cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/trent-reznor-atticus-ross-and-jon-batiste-win-best-original-score-atandnbsposcars-2021/ |title=Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste Win Best Original Score at Oscars 2021 |first=Madison |last=Bloom |website=Pitchfork |date=April 25, 2021}} and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score,{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/artisans/awards/best-score-oscar-trent-reznor-jon-batiste-1234959913/ |title='Soul' Wins Best Score Oscar, Making Jon Batiste the Second Black Composer to Receive Award |first1=Jon |last1=Burlingame |date=April 26, 2021}} among many other wins and nominations.

On March 19, 2021, Batiste released We Are, his fifth solo studio album. Speaking to Atwood Magazine, he described it as "a culmination of my life, to this point" and "the most representative of where I am, as a creative, and as an artist".

In July 2021, Batiste released a live EP, Live at Electric Lady, performed in one day at Electric Lady Studios. The album was released, exclusively, to Spotify.{{Cite web |url=https://ratedrnb.com/2021/07/jon-batiste-releases-new-project-live-at-electric-lady/ |title=Jon Batiste Releases New Project 'Live at Electric Lady'|first=Jakori|last=Beauchamp|website=Rated R&B |date=July 30, 2021}}

In October 2021, he made a surprise performance at night singing "Like a Prayer" in the streets of Harlem, along with Madonna, promoting the release of her concert film , Madame X.

At the 64th Grammy Awards, Batiste earned 11 nominations: eight for We Are, and three for Soul.{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=2021-11-23 |title=Jon Batiste and Young Chart-Toppers Lead 2022 Grammy Nominations |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/arts/music/grammy-awards-nominees.html |access-date=2021-11-23 |issn=0362-4331}} Of the 11 nominations, Batiste won five awards, including Album of the Year, becoming the second Black artist to win that award since 2008, when Herbie Hancock won for his album River: The Joni Letters.{{cite news |last= Russonello |first=Giovanni |date=April 4, 2022 |title=Why the Grammys Couldn't Resist Jon Batiste |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/arts/music/jon-batiste-grammys.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=November 14, 2022}}

In June 2023, Batiste announced a new album World Music Radio. A concept album, it was released on August 18, 2023. Some of the album's featured artists include Lana Del Rey, Lil Wayne, NewJeans, and JID. The album was also supported by a single, "Calling Your Name".{{cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |title=Jon Batiste Announces New Album 'World Music Radio' Featuring Lana Del Rey, Lil Wayne, NewJeans and More|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jon-batiste-new-album-world-music-radio-lana-del-rey-lil-wayne-newjeans-1234779902/|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 28, 2023 |access-date=June 28, 2023}}

On September 22, 2022, Batiste conducted the premiere of his composition American Symphony at Carnegie Hall, New York. A review in Variety concluded: "It wasn't just the story of America, and its collage-like charms and vices. This was also Batiste's story, and he made a handsome orchestral debut of that story at Carnegie Hall, in a truly shining hour."{{cite web| url = https://variety.com/2022/music/concert-reviews/jon-batiste-carnegie-hall-american-symphony-concert-review-1235381931/| title = Jon Batiste Funks Up Carnegie Hall With Debut of His Grand 'American Symphony': Concert Review| author = A. D. Amorosi| date = September 23, 2022| access-date = October 1, 2023| website = variety.com}}

In 2023, Batiste was featured in the documentary film American Symphony, directed by Matthew Heineman, executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony, while his wife, Suleika Jaouad, suffers the return of her leukemia.

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During 2024, Batiste staged his Uneasy Tour, his first concert tour as a headlining act.

Batiste followed these with a number of solo shows, billed as "STREAMS: Jon Batiste At The Piano", in which Batiste improvised performances at the piano and on melodica in a stream-of-consciousness manner.{{cite news | url=https://www.wgal.com/article/jon-batiste-hershey-theatre-may-11-2024/60295465 | title=Musician Jon Batiste to bring exclusive show to Hershey Theatre | publisher=WGAL | location=Lancaster, Pennsylvania | date=March 25, 2024 }} A review in The Post-Standard characterized it as a "Modern maestro ... display[ing] his magic".{{cite news | url=https://www.syracuse.com/music/2024/05/piano-wizard-jon-batiste-turns-syracuse-crowd-into-choir-of-angels-review.html | title=Piano wizard Jon Batiste turns Syracuse crowd into choir of angels (review) | first=Patrick | last=McCarthy | newspaper=The Post-Standard | location=Syracuse, New York | date=May 10, 2024 }}

In November 2024, Batiste performed at the National Book Awards in New York City as a musical guest.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Kate McKinnon to host National Book Awards next month. Jon Batiste will perform live |url=https://apnews.com/article/kate-mckinnon-batiste-national-book-awards-b3e13486976959156e1bde2b39c10cec |access-date=2024-12-20 |website=AP News |language=en}}

