
Jon Batiste
Jon Batiste is an American musician. He co-scored the Academy Award-winning animated film Soul, for which he received the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Batiste has released the albums Beethoven Blues, WE ARE, and World Music Radio. His most popular songs include Sunshine In The Room with James Bay, Dusklight Movement, and Für Elise - Batiste. Batiste has also appeared in the documentary Oscar Peterson: Black + White, the film The Color Purple, and the film Saturday Night.
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- ReThinking Creative collaboration with Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad

Grammy-winning musician Jon Batiste and Emmy-winning writer Suleika Jaouad have a unique creative partnership, and it’s not just because they’re married. In this episode, Adam sits down with the dynamic duo at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss the lessons they’ve learned from watching each other live and work. Suleika gives advice on overcoming writer’s block, Jon reframes music as a restorative practice, and Adam challenges each of them to describe the other’s creative process.Featured guestFollow Suleika Jaouad on Instagram, Substack, Facebook, and suleikajaouad.com/Follow Jon Batiste on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and jonbatiste.com/#/Connect with the teamFollow Adam on Instagram, LinkedIn, and at adamgrant.net/Subscribe to Adam’s substackWatch ReThinking videos on YouTube at TEDAudioCollectiveFollow TED on X, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTokReThinking is produced by Cosmic Standard. Our Senior Producer is Jessica Glazer, our Engineer is Aja Simpson, our Technical Director is Jacob Winik, and our Executive Producer is Eliza Smith.For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/rethinking-with-adam-grant-transcriptsLearn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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About
- FROM
- Metairie, LA, United States
- BORN
- November 11, 1986
- GENRE
- Jazz