It remains to be seen how (or regardless of the fact that) Stephen Colbert will shake up the late night television show group when he takes over for David Letterman in September, however he's keeping no less than one of the hallmarks of the class set up: The Late Show will have a house band. Colbert declared Wednesday that the Paul Shaffer to his Letterman will be Louisiana jazz musician Jon Batiste.
You may know Batiste, a 28-year-old Juilliard graduate, as himself in Treme or from his previous appearances on the Colbert Report. At the point when Batiste did Colbert's show last year, he drove a group outside into a street parade—its kind of his thing—while an unmistakably impressed Colbert moved along. These two as of now have an, uh, a Colbert affinity, on the off chance that you will.Batiste will bring his band of 10 years, Stay Human, alongside him as he steps into Shaffer's old gig. They sound like this:Wise move to pick a youthful, high-vitality entertainer who seems to have synergy with Colbert, additionally brings things to the show that Colbert can't.
Each system late night show is still hosted by moderately aged white dudes, yet that doesn't mean their bands must be. Batiste makes three dark bandleaders on significant shows, alongside the Tonight Show's Questlove and the Late Show's Reggie Watts.
At 28, he'll also be the youngest significant player on any of the shows. The Late Show's James Corden, 36, is for all intents and purposes an infant by late night standards, yet Batiste makes him resemble a baby, in any ev
You may know Batiste, a 28-year-old Juilliard graduate, as himself in Treme or from his previous appearances on the Colbert Report. At the point when Batiste did Colbert's show last year, he drove a group outside into a street parade—its kind of his thing—while an unmistakably impressed Colbert moved along. These two as of now have an, uh, a Colbert affinity, on the off chance that you will.Batiste will bring his band of 10 years, Stay Human, alongside him as he steps into Shaffer's old gig. They sound like this:Wise move to pick a youthful, high-vitality entertainer who seems to have synergy with Colbert, additionally brings things to the show that Colbert can't.
Each system late night show is still hosted by moderately aged white dudes, yet that doesn't mean their bands must be. Batiste makes three dark bandleaders on significant shows, alongside the Tonight Show's Questlove and the Late Show's Reggie Watts.
At 28, he'll also be the youngest significant player on any of the shows. The Late Show's James Corden, 36, is for all intents and purposes an infant by late night standards, yet Batiste makes him resemble a baby, in any ev
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