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Early life
Chris Rob was born and raised on The South Side of Chicago. Through the early influence of his mother, a classical concert pianist, Rob developed his musical skill set to become a multi-instrumentalist playing the piano, electric piano, organ, drums, guitar, and bass guitar. In addition to his mother, Rob also credits his older brother, Craig Robinson, as well as other musical artists and producers such as, Herbie Hancock, Nina Simone, Daryl Coley, Steely Dan, and DJ Premier as significant influences of his musical framework.

GRAND BATON
Grand Baton is an Afro-Caribbean, Progressive Rock band based in New York, New York. The band was founded by the French composer, arranger, guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter JC Maillard, a native of Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe.

History
Grand Baton was founded by Jean-Cristophe (JC) Maillard and currently consists of band members JC Maillard on vocals, guitar, keyboards, and the SazBass, Theirry Arpino on drums and percussion, and Aidan Carroll on upright and electric bass.

Under the leadership of Maillard, Grand Baton has released two studio albums that have incorporated innovative drum beats and guitar compositions. The first, Le Grand Baton, was released in 2007 ; while the second, Carnal Carnival, was released in 2013.



Collaboration and Touring
In 2013, Grand Baton began their collaboration with the Grammy Award winning vocalist Lisa Fischer. Since beginning their tour, The Ms. Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton Tour has performed in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Additionally, Grand Baton and Fischer performed together at several Jazz Festivals including The Monterey Jazz Festival in 2014, The Newport Jazz Festival in 2015 and The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2017.



Band Members

 * Current Members:
 * JC Maillard – Guitars, Vocals, Saz (musical instrument) Bass, Keyboards
 * Thierry Arpino – Drums, Percussion
 * Aidan Carroll – Bass Guitar, Bass (instrument), vocals


 * Past Contributors:
 * Pascal Rey – Drums
 * Philippe Makaïa – Ka Drums
 * Arno Dolmen – Ka Drums, Drums
 * Didier Juste – Ka Drums
 * Sonny Troupe – Ka Drums
 * Olivier Juste - Ka Drums
 * Obanilu Allende – Percussion
 * Gilmar Gomes – Percussion
 * Etienne Mbappe – Bass
 * Linley Marthe – Bass
 * Fabrice Fanfant – Bass

GB TEMPLATE V3
As of 2014, the current line up of Grand Baton includes the following three members:

The former members and/or contributors of Grand Baton include the following:

GB TEMPLATE V2
As of 2014, the current line up of Grand Baton includes the following three members:

The former members and/or contributors of Grand Baton include the following: