Jon Batiste

Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American musician, bandleader, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists in various genres of music (Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, and Mavis Staples), released his own recordings, and performed in more than 40 countries. Batiste regularly tours with his band Stay Human, and appears with them nightly as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Batiste

Family

• His grand parents, Estella Curtis and Jean Batiste, were owners of a grocery store and a hardware store in the 9th Ward of New Orleans. They founded a “musical dynasty”, the Batiste family, that includes Lionel Batiste of the Treme Brass Band, Milton Batiste of the Olympia Brass Band, composer and arranger Harold Battiste, and Russell Batiste Jr.
• His girlfriend, whom he first met as a teenager at band camp, is the writer Suleika Jaouad

References

• official website
• 1. Finding Your Roots, January 7, 2020 link
• 2. Rose, Lacey; O'Connell, Michael; Sandberg, Bryn Elise; Stanhope, Kate; Goldberg, Lesley (August 28, 2015). "Next Gen Fall TV: 10 Stars Poised for Breakouts". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 2, 2015.
• “ The Batiste Family™