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Jungle Cowboy

{{Infobox album

| name = Jungle Cowboy

| type = studio

| artist = Jean-Paul Bourelly

| cover = Jungle Cowboy.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1987

| recorded = December 1986

| venue =

| studio = Sound Ideas, New York

| genre = Jazz

| length = 45:45

| label = JMT
JMT 870 009

| producer = Jean-Paul Bourelly, Stefan F. Winter

| chronology = Jean-Paul Bourelly

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Trippin'

| next_year = 1992

}}

Jungle Cowboy is the debut album by guitarist Jean-Paul Bourelly which was recorded in late 1986 and released on the JMT label with distribution by Polygram.Shimada, T., [http://www.kt.rim.or.jp/~tfj/jazz/JMT.html JMT label discography], accessed October 7, 2014{{cite book|title=Jazz Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djNLAAAAYAAJ|series=6-10|volume=31|year=2001|publisher=Jazztimes|pages=95–|quote=For one decade - from 1985 to 1995 - JMT produced 81 recordings including the landmark debut albums by ... }}{{cite book|author=Robert Christgau|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|url=https://archive.org/details/christgausrecord00chri|url-access=registration|year=1990|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=978-0-679-73015-6|pages=[https://archive.org/details/christgausrecord00chri/page/68 68]–}}{{cite book|title=Option|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ytLAAAAYAAJ|volume=20|year=1988|publisher=Sonic Options Network|pages=47–|quote=Bourelly's debut album Jungle Cowboy (on the German JMT label, distributed by Polygram) features appearances by guitarist Kelvyn Bell, alto saxophonist Julius Hemphill, percussionist Andrew Cyrille and others, along with Bourelly's ...}}

Reception

The AllMusic review by Brian Olewnick states "A couple of the tracks succeed marginally but, despite the occasional presence of outstanding musicians like Julius Hemphill and Andrew Cyrille, most of the songs remain leaden and slick, the musical equivalent of the glamour-style photos that adorn the album cover".Olewnick, B., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/jungle-cowboy-mw0000591917 Allmusic Review] accessed December 12, 2014 Musician's reviewer in 1988 wrote about the album, "It's about rawness, and though it doesn't have an abundance of structural sophistication, Bourelly's debut is easily identifiable, i.e., he's got a vision.",{{cite book|title=Musician|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jxLAAAAYAAJ|series=111-116|year=1988|publisher=Amordian Press|pages=94–}} Steve Holtje, in MusicHound's Jazz: The Essential Album Guide (1998), called Jungle Cowboy Bourelly's best album,{{cite book|author=Music Hound|title=Jazz: The Essential Album Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3JjWAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Music Sales Corporation|isbn=978-0-8256-7253-8|quote= ... worth searching for: Bourelly's debut as a leader, jungle Cowboy MMf (JMT, 1987, prod. Stefan Winter, Jean-Paul Bourelly), is his best album, but JMT's U.S. distributor, Verve, doesn't carry it. It predates ...}} and music critic Ben Watson called "Mother Earth" a sultry masterpiece.{{cite book|author1=Ben Watson|author2=W. C. Bamberger|title=Honesty Is Explosive!: Selected Music Journalism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=12BhLIQbhZgC&pg=PA33|date=April 2010|publisher=Wildside Press LLC|isbn=978-1-4344-5783-7|pages=33–}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2score = B+{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=80|chapter=B|accessdate=August 17, 2020|title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s|publisher=Pantheon Books|year=1990|isbn=0-679-73015-X|via=robertchristgau.com}}

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Track listing

All compositions by Jean-Paul Bourelly except where indicated

  1. "Love Line" - 4:39
  2. "Tryin' to Get Over" - 4:11
  3. "Drifter" - 5:08
  4. "Hope You Find Your Way" - 6:15
  5. "Jungle Cowboy" - 3:18
  6. "No Time to Share" - 3:34
  7. "Can't Get Enough" - 5:17
  8. "Parade" - 4:07
  9. "Mother Earth" (Peter Chatman) – 4:46
  10. "Groove With Me" - 4:30

Personnel

  • Jean-Paul Bourelly – lead guitar, vocals
  • Julius Hemphill – alto saxophone
  • Carl Bourelly – synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Kelvyn Bell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
  • Freddie Cash – bass, backing vocals
  • Kevin Johnson – drums, backing vocals
  • Greg Carmouché – percussion, backing vocals
  • Andrew Cyrille – drums (track 9)
  • Alyson Williams – vocals (track 4)

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Category:1987 albums

Category:JMT Records albums

Category:Winter & Winter Records albums