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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: The Best of Stephen Colbert [Watch (HLS stream): The Best of Stephen Colbert](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PNJDP9f3.m3u8) (4:30)  _Published 2014-04-10. The next host of_  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 4, 2015 6:28 PM UTC  Jon Batiste poses at 2014 Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2014 in Chicago. Jon Batiste poses at 2014 Lollapalooza at Grant Park on Aug. 2, 2014 in Chicago.Tim Mosenfelder—Getty Images  by [Eliza Berman](https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/)  ## Eliza Berman Berman is a senior editor at TIME. Jun 4, 2015 6:28 PM UTC It’s official: Stephen Colbert has asked for Louisiana bandleader Jon Batiste’s “band in marriage.” The future _Late Show_ host traveled to New Orleans to court the Julliard-trained multi-instrumentalist for the coveted role. While Colbert succeeds David Letterman, Batiste succeeds Paul Shaffer, who served as Letterman’s bandleader for more than 30 years. He might not yet be a household name, but the 28-year-old Batiste boasts an impressive resume. Born into the New Orleans jazz family featured on the HBO series _Treme_, Batiste grew up immersed in music, playing percussion from a young age before focusing on piano. He began performing at age 8 and released two albums by 17\. Since receiving both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Julliard, he has performed in more than 40 countries, counting Prince, Lenny Kravitz and Wynton Marsalis among his collaborators. Though his primary gig may be music, Batiste has also dabbled in acting, appearing in Spike Lee’s _Red Hook Summer_ (2012) and playing himself on _Treme_. Currently based in New York City, Batiste also serves as Artistic Director at Large of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, finding new audiences for the museum and performing outreach in schools and communities. Batiste comes as part of a package deal: While he will be the bandleader, he’ll be backed by his current band, which includes a saxophonist and a percussionist, as well as a tubist. Known together as Jon Batiste and Stay Human, the band formed shortly after Batiste graduated from Julliard. Together with Stay Human, Batiste has developed a method of performing he calls “social music.” During shows, the band often brings audience members onstage or turns the performance into an impromptu street parade. “We call those moments love riots,” Batiste explains on his [website](http://www.jonbatiste.com/), “because the energy is so kinetic and big. It’s people coming together who don’t know each other, and it’s so beautiful.” _Social Music_ is also the name of the band’s 2013 album, which reached the top spot on Billboard’s jazz charts. Though it’s still early to speculate on what the partnership between Colbert and Batiste will look like, it seems safe to bet on at least one defining characteristic: mobility. Whether during a “love riot” or just performing his music onstage, Batiste is an incredibly vibrant, mobile performer, and it won’t come as a surprise if he chooses not to stay confined to one corner of Colbert’s set. _The Late Show with Stephen Colbert_ debuts Sept. 8\. May it be a long and happy marriage of music and comedy. Watch Jon Baptiste and Stay Human perform “Express Yourself” on the _Colbert Report_ in 2014: Watch Jon Baptiste and Stay Human perform at the Festival Internacional de Jazz de San Javier in Spain in 2013: ### See 13 Stephen Colbert Cameos You Might Have Missed  The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Lake-town Spy Todd Eyre—Warner Bros.  Exit 57 - Various Characters (pictured top left) Comedy Central  Dana Carvey Show - Various Characters ABC  Strangers With Candy - Chuck Noblet Comedy Central  Missing Persons - Chet Davies ABC  Saturday Night Live - Ace, The Ambiguously Gay Duo (pictured left) NBC  Spin City - Frank ABC  Simpsons - Colby Krause (pictured right) Fox  Curb Your Enthusiasm - Tourist HBO  American Dad! - Dr. R. Dandliker (pictured left) Fox  Bewitched - Stu Robinson (pictured left) Columbia  Mr. Peabody & Sherman - Paul Peterson 20th Century Fox  Monsters vs Aliens - President Hathaway Dreamworks Who Is Jon Batiste: Stephen Colbert Late Show Bandleader ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3907726/jon-batiste-bandleader-stephen-colbert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3907726/jon-batiste-bandleader-stephen-colbert/"},"headline":"Meet Jon Batiste, Bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert","datePublished":"2015-06-04T18:28:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:43:37.271Z","description":"The Louisiana-born musician will join Stephen Colbert when the revamped Late Show debuts in September","url":"https://time.com/3907726/jon-batiste-bandleader-stephen-colbert/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Music","stephen colbert","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75ea25722ed721ff/69885315e20a8779b3a8bb0c/jon-batiste.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliza Berman","jobTitle":"Berman is a senior editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/eliza-berman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt75ea25722ed721ff/69885315e20a8779b3a8bb0c/jon-batiste.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2014 Lollapalooza - Day 2","caption":"2014 Lollapalooza - Day 2","creditText":"Tim Mosenfelder—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3907726/jon-batiste-bandleader-stephen-colbert/","name":"Meet Jon Batiste, Bandleader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Best of Stephen Colbert","description":"The next host of","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/PNJDP9f3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-10T21:49:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/PNJDP9f3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3907726/jon-batiste-bandleader-stephen-colbert/","duration":"PT4M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3907726/jon-batiste-bandleader-stephen-colbert/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```