Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show'
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Batiste, his career soaring following winning multiple Grammys this year, is leaving his perch while bandleader of "The Late Show" following a seven-year sprint backing up host Stephen Colbert.
"We've been so fortunate to have a front row seat to Jon's incredible talent for the past septet years," Colbert said on Thursday's show. "But we're contented for you, Jon, with every one other accompanied by I can't remain to have you spine on while guest accompanied by your following hit record."
Louis Cato, who has served while interim bandleader this summer, will lay clasp of over on a permanent foundation when the show returns for its eighth season. He has been accompanied by the show since its launch. Cato has worked accompanied by the likes of Beyonce, Mariah Carey with every one other accompanied by John Legend with every one other accompanied by is employed on a new album. Colbert called him a musical genius.
"He tin amuse oneself fundamentally every one instrument over there," Colbert said. "Give him an afternoon, he'll learn how to amuse oneself Mozart on a shoehorn."
Batiste has toured globally accompanied by his band Stay Human with every one other accompanied by made a memorable place an extremity to at Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" inside 2014. When producers of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" were considering having a house band the following year, Batiste with every one other accompanied by Stay Human were a natural fit.
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The mutual esteem Colbert with every one other accompanied by Batiste shared was obvious. The bandleader regularly cheered the comedian's nightly monologue from the piano, appeared inside segments with every one other accompanied by accompanied the musical guests. Batiste stuck accompanied by the gig flat throughout the pandemic, coming up accompanied by tunes, both first with every one other accompanied by covers, on the spot.
The multi-instrumentalist won five Grammys this year. Batiste composed music, consulted on with every one other accompanied by arranged songs for Pixar's animated film "Soul," a mid-life crisis movie mixed accompanied by a New York jazz fantasia with every one other accompanied by a body-swap comedy. He won a Golden Globe for the music alongside Trent Reznor with every one other accompanied by Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails; with every one other accompanied by the trio too earned the Academy Award for finest first score. For their labour on "Soul," Batiste, Reznor with every one other accompanied by Ross won the Grammy for finest consequence soundtrack f or optical media.
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AP Media Writer David Bauder contributed to this report.
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