Undercover is an album by Paul Taylor which was released in February 2000 on N2K Records. The album peaked at No. 3 on the US Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and No. 27 on the US Billboard Top Independent Albums chart.
Critical reception
Jonathan Widran of AllMusic, in a 4/5-star review proclaimed, "While Taylor's last album, Pleasure Seeker, featured loads of attractive trip-hop atmosphere along with synth and percussion effects, sparseness is the buzzword this time."
Track listing
Credits
Musicians Paul Taylor – soprano saxophone (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 10), alto saxophone (3, 4, 7, 9), keyboards (3) Jimi Randolph – keyboards (1, 3, 7, 10), drum programming (1, 3, 7, 10), trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements Dino Esposito – keyboard programming (2, 6, 8), MIDI controller (2, 6, 8), drum programming (2, 6, 8) Scot Rammer – keyboard programming (2, 6, 8), MIDI controller (2, 6, 8), drum programming (2, 6, 8) Michael Kurt Jackson – keyboards (4), drum programming (4), vocals (5) Portrait – instruments (5) Oji Pierce – instruments (9) Michael Thompson – guitars (1, 7, 10) Brian Monroney – guitars (2, 6, 8) Russ Freeman – guitars (3) Munyungo Jackson – percussion (1, 3, 7, 10)
Production Carl Griffin – executive producer Andi Howard – executive producer, management Hyman Katz – executive producer Bill Meyers – producer (1, 3, 7, 10) Maurice White – producer (1, 3, 7, 10) Dino Esposito – producer (2, 6, 8), engineer Scot Rammer – producer (2, 6, 8), engineer (2, 6, 8) Michael Kurt Jackson – producer (4) Michael Angelo Saulsberry – producer (5), engineer (5), mixing (5) Oji Pierce – producer (9), engineer (9), mixing (9) Paul Klingberg – engineer (1, 3, 7, 10) Scott Blockland – mixing (1, 3, 7, 10) Russ Freeman – mixing (1, 3, 7, 10), additional recording (1, 3, 7, 10), producer (3) Nick Sodano – mixing (2, 6, 8) Rick Camp – recording (4), mixing (4) Cameron Marcarelli – assistant engineer (1, 3, 7, 10) Sonny Mediana – art direction, photography MAD Design – art direction, photography Gardner Howard Ringe Entertainment – management
Charts Chart (2000) Peakposition US Top Independent Albums (Billboard)27 US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums (Billboard)3
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