Bourelly is an adventurous musician with vast creative experience.

He started his career as leader in 1986 with the band BluWave Bandits which hosted many talented musicians such as drummers Rodney Holmes, Alfredo Alias, Rolling Stone bassists Darryl Jones, Melvin Gibbs and Reggie Washington.

Born in Chicago in 1960 and raised by Haitian/American parents, he landed in New York in 1979.

Since then he recorded 11 solo CD’s as a leader with various groups such as the Vibe music and Boom Bop groups. A master at bending musical genres, Jean-Paul Bourelly’s music has to do with re-shaping Black music forms like jazz, blues and rock though the scope of the diaspora experience. This rhythmic, ambient brew is given further dimensions by his Haitian/American roots.