Age: 39
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Jonathan Michael Batiste (born November 11, 1986) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, and television personality. He has recorded and performed with artists including Stevie Wonder, Prince, Willie Nelson, Lenny Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, Lana Del Rey, Roy Hargrove, Juvenile, and Mavis Staples. Batiste, with his band Stay Human, appeared nightly as bandleader and musical director on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert from 2015 to 2022. Batiste also serves as the music director of The Atlantic and the Creative Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. In 2020, he co-composed the score for the Pixar animated film Soul, for which he received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Grammy Award and a BAFTA Film Award (all shared with Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross). Batiste has garnered 5 Grammy Awards from 14 nominations, including an Album of the Year win for his album We Are (2021). In 2023, Batiste featured in the documentary film American Symphony which records the process of Batiste composing his first symphony.
When twin brothers Rowan and Owen Albertson receive a mysterious letter from their long-lost father, Steven, they are thrust into an extraordinary journey beyond their imagination. Their search leads them to an enchanted forest, where a fateful accident transforms them into groblins—magical creatures of legend. With the help of the wise and mysterious Emeralda, the brothers uncover the truth: their father has been trapped in the Groblin Realm for 80 years, held captive by the tyrannical King Verdorax. Determined to bring him home, Rowan and Owen embark on a perilous quest, learning magic, forming alliances, and facing treacherous foes. Along the way, they befriend the noble groblin elder Kronk, the spirited warrior Luna, and the enigmatic songstress Sela. As they venture deeper into the magical realm, the brothers discover the hidden history between their father and the groblins—secrets that could change their destiny forever. With time running out, they must challenge King Verdorax in a climactic battle to free their father and break a powerful curse. But the greatest challenge of all lies in their hearts—will Rowan and Owen find the strength to embrace their fate and the courage to sacrifice everything for the love of family?
