Jean Roussel

He is best known for his keyboard work from the 1970s through today, playing regularly live and in studio with Cat Stevens (e.g. "Peace Train", "Bitterblue", "Oh Very Young", "Tuesday's Dead", "Wild World", "Where Do the Children Play?", "Sitting", "Catch Bull at Four", "Teaser and the Firecat", and "Buddha and the Chocolate Box"), and playing on and arranging "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police in 1980. He was also the Composer of Rick Ross's Grammy-nominated (2013) "Ashamed" and Wilson Pickett's "Shameless" (1979). Roussel has worked in various capacities with many artists, including Paul Kossoff (Producer/Composer "Back Street Crawler"), Sandy Denny, Thin Lizzy, Phil Lynott, Gary Moore, Peter Frampton, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley and the Wailers ("Natty Dread", "No Woman, No Cry", "Rastaman Vibration", "Lively Up Yourself", etc.), Ron Wood, John m Jones, Frida, Celine Dion, Elkie Brooks, John Martyn, Alan White, Roger Glover, Luther Vandross, T-Bone Walker, Muddy Waters, Mitch Mitchell, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, Cheryl Lynn, Sting, Bobby Womack, Dusty Springfield, Paul Simon, Tim Hardin, Suzi Quatro, Don Everly, Womack & Womack, Robert Palmer, 10cc, Kevin Coyne, Luc Plamondon, Jean-Loup Dabadie, Etienne Roda-Gil, Osibisa, Jon Hendricks, Françoise Hardy, Donovan, Pappo's Blues, Astor Piazzolla, Joan Armatrading, Tony Levin, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Cliff, Olivia Newton-John, Julien Clerc, Catherine Lara, Jeane Manson, Charles Trenet, Eddy Marnay, and Robert Charlebois, among others. ==Credits==

• Félix Award (1987) for arranging his composition, with Eddy MARNAY "Comme un cœur froid" and was nominated for two other Félix Awards for producing and engineering "Incognito", Winner. • Platinum Album Award (1982) for arrangement and keyboards on Ghost in the Machine by The Police • Platinum Album Award (1984) for contribution to Legend by Bob Marley and The Wailers • Grammy Nomination (2013) for Songwriter of the Year for "Ashamed" by Rick Ross • Multiple Platinum Albums for contribution to Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police • Multiple Platinum Albums for contribution to several Cat Stevens albums • Jacques d'Honneur Cours Florent 2022, France ==References==