Jean-Paul Poletti | en

Formed 1984 in Woolston, Christchurch. Originally called The Jean Paul Sartre Experience (no hyphen) but that was later shortened to JPS Experience or JPSE. Supposedly due to conflict with the Sartre estate. Members were Dave Yetton (bass), Gary Sullivan (Drums), David Mulcahy & Jim Laing added guitars "with roughly six strings". Since the demise of JPSE the members have been involved in a number of other NZ bands; Superette, The Stereo Bus, Pine & Lanky See: http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/705.html .

Official site: www.bourelly.com Why don't more people know about Jean-Paul Bourelly? He's played with Elvin Jones, Muhal Richard Abrams, Vernon Reid, Cassandra Wilson, and Miles Davis. He's played with Bell Biv Devoe and Defunkt. His tributes to Jimi Hendrix have included Robin Trower, Buddy Miles, and Terry Bozzio. His credentials also include gigs and recordings with Elliot sharp and fellow avant-guitarists David Torn and Marc Ribot. He has no fewer than eleven albums out under his own name, but they are hard to find in his native America. Born in Chicago in 1960, his Haitian parents taught him the legends...

Born 1963 in Belgium (Huy). Orchestra maestro. Cellist. Composer. Graduated at the Conservatoire Royal de Liège. Received the Grand Prix Paul Gilson in Montréal in 1997. Musical director of the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles and the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie. .