MUSIC | TALENT
ABOUT
“The most universal sound is silence,” Jon Batiste explains. “Room tone, nature, or the night sky. As sounds emerge from that silence, they create alignment—like the rhythm of a baby being born, a tree growing, the way life organises itself.”
For Batiste, it seems that the world has always held deep sonic resonance. Born into one of the bayou’s musical dynasties, he grew up immersed in a wash of soul, funk and jazz. By the age of eight, he was playing percussion in the Batiste Brothers Band; by seventeen, he had released an album. It wasn’t long after his graduation from Juilliard that he took up the role of Musical Director at The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Today, the musical virtuoso—who counts Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, and Herbie Hancock as friends and mentors—has been awarded an Academy Award, an EMMY, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and multiple GRAMMYs for his work.
Talent: Jon Batiste
Photographer: Joe Perri
Art Director: Gabriella Norberg
Stylist: Anatolli Smith
Makeup Artist: Keita Moore @ The Only Agency
Hair Stylist: Alex Keating @ Forward Artists
Photo Assistant: Chris Boyle
Styling Assistant: Devyn Banta
Producers: Izzy Cohan, Rayan Mustafa @ Fresh Produce
With special thanks to the ID PR team.
