"Tiga" James Jean-Baptiste
Percussion, Woodwinds, Dance

Began playing drum at the age of three. With formal training in jazz and through the benefit of rare training with his father Bonga, a master of the Haitian drum, Tiga has developed a skill level rarely seen in musicians of his age. By infusing ancestral rhythms with an affinity for jazz and hip-hop, Tiga blends tradition with cutting edge in his dance and music. Tiga excels on didjeridoo, an Australian pipe horn requiring circular breathing, which he taught himself to play. Tiga currently attends the New York City Public Repertory Company. He is studying trumpet with Harlem's Jazzmobile.