Jon Batiste’s Essentials on the Road Include Wired Headphones and His Beloved ‘Harmoniboard’
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From sound engineers and screenwriters to celebrity makeup artists and stylists, Variety’s series “Ask an Insider” asks top professionals within the entertainment industry to share their must-have essentials, for work…and for play.
In this installment, Jon Batiste, musician, songwriter, composer and television personality, shares the products he always brings with him while traveling the world.
Jon Batiste is so diverse and far-reaching with the projects he takes on, that different people tend to recognize him from the distinct worlds he occupies — whether it’s on broadcast TV as a bandleader on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” a gig he he held for seven years before announcing his departure last year; as a world-class jazz musician and composer, who at the 2022 Grammys nabbed five trophies (and 11 nominations); or even, later this year on the big screen, in an upcoming role he has in Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of “The Color Purple.” In all Batiste’s disparate projects, however, music remains central.
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