Jon Batiste On Potentially Attaining EGOT Status: ‘I’m Not Trying To Do That’
etcanada.comJon Batiste isn’t focused on awards. The jazz artist and former “Late Show with Stephen Colbert” bandleader recently spoke with ET Canada’s Morgan Hoffman and talked about going for EGOT status. READ MORE: Jon Batiste Leaves ‘The Late Show’ After 7 Years, ‘It’s For All The Best Reasons,’ Says Colbert With five Grammys under his belt, including 2022 Album of the Year, as well as an Oscar for co-composing the score for Pixar’s “Soul”, all Batiste would need are an Emmy, for which he was nominated in 2022, as well as a Tony award.
His wife Suleika Jaouad has won an Emmy, though, and Batiste told ET Canada, “Since then, more people have said, ‘EGOT, EGOT, EGOT, EGOT.’ I’m not trying to do that.
I’m just trying to create stuff that I like, which is hard enough, you know? Really it’s hard enough.” Batiste continued, “I feel like my taste is so brutal on me, the artist.
So I’m constantly trying to make something that’s great and is super, super next level in terms of my level. Like beating myself.
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