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Taxi FareSly & Robbie
Release Date: 08/10/1998
Original Release:
1986
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 144391_CD
UPC # 011661753921
Label: Island Records (USA)
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Performer: Sly & Robbie
Producer: Sly & Robbie Distributor: Universal Distribution Notes: Sly & Robbie: Sly Dunbar (drums); Robbie Shakespeare (bass). Recorded in Kingston, Jamaica. Sly Dunbar (drums) and Robbie Shakespear (bass) have turned up on more reggae recordings than probably anyone else. They've also recorded with Bob Dylan, Gwen Guthrie, Bill Laswell/Material, and Herbie Hancock, among others. As a rhythm team, they balance certainty and precision with spirit and adaptability, which makes them virtually unbeatable. This collection of reggae songs--co-credited to the Channel One All-Stars--features tracks Sly & Robbie produced, arranged, or performed on for such artists as Dennis Brown, Junior Delgado, and Black Uhuru. Some tracks are instrumental, while others feature are uncredited vocals. The songs are varied: "Taxi Connection" is an electronic drum-driven, horn-accented bobbing-and-weaving instrumental; "Those Tricks" is a soulful lover's-rock ballad; and "Pure & True" is a slinky yet bright instrumental with some wonderfully rich, bluesy saxophone work. Fans of modern reggae (Sly & Robbie use a lot of electronically generated percussion) will find this TAXI worth riding.
Drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare are not only the most renowned rhythm section in reggae, they're among the most celebrated groovemeisters in all of pop music. The Kingston pair starting playing together in the mid-1970s, when reggae was really hitting its stride, and they quickly became in-demand session players. In Jamaica they graced the recordings of countless artists, from Lee "Scratch" Perry to Peter Tosh. After Sly & Robbie's fame spread to the US and UK in the '80s, they were recruited by Bob Dylan, Grace Jones and other pop/rock stars. The duo's own project Taxi, featuring various guest vocalists, was a reggae crossover success that displayed Dunbar and Shakespeare's growing technological facility as well as their vaunted rhythmic prowess.
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Big Youth Black Uhuru Brown, Dennis Chaka Demus Congos (The) Culture Dread, Mikey Goldie Howie B. Johnson, Linton Kwesi Jones, Grace Luciano Man, Beenie Massive Attack Pablo, Augustus Priest, Maxi Professor, Mad Riley, Jimmy Scientist Shadow, DJ Shaggy Sherwood, Adrian Size, Roni Spear, Burning Spooky, DJ Steel Pulse Talking Heads Tortoise Wailing Souls
Influences:
Brown, James Cliff, Jimmy Fat Eyes Funk Brothers (The) Gaye, Marvin King Tubby Mayfield, Curtis Perry, Lee Skatalites (The) Tosh, Peter Wailers (The)
Similar Genres:
Reggae
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