LateNightTales

Performer: Sly & Robbie
Distributor: Caroline Distribution

Notes: DJ: Sly & Robbie. Reggae legends Sly & Robbie weigh in on this installment of the LATE NIGHT TALES series. The 'riddim twins' know something about feel-good grooves, and they demonstrate their wisdom with this fine mix, which favors sweet, old-school soul (Al Green, Aretha Franklin, and Curtis Mayfield, among others) with dashes of hip-hop (Mobb Deep's "Quiet Storm"), electronica grooves (Seelenluft's "Manilla"), funk (Rare Earth's "I Just Wanna Celebrate"), and left-field rock (Ian Dury and the Blockheads' "Reasons to be Cheerful"). As if this eclectic grab-bag weren't enough, there's also a hidden cover of Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" performed by Sly & Robbie.

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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