Knowra Grace Jones Grace Jones Grace Jones is a Jamaican-born singer, model, and actress known for her striking visual style and albums including Nightclubbing . Her work spans music, fashion, film, and performance.
Nightclubbing : Grace Jones’s 1981 album of new wave, reggae, and funk, featuring “Pull Up to the Bumper” and “I've Seen That Face Before.” This album crystallized her collaboration with Island Records and the Compass Point musicians.
Compass Point All Stars : A group of musicians and producers who recorded with artists at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. Their reggae-inflected rhythms and studio work shaped Jones’s defining early-1980s albums.
Spanish Town : A town in southeastern Jamaica and the birthplace of Grace Jones. Jones was born there in 1948 before her family moved to the United States.
High fashion : Fashion created by leading designers and presented through luxury collections, editorials, and runway shows. Jones carried avant-garde fashion into music and popular imagery.
Warm Leatherette : Grace Jones’s 1980 album, which reworked songs by artists including The Normal, Roxy Music, and Smokey Robinson. Its stark electronic sound marked the start of her influential Compass Point period.
Jean-Paul Goude : A French art director, photographer, and designer known for collaborations with Grace Jones. His photography and image-making helped establish her sculptural, androgynous public look.
New York City : The largest city in the United States and a major center of global culture. Jones moved to New York as a teenager and began modeling and performing there.
Pop music : Commercially distributed popular music intended for broad audiences. Her genre-crossing albums expanded the visual and sonic possibilities of pop stardom.
Slave to the Rhythm : Grace Jones’s 1985 album built around multiple versions of its title song and a spoken-word narrative by Paul Morley. Its tightly staged concept joined music, image, and narration in a single project.
Keith Haring : An American artist whose graphic work became prominent in New York during the 1980s. Haring painted Jones’s body for performances, turning her into a moving canvas.
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