Grace Beverly Jones (born May 19, 1948) is a Jamaican-American singer, songwriter, supermodel, film producer, and actress. Born in Jamaica, he moved when he was 13, along with his siblings, to live with his parents in Syracuse, New York. Jones started his modeling career in New York state, then in Paris, working for a fashion house like Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, and appears on the cover of Elle and Vogue . He works with photographers such as Jean-Paul Goude, Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Hans Feurer, and became famous for their distinctive androgynous looks and bold features.
In 1977, Jones got a record deal with Island Records, originally the star of a central-stage disco based in New York City. In the early 1980s, he moved on to a new wave style depicting reggae, funk, post-punk and pop music, often collaborating with graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude and Sly & amp; Robbie. Her most popular albums included Warm Leatherette (1980), Nightclubbing (1981), and Slave to the Rhythm (1985). He scored Top 40 entries on the UK Singles Chart with "Pull Up to the Bumper", "I Have Seen The Face Before", "Personal Life", and "Slave to the Rhythm". In 1982, he released a collection of music videos of A One Man Show, directed by Goude.
Jones appeared in several low-budget films in the US during the 1970s and early 1980s. In 1984, he made his first mainstream appearance as Zula in the fantasy action movie Conan the Destroyer with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sarah Douglas, and later appeared in the James Bond movie 1985 A View to a Kill as May Day. In 1986, he played vampires in Vamp, and acted and contributed a song for Eddie Murphy's 1992 Boomerang movie. She appeared with Tim Curry in the 2001 film Wolf Girl . For his work on Conan the Destroyer, A View to a Kill, and Vamp, he was nominated for the Saturn Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1999, Jones was ranked 82th in the VH1's 100th Largest Woman from Rock and Roll, and in 2008 she was awarded the Q Idol Award. Jones influenced the 1980's cross-dressing movement and has been inspirational for artists including Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Lorde, RÃÆ'³isÃÆ'n Murphy, Brazilian Girl, Nile Rodgers, Santigold, and Basement Jaxx. In December 2016, Billboard magazine put her the 40th most successful dance artist of all time.
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Biography and career
1948-73: Early life, and modeling career
Grace Jones was born in 1948 (though most sources say 1952) in the Spanish City, Jamaica, the daughter of Marjorie (nÃÆ' Â © e Williams) and Robert W. Jones, who is a local politician and Apostolic priest. The couple already has two children, and will continue to have four more children. Robert and Marjorie moved to the East Coast of the United States, where Robert worked as a farm laborer until his spiritual experience during a suicide attempt that failed to inspire him became Pentecostal minister. When they were in the US, they left their children with Marjorie's mother and her new husband, Peart. Jones knew him as "Mas P" ('Master P') and later noted that he "really hated him"; as strict discipline he regularly hit children in his care, representing what Jones described as "serious harassment". She grew up in the Pentecostal family faith, had to take part in prayer meetings and Bible readings every night. He initially attended Pentecostal All Saints School, before being sent to the nearest public school. As a child, Shy Jones only had one schoolmate and was ridiculed by a classmate for his "skinny frame", but he excelled in sports and found solace in the nature of Jamaica.
Marjorie and Robert eventually took their children - including 13-year-old Grace - to live with them in the US, where they settled in Lyncourt, Salina, New York, near Syracuse. It was in this city that his father had established his own ministry, the Church of Apostles of Jesus Christ, in 1956. Jones continued his studies and after graduating, enrolled at Onondaga Community College majoring in Spanish. Jones began to rebel against his parents and their religion; she started wearing makeup, drinking alcohol, and visiting a gay club with her brother. At college, he also took theater classes, with drama teachers convincing him to join him on a summer share tour in Philadelphia. Upon arriving in town, he decided to stay there, immersing himself in Counterculture in the 1960s by living in a hippie community, making money as a go-go dancer, and using LSD and other drugs. He then praised the use of LSD as "a very important part of my emotional growth... Mental exercise is good for me".
He moved back to New York at the age of 18 and signed up as a model with the Wilhelmina Modeling agency. He moved to Paris in 1970. The fashion scene of Paris accepts Jones's unusual, mellow, thick, dark-skinned appearance. Yves St. Laurent, Claude Montana and Kenzo Takada hired him for runway modeling, and he appeared on the cover of Elle , Vogue and Stern working with Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, and Hans Feurer. Jones is also a model for Azzedine Alaia, and is often photographed promoting his line. When modeling in Paris, he shared an apartment with Jerry Hall and Jessica Lange. Hall and Jones often visit Le Sept, one of the most popular gay clubs in Paris in the 1970s and 1980s, and socialize with Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld. In 1973, Jones appeared on the cover of the reissue of Billy Paul's 1970 album Ebony Woman . 1973-79: Transition to music, and early releases
Jones was signed by Island Records, who put him in the studio with a disco tape producer, Tom Moulton. Moulton worked at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia, and Portfolio was released in 1977. The album features three songs from Broadway musical "Send in the Clowns" by Stephen Sondheim from A Little Night Music , "What I do for love" from A Chorus Line and "Tomorrow" from Annie . The second side of the album opens with a seven-minute reinterpretation of Piaf's "La Vie en rose" followed by three new recordings, two of which were co-written by Jones, "Sorry", and "That's the Problem". The album finished with "I Need a Man", Jones's first club hit. The artwork for this album was designed by Richard Bernstein, an artist for Interview .
In 1978, Jones and Moulton made Fame , a direct follow-up to the Portfolio , also recorded on Sigma Sound Studios. The album featured another reinterpretation of a French classic, "Autumn Leaves" by Jacques Prà © cale. The Canadian edition of the vinyl album includes another French song, "Comme un oiseau qui s'envole", which replaces "All on a Summers Night"; in most locations this song is presented as the B-side of the single "Do or Die". At the North American club, Fame is a hit album and the "Do or Die"/"Pride"/"Fame" side top 10 in US Dance Club Play and Dance Dance/Urban charts. The album was released on compact discs in the early 1990s, but soon came out of print. In 2011, the album was released and restored by Gold Legion, a recording company specializing in re-publishing classic disco albums on CDs. Jones's live performances were sexually and flamboyant, which led him to be called "The Queen of Gay Discos."
Muse is Jones' last disco album. The album featured a re-recorded version of "I'll Find My Way for You", which Jones released three years before Muse . Originally appearing in the 1976 Italian film, Colt 38 Special Squad where Jones played a club singer, Jones also recorded a song titled "Again and Again" featured in the film. Both songs were produced by composer Stelvio Cipriani. Icelandic keyboardist Thor Baldursson organizes most albums and also duets with Jones in the song "Suffer". Like the last two albums, cover art is by Richard Bernstein. Like Fame , Muse was later released by the Golden Legion.
1980-85: Breakthrough, Nightclubbing , and acting
With the anti-disco sentiment spreading, and with the help of All Star Point Compass, Jones switched to a new wave music with the 1980 release of the Warm Skin . The album includes cover songs by The Normal ("Warm Leatherette"), The Pretenders ("Personal Life"), Roxy Music ("Love Is the Drug"), Smokey Robinson ("The Hunter Gets Arrested by Game"), Tom Petty and Heartbreakers ("Breakdown") and Jacques Higelin ("Pars"). Sly Dunbar revealed that the title song was also the first recorded with Jones. Tom Petty wrote the lyrics for "Breakdown", and he also wrote the third verse of Jones' reinterpretation. The album included a song co-written by Jones, "A Rolling Stone". Initially, "Pull Up to the Bumper" will be included in the album, but the sound of R & Its B does not match with other material. In 1981, he began collaborating with photographer and graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude, who also had a relationship with him.
The 1981 release Nightclubbing includes Jones's songs by Flash and Pan ("Walking in the Rain"), Bill Withers (Iggy Pop/David Bowie ("Nightclubbing") and ÃÆ' save Piazzolla ("I Have Seen That Face Before"). Three songs written together by Jones: "Feel Up", "Art Groupie" and "Pull Up to the Bumper". Sting writes "Demolition Man"; he then recorded it with The Police on Ghost in the Machine album. "I've Been Doing It Again" written by Marianne Faithfull. The strong rhythm featured in Nightclubbing is produced by Compass Point All Stars, including Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Mikey Chung, Uziah "Sticky" Thompson and Barry Reynolds. The album is included in the Top 5 in four countries, and became Jones's highest ranking record in the US Billboard mainstream album and R & B charts.
Nightclubbing claimed slot number 1 on this Year's album list NME '. Slant Magazine enrolled the album at No. 40 on the list of Best Albums of the 1980s. Nightclubbing is now widely regarded as Jones' best studio album. The cover of this album is a painting of Jones by Jean-Paul Goude. Jones is presented as a man dressed in an Armani suit, with a cigarette in his mouth and a flattop haircut. While promoting the album, Jones slapped talk-show host Russell Harty directly in the air after he turned to interview other guests, leaving Jones feeling neglected.
After recording two reggae-oriented albums under the Compass Point All Stars production, Jones went to Nassau, Bahamas in 1982 and recorded Living My Life ; the album produced Jones's final contribution to the Compass Point trilogy, with just one cover, Melvin Van Peebles's "The Apple Stretching". The rest is the original song; "Nipple to the Bottle" was written together with Sly Dunbar, and, apart from "My Jamaican Guy", the other songs were a collaboration with Barry Reynolds. Despite receiving a limited single release, the song's title is left over from the album. Further session sessions include "Man Around the House" (Jones, Reynolds) and the "Ring of Fire" cover, written by June Carter Cash and Merle Kilgore and popularized by Johnny Cash, both included in the 1998 compilation Personal Life: Compass Point Sessions . The cover of this album comes from other Jones/Goude collaborations; artwork is described as as famous as recorded music. It features Jones headless heads cut from the photos and pasted into a white background. Jones's head was sharpened, giving his head and facing a corner shape. A piece of tape was placed on the left eyebrow, and his forehead was covered with sweat.
Jones's three albums under the production of Compass Point All Stars resulted in Jones' One Man Show , art performances/pop theater presentations by Goude and Jones where he also tracked portfolio albums ("La Vie en rose"), Warm Warm Skin , ("Personal Life", "Warm Skin Skin"), Nightclubbing ("Walking on Rain "," Feel Up "," Demolition Man "," Pull Up to the Bumper "and" I Have Seen The Face Before (Libertango) ") and from Living My Life ," My Jamaican Guy " and album title track. Jones wears an elaborate costume and mask (in the opening sequence as a gorilla) and alongside a series of Grace Jones appearances. The video version, filmed live in London and New York City and equipped with several studio footage, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Long-Form Music Video the following year.
After the release of Living My Life , Jones took on the role of Zula the Amazonian at Conan the Destroyer (1984) and was nominated for Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1985, Jones starred as May Day, a stooge for the main antagonist Max Zorin in the James Bond movie 14 A View to a Kill ; Jones was also nominated for Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. That same year, she performed on the song "The Day of Elections". Jones is one of many stars to promote the Honda Scooter; Other artists include Lou Reed, Adam Ant, and Miles Davis. Jones also, with his girlfriend Dolph Lundgren posing naked for Playboy .
After Jones's success as the lead actress, he returned to the studio to work on Slave of the Rhythm, his latest recording for Island. Bruce Woolley, Simon Darlow, Stephen Lipson, and Trevor Horn wrote the material, and produced by Horn and Lipson. It is a concept album featuring some interpretations of the title track. The project was originally intended for Frankie Goes to Hollywood as a follow-up to "Relax", but was given to Jones. All eight songs on the album featured excerpts from a conversation with Jones, talking about many aspects of his life. The interview was conducted by journalist Paul Morley. The album featured a voice-over from actor Ian McShane reading passages from Jean-Paul Goude's biography of Jungle Fever. Slave to the Rhythm works in German-speaking countries and in the Netherlands, where it is guaranteed Top 10 placings. It reached number 12 on the UK Albums Charts in November 1985 and became the second highest ranked album released by Jones. Jones won the MTV Video Music Award nomination for the title track music video.
After the success of Slave to the Rhythm, Island released Island Life's first compilation, featuring the songs of most of its releases with Island ( Portfolio Island Life i>, Fame , Warm Woman Skin , Night Club , My Life and Slave to Rhythm ). American writer and journalist Glenn O'Brien writes an essay for an inlay booklet. The compilation charted in the UK, New Zealand and the United States. The artwork on the compilation cover is another Jones/Goude collaboration; it displays Jones' heavenly body in a separate image montage, following Goude's ideas to create a credible illusion with his cut-and-paint technique. Anatomically impossible body position.
The work of art, a work called "Nigger Arabesque" was originally published in New York magazine in 1978, and was used as a backdrop for the music video of Jones's hit single "La Vie en rose". Artwork has been described as "one of the most popular pop culture photos". The picture was also parodied in the music video of Nicki Minaj 2011 for "Stupid Hoe", in which Minaj mimicked the pose.
1986-89: Slave to Rhythm , Island Life , more movies
After Slave to the Rhythm and Island Life, Jones began recording under new contracts with Manhattan Records, which produced Inside Story, Jones working together with music producer Nile Rodgers of Chic, whom Jones had previously worked on during the disco era. The album was recorded at Skyline Studios in New York and post-production at Atlantic Studios and Sterling Sound. Inside Story is the first album produced by Jones, which resulted in a fierce dispute with Rodgers. Musically, the album is more accessible than the previous album with Compass Point All Stars, and explores different pop music styles, with jazz, gospel, and Caribbean tones. All the songs on the album were written by Jones and Bruce Woolley. Richard Bernstein worked with Jones again to provide album artwork. Inside Story made the top 40 in several European countries. The album is Jones' last entry to date on the US Billboard album chart of 200. That same year, Jones plays Katrina, an Egyptian queen vampire in the vampire movie Vamp . For his work in the film, Jones was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1987, Jones appeared in two films, Straight to Hell, and Mary Lambert's Siesta, where Jones was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award for Supporting Actress Worst. Bulletproof Heart was released in 1989, produced by Chris Stanley, who co-authored, co-produced the majority of the songs, and was featured as a guest vocalist on "Do not Cry Freedom". Robert ClivillÃÆ' Â © s and David Cole from C C Music Factory produced some songs on this album.
1990-2004: Boomerang , soundtrack, and collaboration
In 1990, Jones appeared as himself in the documentary, Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol. 1992 saw Jones starring as Helen Strangà ©  ©, in the movie Eddie Murphy Boomerang , where she also donated the song "7 Day Weekend" to her soundtrack. Jones released two more soundtracks in 1992; "Evilmainya", was recorded for the film Freddie as F.R.O.7 , and "Let Joy and Innocence Prevail" for the movie Toys . In 1994, he will release an electro album titled Black Marilyn with artwork featuring the singer as Marilyn Monroe. "Sex Drive" was released as the first single in September 1993, but for unknown reasons, the record was eventually shelved. The song "Volunteers", recorded during the same session, leaked in 2009.
In 1996, Jones released "Love Bites", an electronic point of the day to promote the Vampire Week Sci-Fi Channel, consisting of a series of vampire-themed films aired on the channel in early November 1996. Song it features Jones' singing from the vampire's point of view. The song was released as the only non-label single promo. To this day, it is not yet commercially available. In June 1998, he was scheduled to release an album titled Force of Nature , where he worked with hop hopper musician Tricky. The release of the Force of Nature was canceled due to a dispute between the two, and only a single 12 "white label featuring two dance mixes" Hurricane "was released at the time; the slowed version of the song became the song title of his comeback album which was released ten years later, while another unreleased song from the album, "Clandestine Affair" (recycling a chorus of the 1993 untitled "Volunteer" song), appeared on bootleg 12 "in 2004. Jones recorded the song" Storm "in 1998 for The Avengers movie, and in 1999, appeared on the episode of the Beastmaster television series as Umpatra Warrior.
