Jon Batiste, a Grammy and Oscar winner, will perform the national anthem during Super Bowl LIX.
Born in New Orleans, Batiste has won five Grammy Awards and an Academy Award. He will follow the legendary Reba McEntire, who sang the anthem during the 2024 Super Bowl LVIII.
This will not be his first time playing the national anthem at a major athletic event; at the 2017 NBA All-Star Game, which was also held in New Orleans, he performed the Star-Spangled Banner. The national anthem will feature a performance by Stephanie Nogueras in American Sign Language (ASL). The Super Bowl LIX will be held on February 9, 2025, at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
Who is Jon Batiste?
Jon Batiste is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, bandleader, composer, and television personality.
He has recorded and performed with several renowned artists such as Alicia Keys, Ed Sheeran, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, ASAP Rocky, Lana Del Rey, Stevie Wonder, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, and Mavis Staples. Batiste served as musical director and bandleader for his band, Stay Human, and made nightly appearances on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 until 2022.
Born and raised in Louisiana, Jon Batiste came from one of the most renowned musical families in New Orleans. Milton Batiste of the Olympia Brass Band and Lionel Batiste of the Treme Brass Band are two well-known members of the Batiste family. Batiste started playing drums and percussion with the Batiste Brothers Band when he was eight years old.
Batiste earned a Grammy for Album of the Year for "We Are" in 2022 and an Academy Award for Best Original Score for "Soul" in 2020. "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" featured Batiste and his band Stay Human as the house band from 2015 until 2022. Beethoven's compositions were reimagined as blues tunes in his newly published "Beethoven Blues," which peaked at the top of the Classical charts and served as the soundtrack for the movie "Saturday Night."
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