Jean Michel Daudier was born in Les Cayes Haiti in 1957 into a family of musicians and poets. Jean Michel was 15 years old when he learned to play the guitar. His first guitar was a broken once left behind by his half brother Carlo Placide after wrong turned out serenade night. Jean Michel became famous in Haiti in 1986 after writing a protest song called “Lem pa we soley la” (When I don't see the Sunshine). The song was written for the Catholic radio station "Radio Soleil" which supported the fight against the former dictator Baby Doc in Haiti. It was distributed clandestinely on a small tape cassette and no one knew the singer. People were arrested for singing the song in the streets of Port - au - Prince after a charity concert.
Jean Michel sings in Haitian Creole, French and English. His music has a mixture of Haitian Tropical, French and Wordbeat. He impacted so many lives and influenced three generations. In 1997, his work was documented in the book A day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey , by Gage Averill.
Over the past twenty years, he expanded his musical style and already produced four albums. The latest "Tropical, Paradise" "Soley la", "Nou tout samble" and "Diaspora". He colaborated with many great Haitian artists like: Buyu Ambroise, Mushi Widmaier, Pierre Rigaud Cherry, Joel Widmaier, Raoul Denis Jr, Joe Charles, Ansy Peters, Carole Demesmin, Emeline Michel, Andre Dejan, Yves Abel, Claudy Clerie, Edouard Mathieu, Jakomo, Roserbie Theoc, Fred Hilaire, Claude Marcelin, Pokito, Arius Joseph, Jacqueline Denis, Harold St Louis, Tony Moreno, Jacques Fathier and many more...
Living in USA since 1989, he did perform in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn College. City College, York College, Montreal Canada, Boston, Washington, New Jersey, Orlando, Georgia and Tampa. In Miami at the Broward Performing Art Center for Martin Luther king Jr birthday Celebrations, North Miami Performing Art Center, Las Olas River Front, Devry University, Miami University, Miami Books Fare Festival, Biltomore Hotel, Miami Shores Country Club, Sundays on the Bay, Biltmore Hotel, Little Haiti Cultural Center and Mapou Cultural Center in Little Haiti. Lately he’s been playing and help raising money for the Haitian earthquake relief efforts.
Jean Michel has been favorably reviewed in major newspapers and magazines like the New York Times, Miami Herald, Le Devoir of Montreal, Miami New Times, The Beat Magazine of La. Haiti en Marche, Haiti Progres, Haitian Time, Haiti Observateur, Le Nouvelliste Haiti and Le Matin Haiti.
Jean Michel is now working an a acoustic album within a beautiful song he wrote for Haiti and Martin Luther King Jr.
Jean Michel sings in Haitian Creole, French and English. His music has a mixture of Haitian Tropical, French and Wordbeat. He impacted so many lives and influenced three generations. In 1997, his work was documented in the book A day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey , by Gage Averill.
Over the past twenty years, he expanded his musical style and already produced four albums. The latest "Tropical, Paradise" "Soley la", "Nou tout samble" and "Diaspora". He colaborated with many great Haitian artists like: Buyu Ambroise, Mushi Widmaier, Pierre Rigaud Cherry, Joel Widmaier, Raoul Denis Jr, Joe Charles, Ansy Peters, Carole Demesmin, Emeline Michel, Andre Dejan, Yves Abel, Claudy Clerie, Edouard Mathieu, Jakomo, Roserbie Theoc, Fred Hilaire, Claude Marcelin, Pokito, Arius Joseph, Jacqueline Denis, Harold St Louis, Tony Moreno, Jacques Fathier and many more...
Living in USA since 1989, he did perform in New York at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn College. City College, York College, Montreal Canada, Boston, Washington, New Jersey, Orlando, Georgia and Tampa. In Miami at the Broward Performing Art Center for Martin Luther king Jr birthday Celebrations, North Miami Performing Art Center, Las Olas River Front, Devry University, Miami University, Miami Books Fare Festival, Biltomore Hotel, Miami Shores Country Club, Sundays on the Bay, Biltmore Hotel, Little Haiti Cultural Center and Mapou Cultural Center in Little Haiti. Lately he’s been playing and help raising money for the Haitian earthquake relief efforts.
Jean Michel has been favorably reviewed in major newspapers and magazines like the New York Times, Miami Herald, Le Devoir of Montreal, Miami New Times, The Beat Magazine of La. Haiti en Marche, Haiti Progres, Haitian Time, Haiti Observateur, Le Nouvelliste Haiti and Le Matin Haiti.
Jean Michel is now working an a acoustic album within a beautiful song he wrote for Haiti and Martin Luther King Jr.
Jean Michel Daudier