Undercover (Paul Taylor album)

Undercover
Studio album by Paul Taylor
Released	February 22, 2000
Studio	Cheyenne Mountain Ranch Studios (Woodland Park, Colorado) The Compound (Las Vegas, Nevada) Reel Time Studios (Woodland Hills, California) MAS Sound (North Hollywood, California) Adwin Studios and Paramount Recording Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:23
Label	N2K Records
Producer	Maurice White Bill Meyers Dino Esposito Scot Rammer Russ Freeman Michael Kurt Johnson Michael Angelo Saulsberry Oji Pierce

Undercover is an album by Paul Taylor which was released in February 2000 on N2K Records. ^[1] 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. ^{[2] [3]}

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

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." ^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aerial"	Bill Meyers, Paul Taylor	4:22
2.	"Velvet Rope"	Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, René Elizondo Jr., Trevor Horn, Malcolm McLaren, Mike Oldfield	4;25
3.	"Movin' On"	Meyers, Taylor	4:06
4.	"Avenue"	Taylor	3:58
5.	"My Love"	Taylor, Michael Kurt Jackson, Michael Angelo Saulsberry	5:33
6.	"Alone With You"	Taylor	4:16
7.	"Code Blue"	Meyers, Taylor	4:02
8.	"Indigo"	Taylor	4:01
9.	"Undercover"	Taylor, Oji Pierce	4:50
10.	"Looking Glass"	Meyers, Taylor	4:41

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)	Peak position
US Top Independent Albums ( Billboard ) [3]	27
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums ( Billboard ) [2]	3

References

1. Paul Taylor (February 2000). Undercover (album). N2K Records.
2. "Top Contemporary Jazz Albums" (PDF). Billboard. March 18, 2000. p. 38. Retrieved May 6, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
3. "Top Independent Albums" (PDF). Billboard. March 18, 2000. p. 55. Retrieved May 6, 2025– via worldradiohistory.com.
4. Widran, Jonathan. "Paul Taylor – Undercover: Review". AllMusic.