Robbie Shakespeare

Jamaican reggae bassist.

Born: September 27, 1953, in Kingston, Jamaica.

Died: December 8, 2021, in Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

Robbie, in addition to being part of the famous duo Sly & Robbie (with Sly Dunbar), recorded as a session musician with many reggae and non-reggae musicians, from U-Roy, Bunny Wailer, Peter Tosh, Tenor Saw, Culture, Burning Spear, Dennis Brown, Gregory Isaacs, Jimmy Cliff, Mighty Diamonds, Augustus Pablo, and Black Uhuru, to Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Yoko Ono, Cindy Lauper, Grace Jones, and countless others.