Jon Batiste accepts the Album of the Year grant for “We Are” onstage during the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards astatine MGM Grand Garden Arena connected April 03, 2022, successful Las Vegas, Nevada. | Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
NANTUCKET, Mass. — Musician Jon Batiste is connected pat to execute astatine President Joe Biden’s archetypal White House authorities meal connected Thursday that volition item long-standing ties betwixt the United States and France and grant President Emmanuel Macron.
“An creator who transcends generations, Jon Batiste’s euphony inspires and brings radical together,” said Vanessa Valdivia, a spokesperson for archetypal woman Jill Biden, whose bureau is overseeing meal preparations.
“We’re thrilled to person him execute astatine the White House for the archetypal authorities meal of the Biden-Harris administration,” Valdivia said.
The black-tie meal for Macron volition beryllium portion of what is shaping up to beryllium a engaged societal play astatine the White House. The Bidens’ granddaughter Naomi was joined connected the South Lawn earlier this month. And archetypal woman Jill Biden was acceptable connected Monday to unveil the White House decorations that volition beryllium viewed by thousands of vacation visitors implicit the adjacent month.
Batiste volition beryllium adding White House entertainer to an already agelong database of roles, including signaling artist, bandleader, philharmonic director, movie composer, depository originative manager and scion of New Orleans philharmonic royalty.
He won 5 Grammy Awards this year, including for medium of the twelvemonth for “We Are.” During the awards amusement successful April, Batiste ended his dance-filled show of “Freedom” by jumping up connected Billie Eilish’s table.
Batiste, 36, astir precocious was bandleader and philharmonic manager of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” leaving the broadcast aft a seven-year run.
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