Jon Batiste won the Oscar for original music for the film Soul and 5 Grammy Awards. The New Orleans singer, pianist, conductor and civil rights activist is a musical prophet.
His new album World Music Radio is an antidote to the gloom of the times. He is currently finishing a Broadway musical about the life and work of Jean-Michel Basquiat. American Symphony by Matthew Heineman, on Netflix, is a declaration of love to his wife, the writer Suleika Jaouad.