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- Date Released: February 22, 2000
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Contemporary
- Label: N-Coded Music / Warlock Records
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They Say...
Not many artists would be bold enough to spend their limbo time between labels rethinking and reworking tracks produced by a legend like Maurice White, but Paul Taylor made the right decision refining four tracks on Undercover with the studio help of Russ Freeman. Redoing the entire sax melody and groove pattern on "Movin' On," Taylor engages in a dramatic mood swing halfway through the song, moving from a laid-back shuffle vibe to a swinging, percussive alto over an insistent, electronic high-hat sound; Freeman's electric guitar adds a subtle emotional emphasis. 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. On "Ariel," his silky soprano makes a potent melodic statement that stands out far ahead in the mix from the barely audible, floating atmospheres, the hypnotic synth-bell pattern, and the water-drop percussion effects. Dino Esposito and Scott Rammer, who produced the last album, helm a few tunes here, but they don't overwhelm Taylor this time. A cover of Janet Jackson's "Velvet Rope," for instance, is trip-hoppy in overall vibe, but the electronic percussion merely pitter-patters gently behind Taylor's squealing soprano; Brian Monroney chimes in with a mournful steel string presence and synth vibes bubble in the distant background.
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| 01. |  |
Aerial |
4:28 |
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| 02. | |
Velvet Rope |
4:25 |
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| 03. | |
Movin' On |
4:06 |
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| 04. | |
Avenue |
3:59 |
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| 05. | |
My Love |
5:34 |
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| 06. | |
My Love (featuring Portrait) |
4:16 |
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| 07. | |
Code Blue |
4:02 |
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| 08. | |
Indigo |
4:01 |
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| 09. | |
Undercover |
4:51 |
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| 10. | |
Looking Glass |
4:41 |
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10 Total Tracks, 44:23 Total Length
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Credits
- Maurice White - Producer // Russ Freeman - Producer // Russ Freeman - Producer // Russ Freeman - Engineer // Russ Freeman - Engineer // Russ Freeman - Mixing // Russ Freeman - Mixing // Russ Freeman - Production Engineer // Russ Freeman - Production Engineer // Bill Meyers - Producer // Michael Thompson - Guitar (Electric) // Michael Thompson - Guitar (Electric) // Scott Blockland - Mixing // Rick Camp - Engineer // Rick Camp - Mixing // Carl Griffin - Executive Producer // Munyungo Jackson - Percussion // Hyman Katz - Executive Producer // Paul Klingberg - Engineer // Sonny Mediana - Art Direction // Sonny Mediana - Photography // Brian Monroney - Guitar // Oji Pierce - Producer // Oji Pierce - Engineer // Oji Pierce - Mixing // Jimi Randolph - Drums // Jimi Randolph - Keyboards // Jimi Randolph - Programming // Jimi Randolph - Drum Programming // Michael Angelo Saulsberry - Producer // Michael Angelo Saulsberry - Engineer // Michael Angelo Saulsberry - Mixing // Paul Taylor - Keyboards // Paul Taylor - Keyboards // Paul Taylor - Saxophone // Paul Taylor - Saxophone // Paul Taylor - Sax (Soprano) // Paul Taylor - Sax (Soprano) // Paul Taylor - Producer // Paul Taylor - Producer // Andi Howard - Executive Producer // Dino Esposito - Drums // Dino Esposito - Keyboards // Dino Esposito - Producer // Dino Esposito - Engineer // Dino Esposito - MIDI // Scot Rammer - Drums // Scot Rammer - Keyboards // Scot Rammer - Producer // Scot Rammer - Engineer // Scot Rammer - MIDI // Nick Sodano - Mixing // Michael Angelo - Mixing // Kurt Jackson - Drums // Kurt Jackson - Keyboards // Kurt Jackson - Vocals // Kurt Jackson - Producer // Kurt Jackson - Drum Programming
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Other Details
- Instrument:
- Saxophone
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