That same year, Jones recorded "The Perfect Crime", an up-tempo song for Danish TV written by composer duo Floppy M. aka Jacob Duus and KÃÆ'  ¥ re Jacobsen. Jones also ranked 82nd in VH1's "100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll." In 2000, Jones collaborated with rapper Lil 'Kim, appearing on the song "Revolution" from his album The Notorious K.I.M. . In 2001, Jones starred in a movie made for television, Wolf Girl (also known as Blood Moon ), as an intersex circus performer named Christoph/Christine. In 2002, Jones joined Luciano Pavarotti on stage for the annual concert fundraising of Pavarotti and Friends to support the program of the UN refugee agency for Angolese refugees in Zambia. In November 2004, Jones sang "Slave to the Rhythm" at an awards concert for record producer Trevor Horn at London's Wembley Arena.
2008-present: Hurricane and recent attempts
Despite several comeback attempts throughout the 1990s, Jones's next full recording was released almost twenty years later, after Jones decided to "never do another album," changing his mind after meeting music producer Ivor Guest through a friend, the milliner Philip Treacy. After the two met, the Guest let Jones listen to the song he was working on, which became "Devil in My Life", after Jones set the lyrics of the song. The lyrics were written after a party in Venice. Both ended with 23 songs. The album includes autobiographical songs, such as "This Is", "Williams' Blood" and "I'm Crying (Mother's Tears)", an ode to his mother Marjorie. "Love You to Life" is another song based on real events and "Corporate Cannibal" refers to corporate capitalism. "Well Well Well" was recorded in memory of Alex Sadkin, a member of Compass Point All Stars who died in a motor crash in 1987. "Sunset Sunrise" was written by Jones's son Paulo; The song reflects on the relationship between human and mother nature. Four songs have been removed from the album, "The Key to Funky", "Body Phenomenon", "Sister Sister" and "Misery". For the production of the album, Jones teamed up with Sly and Robbie, Wally Badarou, Barry Reynolds, Mikey Chung, and Uziah "Sticky" Thompson, from Compass Point All Stars, with contributions from Tricky trip-hop artist and Brian Eno.
The album was released in the Wall of Sound on November 3, 2008 in the UK. PIAS, the Wall of Sound umbrella company, distributes Hurricane worldwide except North America. The album scored 72 out of 100 on Metacritic aggregator reviews. Prior to the release of the album, Jones performed at the Meltdown Massive Attack festival in London on June 19, 2008, Jones featured four new tracks from the album and aired the music video Jones and artist Nick Hooker collaborated, resulting in "Corporate Cannibal". Jones promoted the album further by appearing on the talk show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, performing at several galas awards, and embarking on The Hurricane Tour. That same year, Jones was awarded the Q Idol Award.
In 2009, Chris Cunningham produced a fashion shoot for Dazed & amp; Bewildered using Jones as a model to create a "Nubian version" of Rubber Johnny. In an interview for the BBC The Culture Show , it is suggested that collaboration can evolve into a video project. Jones also worked with avant-garde poet Brigitte Fontaine on a duet named "Soufi" from the album Fontaine Prohibition released in 2009, and produced by Ivor Guest. In March 2010, Jones performed for guests at the 18th Elton John Elton John Academy Awards Watch Party. AIDS Foundation Elton John is one of the world's leading non-profit organizations that supports HIV prevention programs, and works to eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination. That night, US $ 3.7 million was raised. That same year, the DVD version of the A One Man Show budget was released, such as Grace Jones - Live in Concert . This includes three bonus video clips ("Slave to the Rhythm", "Love Is the Drug" and "Crush".
