Jean-Paul Maunick
Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick (born February 19, 1957 in Mauritius ) is a British guitarist , band leader , composer and producer .
Life
Bluey is the son of the Mauritian poet Édouard Maunick and Armande Mallet. He was born in Mauritius and moved to the United Kingdom in 1969 at the age of ten . He experienced his formative musical influences in the mid-1970s through the music of formations such as Earth, Wind & Fire , Weather Report and Kool & The Gang , bands that combine funk, soul and jazz elements in their music. His encounters with musicians and bands from the British jazz-funk scene emerging at the end of the 1970s (e.g. Gonzalez , Hi-Tension and Average White Band ) were equally stylistic for Maunick's musical work .
Background and career as a musician
Jean-Paul Maunick has led the British acid jazz band Incognito since it was founded in 1979. With Incognito he has so far released fifteen studio albums and several live, remix and compilation albums. Before founding Incognito, Bluey was a founding member of the band Light of the World . As a music producer, he has worked with Paul Weller , George Benson , Chaka Khan , George Duke , Stevie Wonder , Maxi Priest , Jocelyn Brown , Mario Biondi and Terry Callier , among others .
Discography
- solo
- 2013 - Leap of Faith
- 2015 - Life Between the Notes
- 2020 - Tinted Sky
With Light of the World
- 1979 - Light of the World
- 1980 - trip
- 1982 - Check us out
With incognito
- 1981 - Jazz Funk
- 1991 - Inside Life
- 1992 - Tribes, Vibes, Scribes
- 1993 - Positivity
- 1995 - 100 ° and Rising
- 1996 - Beneath the surface
- 1999 - No time like the future
- 2001 - Life, stranger than fiction
- 2002 - Who needs love
- 2004 - Adventures in black sunshine
- 2005 - Eleven
- 2008 - Tales from the Beach
- 2010 - Transatlantic RPM
- 2012 - Surreal
- 2014 - Amplified Soul
- 2016 - In Search of Better Days
- 2019 - Tomorrow's New Dream
With Citrus Sun
- 2001 - Another Time Another Space
With Tony Remy
- 2009 - First Protocol
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' May 2008
- ↑ Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' May 2008
- ↑ Jean-Paul 'Bluey' Maunick interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' May 2008
- ↑ Bluey Maunick interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' July 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maunick, Jean-Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maunick, Bluey (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British guitarist, band leader, composer and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th February 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mauritius |