In February 2025, Batiste performed the national anthem at Super Bowl LIX accompanied by deaf actress Stephanie Nogueras in American Sign Language.{{cite web |author= |date=November 28, 2024 |title=Super Bowl LIX pregame entertainment announced: Jon Batiste to perform national anthem |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/super-bowl-lix-pregame-entertainment-announced-jon-batiste-national-anthem |website=NFL.com |access-date=January 12, 2025}}

Batiste cites, among the artists who have most influenced his artistic and musical choices, Mahalia Jackson, James Brown, Louis Armstrong, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, Miles Davis and Django Reinhardt.{{Cite web |last=Beener |first=Angélika |date=June 24, 2020 |title="A Very Powerful Thing Our Ancestors Gave Us": A Conversation With Jon Batiste |url=https://tidal.com/magazine/article/qa-jon-batiste/1-73370 |access-date=April 6, 2022 |website=Tidal}}{{Cite web |last=Goldsmith |first=Margie |date=September 9, 2019 |title=Jon Batiste: So Much More Than Stephen Colbert's Music Director |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/margiegoldsmith/2019/09/09/john-batiste-so-much-more-than-steven-colberts-music-director/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Interviewed by Forbes, Batiste explained the significance of jazz music:{{blockquote|Music is a real form of connection to a higher power at its greatest; music was a form of community that brought people together and gave them a common purpose. Jazz is really a term that doesn't encompass what it's pointing at, [...] the intellectual breadth of black geniuses who were basically denied the credential of being a genius in society because of their skin tone. [...] We always talk about improvisation, and it really is one of the only forms of music that exemplifies the American experiment putting all these different cultures into one country and coexisting and trying to create beautiful music together.|Jon Batiste, in Jon Batiste: So Much More Than Stephen Colbert's Music Director (Forbes)}}

About his 2024 album Beethoven Blues, Batiste told The New York Times that Beethoven's music "is so very African, filled with polyrhythms" and the "feeling" of the blues. Batiste's original compositions on the album include "Dusklight Movement", inspired both by the "Moonlight" Sonata, and a bit by B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone".

Batiste was born into a family active in the struggle against racial segregation in the United States; his grandfather, David Gauthier, was president of the Louisiana Postal Workers Union, involved in the 1968 labor strike sponsored by the Memphis, Tennessee, Department of Public Works for higher wages and safer working conditions.{{Cite web |last=Gedye |first=Lloyd |date=2021-05-26 |title=Jon Batiste is just getting started |url=https://www.newframe.com/jon-batiste-is-just-getting-started/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=New Frame}}

Batiste is a supporter of civil rights, the fight against racism, participating, publicly, in numerous demonstrations, including the marches promoted by the Black Lives Matter movement.{{Cite web |last=Hones |first=Nora |title=NYC Erupts in Music Led by Jon Batiste in Support of Black Lives Matter |url=https://nysmusic.com/2020/06/09/nyc-erupts-in-music-led-by-jon-batiste-in-support-of-black-lives-matter/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=NYS Music |date=June 9, 2020 |language=en-us}} Following the murder of George Floyd in June 2020, Batiste organized peaceful protests in New York City, against police brutality in the United States.{{Cite news |title=Race in America: Giving Voice with Jon Batiste |language=en-US |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2021/04/27/race-america-giving-voice-with-jon-batiste/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |issn=0190-8286}}

Through the single "We Are", he supports the Equal Justice Initiative of attorney and activist Bryan Stevenson. Batiste is also among the sponsors of several initiatives, including Innocence Project, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and The Legacy Museum.{{Cite web |last=Hall |first=Kristin M. |date=2020-12-10 |title=Kevin Bacon brings music back to venues for charity concert |url=https://www.news4jax.com/entertainment/2020/12/10/kevin-bacon-brings-music-back-to-venues-for-charity-concert/ |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=WJXT |language=en}}

Batiste is married to journalist, musician, and best-selling author Suleika Jaouad. The two met as teenagers at band camp.{{cite news |last=Jaouad |first=Suleika |title=Life, Interrupted: The Beat Goes On |url=https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/24/life-interrupted-the-beat-goes-on/?mtrref=t.co&gwh=2F868642EE6716F8A27A7760D3A849DB |access-date=4 April 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=24 May 2012}} On April 3, 2022, the couple revealed, in an interview on CBS News Sunday Morning, that they had been married in a private ceremony at home, in February 2022.{{cite news |last=Morgan |first=David |date=April 3, 2022 |title=Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad announce they were secretly married |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jon-batiste-suleika-jaouad-announce-they-were-secretly-married/ |work=CBS News |access-date=April 3, 2022}}