In 2011, Jones collaborated again with Brigitte Fontaine on two songs from his release entitled "L'un n'empÃÆ'ªche pas l'autre" and performed at the opening ceremony of the 61st FIFA Congress. Jones released an album replacement version, Hurricane - Dub , which came out on September 5, 2011. The replacement version was made by Ivor Guest, with contributions from Adam Green, Frank Byng, Robert Logan, and Ben Cowan.
In April 2012, Jones joins Deborah Harry, Bebel Gilberto, and Sharon Stone at Inspiration Gala in SÃÆ'Â £ Paulo, Brazil, collecting $ 1.3 million for amfAR (Foundation for AIDS Research). Jones closed the night with the appearance of "La Vie en Rose" and "Pull Up to the Bumper". Two months later, Jones performed "Slave to the Rhythm" in Diamond Jubilee from Elizabeth II (while keeping hula hoop spinning in the air throughout), and the Lovebox Festival. On October 27, 2012, Jones performed the only North American show in 2012, a performance at the Roseland Ballroom of New York City. That same year, Jones presented Sir Tom Jones with not only the Best Man of the Year award, but his underwear. Tom Jones accepted the gift with good humor, and replied by saying, "I did not think you were wearing anything".
Universal Music Group released the deluxe edition of their Nightclubbing album as a two-set Blu-ray disc and audio on April 28, 2014. This set contains most of the 12 "mixed singles from the album, plus two songs has never been previously released from Nightclubbing sessions, including the cover of Gary Numan's song "Me! I Disconnect from You ".
In October 2014, Jones was announced to have contributed the song, "Original Beast", to the soundtrack of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1.
Jones memoir titled I Will Not Write My Note was released on September 29, 2015.
In 2017, Jones collaborated with British virtual band Gorillaz, appearing on the song "Charger" from their fifth studio album Humanz.
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Arts and heritage
Images
Kyle Munzenrieder of the magazine W describes: "If Cher writes a book on one of the 'How To Become A Modern Star' handbook, Grace Jones writes two volumes, and everyone from Madonna to BjÃÆ'¶rk to Beyoncà © © Lady Gaga has taken more than a few pages from her guidelines. [] Jones's work is often discussed for the visual aspect, most of which is the work of French illustrator, photographer and graphic designer Jean-Paul Goude.According to Jake Hall of iDi >, "their collaborative work [goes on] to define the visual landscape of the 70s and 80s," and "the artist helped create one of the most fascinating legends in music history. "Goude saw Jones as his muse, stating that he was" pretty and weird at the same time, "and dated him from 1977 to 1984. He [[designed] album cover, [...] directed his music video, live performance choreographer, and help develop its image. "
It has been noted that Jones's relationship to the New York art scene of the 1970s and 1980s was important in understanding his visual identity during this period, and he was close to Andy Warhol, who created numerous paintings and other works from singers.
He also knows artist Richard Bernstein, and social artist and activist, Keith Haring, who paints his head-to-toe for a series of photos taken by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Jones 'performances are both divisive' as the sonic fluidity of his music - with his "striking visuals" becoming an inspiration to the likes of Issey Miyake and Thierry Mugler whose image has been described as "neo-cubist".
Jones was featured prominently in Goude's work of that period, "which, during the 80s, became increasingly synonymous with deliberate distortion" - using a technique he called the "French correction". The artist declares in 2012: "cutting up photos and rearranging them in a montage to lengthen a branch or exaggerate the size of one's head or some other aspect that appeals to me on many levels - I always look for balance, symmetry and rhythm in a "This distortion" is often used in the service of objectification and eroticization of black women. "
Goude's work "centered around racial, ethnic, and global artistic depictions", with "far-flung and exotic charm". As a result, many depictions of black women are considered controversial and exploitative, as Jones is presented as "the rendition of white men of feminine Africa." The pictures of Goude describe her hypersexual and androgyny, emphasizing her "darkness" and Jamaican heritage. Author Abigail Gardner feels Jones' body "presented and manipulated in ways that are clearly congruent with understanding the look of it as an artifact." Essentially, Hall writes, "Goude treats Jones as the first and foremost artistic vehicle - the hyperbole which, despite destroying their personal relationships, allows Goude to translate his grandiose vision of Jones phenomenon into a series of images that paint him as surrealist, impossible muse.
