Biography

The Professionals
Effective period / Period of releases: 1973 - 2007
Members: Robbie Shakespeare, Vin Gordon, Tommy McCook, Lloyd Parks, Ossie Hibbert, Willie Lindo, Gladstone Anderson, Winston Wright, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, Bobby Ellis, Herman Marquis, George Fullwood, Earl "Chinna" Smith, Ruddy Thomas, Eric Lamont, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul, Lowell Dunbar, Albert Valentine Chin
House band of reggae producer Joe Gibbs.At different times, members included Lloyd Parks, George Fulwood and Robbie Shakespeare (bass), Sly Dunbar and Horsemouth (drums), Tony Chin, Willie Lindo, Earl Chinna Smith and Bingi Bunny (guitar), Gladdy Anderson, Winston Wright, Franklin Waul and Ossie Hibbert (keyboards), Ruddy Thomas and Sticky (percussion), along with a horns section featuring Tommy McCook (tenor sax), Bobby Ellis (trumpet), Vinnie Gordon (trombone) and Herman Marquis (alto sax).