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Jon Batiste

1986 - Today

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Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, bandleader, television personality and actor. He has recorded and performed with artists including Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, ASAP Rocky, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, and Mavis Staples. Batiste appeared nightly with his band, Stay Human, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Jon Batiste is the 1,919th most popular musician (up from 2,882nd in 2024), the 10,154th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,798th in 2019) and the 749th most popular American Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Jon Batiste ranks 1,919 out of 3,175Before him are Marc Minkowski, Machito, Laurent Garnier, Calum Scott, Janis Ian, and Leif Ove Andsnes. After him are Suzanne Ciani, Blue Mitchell, Harold Budd, Khatia Buniatishvili, Eric Prydz, and Lynn Harrell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Jon Batiste ranks 147Before him are Ruby Rose, Cristhian Stuani, Kiko Casilla, Darya Domracheva, Kohei Yamamoto, and Dmytro Chygrynskiy. After him are Pasha Parfeny, Miguel Veloso, Dane DeHaan, Usha Vance, Bree Olson, and Tara Westover.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jon Batiste ranks 10,156 out of 20,380Before him are Chuck McKinley (1941), Al Unser (1939), Janis Ian (1951), Colton Ford (1962), Norman Thagard (1943), and Michael Patrick King (1954). After him are Harold Smith (1909), Curtis Stevens (1898), David Benioff (1970), Eleanor Garatti (1909), Suzanne Ciani (1946), and Bobbi Kristina Brown (1993).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Jon Batiste ranks 749Before him are Skrillex (1988), Johnny Van Zant (1960), Ed King (1949), Walter Becker (1950), Machito (1912), and Janis Ian (1951). After him are Suzanne Ciani (1946), Blue Mitchell (1930), Harold Budd (1936), Lynn Harrell (1944), Alan Jay Lerner (1918), and Jimmy Heath (1926).