Jones's distinctive androgynous appearance, square piece, angular, way and height 179 cm (5'10 1/2 ") clothing affects the cross-dressing movement of the 1980s.Up to this day, he is known for his uniqueness, seeing at least as much as he for his music and has been an inspiration to many artists, including Annie Lennox, Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Lorde, Brazilian Girl, Grimes, RÃÆ'³isÃÆ'n Murphy, Nile Rodgers, Santigold, and Basement Jaxx.Located as one of 50 best suits over 50 by Guardian in March 2013.
Music
Jones's early music is rooted in the disco genre. He chose a new wave of sounds in the early 1980s. He recorded a series of albums (1980's Warm Leatherette until 1982's Living My Life ) supported by duo rhythm section Jamaica Sly and Robbie. His music during this era was described as a new wave hybrid of reggae, funk, pop, and rock. According to John Doran of BBC Music, Warm Leatherette and Nightclubbing is the "post-punk pop" album, "exploring the world of discos, reggae and funk is much more successful than most people 'his contemporaries', while still maintaining an empty eye alienation that more reminds David Bowie or Ian Curtis than most of his friends. "This hybrid influenced various alternative music artists, including Massive Attack, Todd Terje, Gorillaz, Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem.
Jones has a contralto vocal range. She sings in two modes: both in the monotonous voice of speech-the lion is like in songs like "Personal Life", "Walk in the Rain" and "The Apple Stretching", or in almost-soprano mode in songs like "La Vie en Rose "," Slave to the Rhythm ", and" Victor Should Be a Jazz Musician ". Jones's voice includes 4 octaves, 1 notes and semitones of low tone C 2 (in "Corporate Cannibal") to high note E ? 6 (in "Slave to the Rhythm).
Personal life
Jones's father is very strict and their relationship is tense. According to the denominational belief in particular, one should only use one's singing ability to glorify God. Bishop Robert W. Jones died on May 7, 2008. His mother, Marjorie, always supported Jones's career (he sang "Williams Blood" and "My Jamaican Guy") but could not be publicly linked to his music. Marjorie's father, William, is also a musician, and plays with Nat King Cole.
Jones describes his childhood as "crushed under the Bible", and has refused to enter the Jamaican church because of his poor childhood experience.
Through his relationship with old collaborator Jean-Paul Goude, Jones has one son, Paulo. From Paulo, Jones has one granddaughter. Jones married Atila Altaunbay in 1996. He denied rumors that he married Chris Stanley in his 2015 memoir. I will never write my memoir, saying, "Actually, I only married one of my girlfriends, Atila Altaunbay, a Muslim from Turkey." He spent four years with Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren, his former bodyguard; he was the one who gave him a part as a KGB attendant at A View to a Kill . Jones began dating the Danish actor and stuntman Sven-Ole Thorsen in 1990, and established an open relationship in 2007.
Jones's brother is a great church pastor, Bishop Noel Jones, who starred in the reality show 2013 Preachers of LA .
Jones's real name is often referred to as "Mendoza", which is actually the name he uses in his 20s to deceive his parents.
Discography
Studio Album
- Portofolio (1977)
- Ketenaran (1978)
- Muse (1979)
- Kulit Kulit Hangat (1980)
- Nightclubbing (1981)
- Menghidupi Hidupku (1982)
- to slave-the Rhythm (1985)
- Inside Story (1986)
- Hati Pemburu (1989)
- Hurricane (2008)
Tour
- A One Man Show (1981)
- Grace In Your Face (1990)
- Bada Tour (2009)
Filmografi
Referensi
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