Batiste grew up in the Catholic Church and sometimes went to the Baptist Church, and then eventually to the AME Church. He continues to identify as a Christian, and he has been outspoken about his faith.{{cite news |date=April 6, 2022 |title= Grammy winner Jon Batiste: 'Music is a spiritual practice for me' |url=https://evangelicalfocus.com/culture/16211/grammy-winner-jon-batiste-music-is-a-spiritual-practice-for-me |work=Protestante Digital |access-date=November 12, 2023}}{{cite news |date=June 2021 |title= Disney composer Jon Batiste gives thanks to God |url=https://www.newlifepublishing.co.uk/articles/disney-composer-jon-batiste-gives-thanks-to-god/ |work=New Life publishing |access-date=November 12, 2023}}{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Alessandra |date=April 6, 2022 |title= How Jon Batiste's Music Can Help Us 'Hold On To the Light' |url=https://grottonetwork.com/make-an-impact/heal/lessons-from-jon-batiste-music/ |work=Grotto Network |access-date=November 12, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kcsm.org/2024-12-23/a-jon-batiste-holiday-jam-session|title=A Jon Batiste holiday jam session|date=23 December 2024|accessdate=28 May 2025|author=Gross, Terry|work=KCSM}}

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Batiste has received several accolades, including being placed in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 music list,{{cite web |title=Jon Batiste, 29 |url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/56704e09e4b0ffa7afe82b7c/jon-batiste-29/#2b6dc7e9728f |website=Forbes |access-date=25 July 2018}} and being named Grand Marshal of Endymion Parade in New Orleans in 2018.

He has been awarded the American Jazz Museum Lifetime Achievement Award, the Harry Chapin ASCAP Humanitarian Award and the Movado Future Legend Award. In May 2017, Batiste received an honorary degree from Salve Regina University for his musical achievements and contributions to Newport's 2014 International Jazz Day.{{Cite news |url=http://whatsupnewp.com/jon-batiste-to-present-2017-commencement-address-at-salve-regina-university/ |title=George Wein, Jon Batiste to Receive Honorary Degrees from Salve Regina; Batiste to Give Commencement Address |first=Ryan M. |last=Belmore |date=2017-04-12 |work=What'sUpNewp |access-date=2017-05-23}} In 2018, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for "Saint James Infirmary Blues".{{cite web |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/jon-batiste/243138 |title=Artist: Jon Batiste |author= |date=2021 |website=www.grammy.com |publisher=Recording Academy |access-date=September 13, 2022}} In 2020, he received two Grammy nominations: his album Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard was nominated for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album, and Meditations (with Cory Wong) was nominated for Best New Age Album.

In 2020, Batiste, along with Nine Inch Nails band members Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, composed the score for the Disney and Pixar animated film, Soul. The three went on to win the Golden Globe, the Critics' Choice Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Batiste's Oscar win made him only the second black composer to win an award in the category (after Herbie Hancock in 1987). In 2021, Batiste received 11 nominations and became the most nominated artist at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards.{{Cite news |last=Sisario |first=Ben |date=2021-11-23 |title=Jon Batiste and Young Chart-Toppers Lead 2022 Grammy Nominations |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/arts/music/grammy-awards-nominees.html |access-date=2021-11-24 |issn=0362-4331}}

In 2022, Batiste won a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.{{cite web |last=Bloom |first=Madison |date=April 3, 2022 |title=Jon Batiste Wins Album of the Year for We Are at 2022 Grammys |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/jon-batiste-wins-album-of-the-year-for-we-are-at-2022-grammys/ |website=pitchfork.com}} He was named in Time magazine's 2022 "Top 100 Most Influential People", in the Icons category.{{cite news |last=Spera |first=Keith |date=May 24, 2022 |title=Kenner native Jon Batiste named one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2022 |url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/keith_spera/article_726eafcc-dbb0-11ec-9e98-8f9f9d17c09a.html |work=nola.com |location=New Orleans, Louisiana |access-date=May 24, 2022}} Batiste was featured on the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival's commemorative poster.

In May 2025, Batiste was present at the Brown University commencement ceremony and awarded an honorary doctorate degree in music.{{citation needed|date=May 2025}}

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• {{cite web |title=A Conversation with Jon Batiste |publisher=Aspen Ideas Festival |url=http://www.aspenideas.org/session/future-american-music-conversation-jon-batiste |access-date=2015-06-07}}
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• {{cite news |last=Pogrebin |first=Robin |author-link=Robin Pogrebin |title=Louisiana Extols Culture in Recovery |newspaper=The New York Times |date=March 26, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/26/arts/26arts-LOUISIANAEXT_BRF.html?scp=1&sq=jonathan+baptiste&st=nyt |access-date=2008-04-13}}

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