Robbie Lyn
Robbie Lyn | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Robert Bernard Lyn |
Born | 1951 Kingston, Jamaica |
Origin | Jamaica |
Genres | Reggae |
Occupation(s) | Musician |
Instruments | Keyboard, synthesizer, piano, organ |
Years active | 1970s–present |
Associated acts | Now Generation, Sound Dimension, Coxsone Dodd, Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Word, Sound and Power, Sly and Robbie, Black Uhuru, Dennis Brown, Freddie McGregor, Third World |
Robert "Robbie" Bernard Lyn is a Jamaican session musician who plays piano, keyboard and synthesiser.
Biography[]
Robbie Lyn is a popular Jamaican session musician, who has played with various session/backing bands including Now Generation, Sound Dimension, Word, Sound and Power, and Sly and Robbie. He has also backed and/or toured with many reggae artists, including Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Dennis Brown, and Third World.[1]
Discography[]
Solo albums[]
- Making Notes (2007) – for which Lyn received the Reggae Academy Award for Best Instrumental Album, 2008.[2]
Participated Albums[]
- Never Ending by Beres Hammond (2018), VP Records - Keyboards[3]
References[]
External links[]
- Robbie's MySpace page
- Listing of playing credits at Roots Archives
- Interview at Penthouse Records, 2009
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Musicians from Kingston, Jamaica
- Jamaican session musicians
- Jamaican male musicians
- Jamaican reggae musicians
- Jamaican pianists
- 21st-century pianists
- 21st-century male musicians