Jon Batiste, 34, is the musical director and bandleader of the TV show ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’. He recently won an Oscar for co-composing the music for the Pixar animated film “Soul”. His latest album is “We Are” (Verve). He spoke with Marc Myers.
A few days after my family picked up a German Shepherd from a local convenience store, the dog was killed by a car after running down the street. I was 9 years old. We hadn’t even named him yet.
Seeing this happen was formative in terms of developing my empathy. I was crushed. My connection with the dogs was over. For a very long time, I did not want this link to happen again.
I grew up in several homes around New Orleans. My family’s home was in Kenner. We had a huge magnolia tree in the front yard. It provided shade and left all those beautiful petals on the lawn. Their scent was sweet and intoxicating. I would climb the tree to see how high I could jump off a limb without hurting myself.
I also spent time at my grandmother’s Hollygrove house on my mother’s side. And during the summers, I stayed with my father’s father, Jean, in the village of Bunche. He owned a hardware store.
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