Sly Dunbar

Film & TV

Kingston, Jamaica

He was a drummer, best known as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly and Robbie.

Known for

• Play It Loud! How Toronto Got Soul — Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar2024
• Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes — Self2019
• Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami — Self2017
• I Am the Gorgon: Bunny 'Striker' Lee and the Roots of Reggae — Self2013
• RiseUp — Self2011
• Queens of Disco — Self2007
• Made in Jamaica — Self2006
• Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute — Self1988
• Black Uhuru - Tear It Up Live — Self1981
• Saturday Night Live — Self (uncredited)1975

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

JM

Active from

1952-05-10

Active to

2026-01-26

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

34,677

Total plays

161,383

Sly Dunbar (born Lowell Fillmore Dunbar in Kingston, Jamaica, on 10 May 1952; died 26 January 2026) was a Jamaican drummer remembered as one half of the prolific Jamaican rhythm section and reggae production duo Sly & Robbie. He was a 13-time Grammy nominee. He received two Grammy awards; the 1985 Grammy for Best Reggae Recording for the Black Uhuru album Anthem for which Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare were producers, and one for the 1999 Best Reggae Album Grammy award for the Sly & Robbie album

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Part of

Sly and Robbie

Gender

male

Citizenship

Jamaica

Place of birth

Kingston

Place of death

Kingston

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

English language

Field of work

music production

Genre

jazz

Instrument

drum kit

Image

SlyDunbar1979.png

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