Jon Batiste is a seven-time Grammy Award-winning and Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and composer. Batiste recently released his eighth studio album, Beethoven Blues (Batiste Piano Series, Vol. 1). Marking the first installment in his new solo piano series, the project showcases Batiste’s interpolations of some of Beethoven’s most iconic works, reimagined through an expansive lens. Beethoven Blues follows Jon’s studio album World Music Radio, released August 2023, which received five Grammy nominations including ‘Album of the Year.’ Batiste also earned an Oscar nomination for his song “It Never Went Away,” on behalf of the Netflix documentary America Symphony, which follows Batiste in early 2022, when he finds himself celebrated with 11 Grammy nominations, including album of the year for his 2021 studio album We Are. On the film side, Batiste’s innovative score was featured in Jason Reitman’s  Saturday Night. Depicting the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of  Saturday Night Live in 1975, the film is underscored by Batiste’s musical masterpiece, which features a blend of jazz, classical, and contemporary elements.

Batiste has lent his musical talents to the Innocence Project multiple times. In 2008, he performed “What a Wonderful World” at the Innocence Project benefit, “A Celebration of Freedom and Justice,” in New York City. In 2018, he performed at the TIDAL x Brooklyn Benefit Concert, where 100% of the proceeds from ticket sales were donated to the Innocence Project and other non-profit organizations dedicated to reforming the criminal justice system.