The Harlem Experiment is the self-titled album resulting from a collaborative project including Carlos Alomar

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, Steve Bernstein, Don Byron

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, Eddie Martinez

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, bassist Ruben Rodriguez, and drummer Steve Berrios

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. Guests includes multi-genre vocalist Queen Esther Marrow

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, bluesman Taj Mahal

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; vocalist/guitarist James Hunter; trumpeter Olu Dara

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; turntablist Larry Legend; and the poet muMs da Schemer

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. The album is a follow-up to Ropeadope Records

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' earlier albums The Philadelphia Experiment

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and The Detroit Experiment

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Tracklisting

1. Intro
2. One for Jackie
3. Rigor Mortis
4. Reefer Man
5. Harlem River Drive
6. Bei Mir Bist du Schon
7. Mums' Interlude
8. It's Just Begun
9. Mambo a la Savoy
10. A Rose in Spanish Harlem
11. One for Malcolm
12. Lil' Bit
13. Think
14. A Rose in Spanish Harlem
15. Walking Through Harlem