Undercover (Paul Taylor album)

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

References