In an upcoming Netflix documentary, the star gives us a look into his life with wife Suleika Jaouad who battled cancer. The movie was produced by Michelle and Barack Obama's film company, and is tipped to be a frontrunner for best documentary at the Oscars in March. As Jon Batiste completed his dazzling triumph at the 2022 Grammys, winning trophy after trophy on music's biggest stage, his wife watched the same way most of us did - on the sofa, at home.
Suleika Jaouad was unable to attend that night because she was battling leukemia. That stark juxtaposition of stratospheric success and brutal reality underpins"I wanted it to not just show the artistic process, but to show what it takes to achieve a level of greatness in artistry," Batiste told AFP. "I also believe that a lesson that we didn't know we were really putting on display... is creativity as a mechanism of survival