Pianist and singer Jon Batiste achieved fame as the bandleader on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, appearing with his long-time working band Stay Human since 2015. Yet the Louisiana native comes from a long line of jazz musicians, and he's never relinquished those roots. He can update a New Orleans jazz classic like “St. James Infirmary”, upping the energy until it becomes an explosive, gospel-driven testimonial, but his natural pop instincts bring soulful gravitas to the ballad “Don't Stop”. His genius is erasing the lines between genres; he makes everything he touches sound fun, without downplaying his serious chops.