JC Maillard on Clubhouse

Bio

- Caribbean Multi-instrumentalist🌴
- Leader of Grand Baton👹
- Producer of new Electronic-South American music album for Argentinian Sofia Rei👾
- Traveler 🗿
- Beat Activist✊🏾
- Father of the SazBass🎵

It all began on this island awash in Caribbean vibration, waves of Carnival interspersed with the beat of the drum; a young man whose isolation got him staring across the ocean, collecting echoes from the four corners of the world.
Has released:
- Ka Suite, instrumental compositions for guitar and Ka drum
- Grand Baton, rock and electronic band with caribbean traditional drums
- Saz Blues, acoustic blues songs performed on an 8 string Saz Bass
- Keter, with Sofia Rei, by John Zorn, winner of 2 of the 2020​ ​Independent​ ​Music​ ​Awards.
Has recorded and performed with, sometimes composed for:
- African superstars Grammy Award Winner ​Angelique Kidjo​, Senegalese pioneers Toure Kunda and Mbalax icon Omar​ ​Pene (album “​Myamba”​), Congolese Koffi Olomide, Zimbabwean mbira master Chiwoniso​ ​Maraire​, Cameroonese renowned bassist ​Richard​ ​Bona.
- Vocalists extraordinaire Lisa​ ​Fischer and Argentinian Sofia​ ​Rei​.
- Avant garde composer John Zorn.
- Hip Hop artists Residente, Bisso Na Bisso
- Caribbean stars Patrick Saint-Eloi​ and Tanya Saint Val​ (Guadeloupe), Mario Canonge (Martinique), Beethova Obas and Emeline Michel (Haiti) and various members of Kassav.
- Jazz​ and World Music virtuosos Omar​ ​Hakim, Mino Cinelu Etienne Mbappe, ​Louis Winsberg (flamenco project "Jaleo")
- French pop superstars ​Michel Fugain​, ​Michel Jonasz​, Maurane​...
- The ​Alonzo King Lines Ballet of San Francisco​ (composer)
- The ​Seattle Symphony​, the ​National Philharmonic​, the ​Cincinnati​ ​Symphony​.

Touring Sofia Rei's new album "Umbral", performed at GlobalFest meets Tiny Desk festival, January 2021.