Try imagining “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” without bandleader and music director Jon Batiste.
Batiste remembers “an energy” between him and Colbert during that first meeting.
“I felt an energy, and he did too.
Starting at the age of 8, Batiste played music in his family’s band.
“Piano is the conductor and composer’s instrument,” Batiste explained to Forbes.
“I took to the piano and it was really a great insight.”
Once he started playing keyboards, Batiste never looked back.
