Joe Saylor

Joe Saylor
Joe Saylor at the Newport Jazz Festival, 2015
Background information
Born	Indiana, Pennsylvania
Genres	Jazz soul R&B
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Drums, percussion
Member of	The Late Show Band
Formerly of	Stay Human

Joe Saylor is a percussionist, educator, jazz musician and member of the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert .

Early life and education

Saylor was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Paula and Nevin Saylor, who are music teachers in Pennsylvania public schools. His brother, Ben, teaches music at the Indiana Area School District's elementary schools.

Saylor graduated from Indiana Area Senior High School in 2004, and attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania, the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School. ^[1]

Career

Saylor plays percussion in The Late Show Band, the house band for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert . He also performs at various jazz clubs, festivals, and venues worldwide. He has conducted jazz workshops at various educational institutions, such as Stanford University. He has performed at venues including the Howard Theater, ^[2] the White House, ^[3] Lincoln Center, ^[4] Rockwood Music Hall, Webster Hall, and the Great GoogaMooga. ^[5]

He has performed or recorded with Jon Batiste, Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Dwayne Dolphin, Steve Wilson, Joe Lovano, Jon Faddis, Slide Hampton, Ellis Marsalis, and Emmet Cohen on his "Live at Emmet's Place" series.

He appeared on the cover and feature article of the April 2016 issue of Modern Drummer , ^[6] was featured in the March 2014 issue of Drum Magazine, ^[7] and appeared on the HBO series Treme in 2010. ^[8]

Endorsements

Saylor endorses Tama Drums, ^[9] Avedis Zildjian Company, Vic Firth, and Remo. ^{[7] [10]}

Discography

Sources: ^{[11] [12]}

With Jon Batiste

• Live In New York: At The Rubin Museum Of Art (self-released, 2006)
• Jazz is Now (Naht Jona, 2013) – drums, tambourine, group member
• Social Music (Razor & Tie, 2013) – drums, tambourine, associate producer, composer
• Christmas With Jon Batiste (self-released, 2016)
• Hollywood Africans (Verve, 2018)
• Anatomy of Angels: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve, 2019) – drums
• Chronology of a Dream: Live at the Village Vanguard (Verve, 2019) – drums
• A Little Bit of Soul (Universal, 2020) – drums
• We Are: Roots & Traditions (Verve, 2020)
• Soul: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Walt Disney, 2020)
• Live at Electric Lady (Verve, 2021) – drums, tambourine
• We Are (Verve, 2021) – drums, tambourine
• We Are the Golden Ones (Universal, 2021) – drums
• The Summer Collection (Universal, 2022) – drums, tambourine
• The Evening Collection (Universal, 2022) – drums
• The Nominated Collection (Universal, 2022) – tambourine
• Saturday Night [Original Score] (Saturday Night/Sony Music, 2024) – drums
• The New Orleans Collection (Universal, 2025) – drums, tambourine

With others

• Craig Davis, Out of the Gate (Alanna, 2006) – main personnel, drums
• Matt Savage, Hot Ticket: Live In Boston (Savage, 2008)
• Kęstutis Vaiginis, Unexpected Choices (Semplice, 2008)
• Various artists, The Roads They've Taken (International Trumpet Guild, 2009)
• Various artists, Lithuanian Jazz Federation Presents: LT Jazz From Lithuania 2010 (NoBusiness/Lithuanian Jazz Federation, 2010)
• Cyrille Aimée, Live At Smalls (SmallsLIVE, 2011)
• Spike Wilner, La Tendresse (Posi-Tone, 2012) – drums
• Nick Vayenas, Some Other Time (Whirlwind, 2013)
• Various artists, Boardwalk Empire, Vol. 2 [Music from the Original HBO Series] (ABKCO/Universal, 2013) – drums
• Various artists, Boardwalk Empire, Vol. 3: Music from HBO Series [Original Soundtrack] (ABKCO, 2015) – percussion
• Lori Henriques, Legion of Peace: Songs Inspired by Laureates (Motéma Music, 2018) – drums, percussion
• Lauren Henderson, Alma Oscura (Brontosaurus, 2020)
• Remy Le Boeuf, Architecture of Storms (Soundspore, 2021) – tambourine
• Julius Rodriguez, Let Sound Tell All (Verve, 2022) – drums
• Jon Lampley, Night Service Live At LunAtico (self-released, 2024)

References

1. "Joe Saylor, Rise Up". Modern Drummer. Retrieved May 11, 2019.
2. "Jon Batiste and Stay Human perform at Howard Theatre". nestor.minsk.by. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
3. "Search – Smalls Jazz Club". smallsjazzclub.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
4. "Bryan Carter-Joe Saylor Jazz Band Drum Fest!". lincolncenter.org. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
5. "Jonathan Batiste Bassist Phil Kuehn Drummer Joe Saylor… News Photo | Getty Images UK | 169011941". gettyimages.com. Getty Images UK. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
6. "Jon Batiste and Stay Human's Joe Saylor - Late-Night Deep Grooves". Modern Drummer. Retrieved May 13, 2016– via moderndrummer.com.
7. "DRUM! Magazine – Drumming For Fanatics". drummagazine.com. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
8. "Treme Pictures, Jonathon Batiste Photos, Tony Jarvis Pics, Phillip Kuehn Pictures, Rob Brown Photos, Joseph Saylor Pics – Photo Gallery: Treme". TV Guide. Retrieved March 4, 2014– via tvguide.com.
9. "TAMA STAR Drums - Joe Saylor". www.tama.com. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
10. "Joe Saylor Rise Up!". Modern Drummer Magazine. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
11. "Joe Saylor Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More ..." AllMusic. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
12. "Joe Saylor". Discogs (in German). Retrieved June 22, 2025.

External links

• "Stay Human – Jon Batiste and Stay Human | New Album: Social Music | Coming October 15". jonbatiste.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.