Monty Alexander Meets Sly & Robbie

Monty Alexander Meets Sly & Robbie – Jazz & Reggae Fusion Album Review

 

  Telarc records 1999‎– CD-83494

notes:

Monty Alexander Meets Sly & Robbie is a unique and 

captivating studio album that blends jazz, soul, and

 reggae into a seamless listening experience. Originally

 released in 2000 on Telarc Records, this collaborative

 project brings together Jamaican jazz pianist Monty 

Alexander with reggae legends Sly Dunbar (drums) 

and Robbie Shakespeare (bass) – 

the illustrious rhythm duo known as Sly & Robbie.

Crédits

    Bass – Robbie Shakespeare

    Drums [Drum Fills] – Desmond Jones

    Drums [Rhythm And Programming] – Sly Dunbar

    Executive-Producer – Robert Woods 

    Keyboards – Handel Tucker

    Piano, Melodica – Monty Alexander

    Saxophone – Jay Davidson

    Trumpet – Steve Jankowski

Recorded at Bridge Sound Studios, Conshohocken, 

Pennsylvania between August and December 1999. 

Engineers: Mikey "Bones" Malak, Robert Friedrich.

Producers: Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Glen Browne.

tracklist:

1 Chameleon

Written-By – Bennie Maupin, Harvey Mason, Herbie Hancock, Paul Jackson 

5:05

2 Monty's Groove

Written-By – Monty Alexander

5:21

3 Soulful Strut

Written-By – Eugene Record, William Sanders*

5:05

4 The In Crowd

Written-By – William Page II*

5:13

5 Sidewinder

Written-By – Edward Lee Morgan*

4:58

6 People Make The World Go 'Round

Written-By – Linda Creed, Thomas Bell*

5:08

7 (Do The) Kool Step

Written-By – Monty Alexander

4:24

8 Moanin'

Written-By – Bobby Timmons

5:03

9 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

Written-By – Josef Zawinul*

4:34

10 Hot Milk

Written-By – C. Dodd*, Jackie Mittoo

5:50

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