Jean Alain Roussel (born 1951 in Port Louis, Mauritius) is a musician, composer, record producer and Arranger.[1]
He is best known for keyboard work from the 1970s through today, playing regularly with Cat Stevens[2] (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 recording and arranging on Ghost in the Machine with The Police (e.g. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", 1981). He was also the composer of Rick Ross's Grammy-nominated (2013) "Ashamed" and Wilson Pickett's "Shameless"[clarification needed] (1979).
Roussel has worked in various capacities with many artists, including Paul Kossoff (producer and composer "Back Street Crawler"), Thin Lizzy, Roy Buchanan, Bob Marley and the Wailers ("Natty Dread", "No Woman, No Cry","Rastaman Vibration", "Lively Up Yourself" etc ), George Harrison, Celine Dion, Elkie Brooks, Paul Rodgers, John Martyn, Alan White, Roger Glover, Gary Moore, Ron Wood, Cheryl Lynn, Sting, Dusty Springfield, Paul Simon, Tim Hardin, Suzi Quatro, Don Everly, Robert Palmer, 10cc, Kevin Coyne, Osibisa, Jon Hendricks, John Paul Jones, Donovan, Pappo's Blues, Astor Piazzolla, Joan Armatrading, Tony Levin, Junior Marvin, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Cliff, Olivia Newton-John and Peter Frampton, among others.