Reviews of professor Jean-Paul Bourelly

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He knows a lot about African American music, but his method of teaching isn't the best. For example, he has students read off slides a lot. There's always a noticeable effort to keep students entertained. He's very lenient, but a bit disorganized. You'll have to research music on your own for some projects and assignments, but it's an easy A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Bourelly is very knowledgeable about jazz, but his class was woefully unorganized. The class spent most of the quarter frustrated because he never gave clear assignment instructions, nor told us what we were going to be tested on. If you're willing to do a LOT of self exploration take this class, but if you'd like the professor to teach, don't.