Sly Dunbar

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At the TFF Rudolstadt , 2015

Sly Dunbar (born May 10, 1952 as Lowell Dunbar in Kingston ) is a Jamaican drummer and music producer .

Live and act

Sly Dunbar, 1979

Dunbar started playing the drums early and was a member of some well-known Jamaican reggae bands with whom he had minor successes.

He later met bassist Robbie Shakespeare , who already had studio experience, and released a couple of albums with him and the Revolutionaires in Jamaica (some of which were later released in the US and Europe). Robert and Sly called themselves from then on "" The Riddim Twins or " Sly & Robbie ". Later they played in " Word, Sound and Power ", the band around Peter Tosh . They recorded five albums and a number one single, (You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back with Mick Jagger . From the mid-1970s, Sly & Robbie were dub mixers, and later also producers.

After an extensive world tour, Sly & Robbie founded their own label "TAXI Productions" in 1978. They separated from Peter Tosh and joined Black Uhuru in the late 1970s , in which Ducky Simpson , Puma Jones and Michael Rose sang to the duo's music. Black Uhuru has released several albums, with Junior Reid singing in place of Michael Rose on the last two (Brutal and Positive) . The work of the two was later, however, never limited to one band alone; they recorded three albums with Grace Jones . This was followed by a wide-ranging collaboration with various musicians; these included Joe Cocker , Bob Dylan , Herbie Hancock , Bill Laswell and Carly Simon .

As early as the 1980s, new music technologies were also changing the work of Robbie Shakespeare and Sly Dunbar. From the middle of the decade, they released several albums in which elements of dub were combined with funk , hip-hop and other styles. While Sly devoted himself almost exclusively to drum computers and production after The Summit in 1988, Robbie also played the keyboard more and more often in addition to the electric bass . Another successful single that they produced in 1993 (Murder She Wrote by Chaka Demus & Pliers ) was followed by compositions for Beenie Man and Luciano and dancehall beats by Sly for DJ Combo . They then recorded other albums as Sly & Robbie, most recently in 2004 Version Born .

In 2012, Dunbar wrote Granny's cheerleaders . At the end of 2014, the piece became better known through a remix by the German DJ Felix Jaehn and in the following year it developed into a global hit with top positions in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Following record awards, the single has sold over 8.4 million copies so far. In Germany alone, the piece sold over a million times, making it one of the best-selling singles in Germany .

In 2015 the rhythm team undertook a tour with the Norwegian jazz trumpeter and his accompanying musicians under the title “Sly & Robbie Meet Nils Petter Molvaer ”.

For 2015 he and Shakespeare were awarded the Musgrave Gold Medal by the Institute of Jamaica. The Rolling Stone put Dunbar 2016 in its list of the 100 best drummers of all time ranked 65th

Discography (selection)

Rico

  • 1981: That Man Is Forward

Sly Dunbar

  • 1978: Simple Sly Man
  • 1982: Sly-Go-Ville

Peter Tosh

  • 1977: Equal Rights
  • 1978: Bush Doctor
  • 1979: Mystic Man
  • 1980: Wanted Dread or Alive

Black Uhuru

  • 1979: Showcase
  • 1980: Sinsemilla
  • 1981: Red
  • 1982: Chill Out
  • 1984: Anthem
  • 1986: Brutal
  • 1987: Positive
  • 1987: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • 1990: Now

Sly & Robbie

  • 1979: Sly Wicked and Slick
  • 1981: The 60's, 70's into the 80's = taxi
  • 1985: Language Barrier
  • 1987: Rhythm Killers
  • 1988: The Summit (UK)
  • 1999: Drum and Bass Strip to the Bone feat. Howie B
  • 1999: X-Uhuru
  • 2001: In Good Company
  • 2002: Dub Transmission Specialists - Off Duty
  • 2003: Late Night Tales
  • 2004: Sly & Robbie Meet the Mad Professor
  • 2004: Born version

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Omi - Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix) (song). austriancharts.at, accessed on February 6, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Top 100 annual single charts 2015. officialcharts.de, accessed on April 7, 2018 .
  3. ↑ End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 - 2015. officialcharts.com, accessed on February 5, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ Hot 100 Songs - Year End 2015. billboard.com, accessed February 5, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Diamond for Cheerleaders (Felix Jaehn Remix) in Germany. musikindustrie.de, accessed on March 1, 2019 .
  6. ↑ 100 Greatest Drummers of All Time. Rolling Stone , March 31, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Dunbar, Sly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dunbar, Lowell (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jamaican drummer and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston (Jamaica)