jon batiste
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♡✞ Your Joyous heroic American maestro
Joined July 2009
- Thank God for Stephen Colbert ♥️
- This is the moment yall, where we dismantle the genre machine. I was happy to produce and write for AMERIICAN REQUIEM, along with Beyoncé and Dion "NO ID" Wilson. When I catch inspiration, the words and chords pour out of me. What a honor to then see how brilliantly Beyoncé
- Thank you God 🙏🏾🤍The same day the "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" bandleader received 11 Grammy nominations the love of his life was beginning chemotherapy treatments for her second battle with cancer. Jon Batiste and author Suleika Jaouad talk with Jim Axelrod cbsn.ws/3NHhzSD
- What an honor to represent the nation’s coming together and the potential of real positive impact at the First Biden State Dinner @WhiteHouse. Even better to have shared this historic moment with our family ♥️
- I moved to New York as a teenager to play jazz. “It was all a dream, I used to read DownBeat magazine.” So now, to be named as both Jazz Artist and Beyond Artist of the year by DownBeat is a dream come true! Thanks @downbeat_mag and thank you to everyone who made this possible.
00:00- What a privilege it is to work with this team and be a part of @colbertlateshow. In trying times, so many people across the world find community with our show and I am extremely proud of that. @StephenAtHome, you’re a gem of a human being and I am still so in awe of you…
00:00 - Jon Batiste to headline Biden’s first State Dinner washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022…












