Warm leatherette

"Released in May of 1980, Warm Leatherette was the first release in what is known as Jones' Compass Point Trilogy. Recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, the album finds Jones working alongside Island Records' then president, Chris Blackwell, and producer Alex Sadkin. Her backing band-which she would lovingly describe as "the united nations in the studio''-included Sly and Robbie as her rhythm section, as well as a crack team of session musicians that involved keyboardist Wally Badarou, guitarists, Mikey "Mao" Chung and Barry "White" Reynolds, and percussionist Uziah "Sticky" Thompson. Dubbed the Compass Point All Stars, this crew of ace musicians would go on to provide chill vibes for everyone from Tom Tom Club to Joe Cocker, but it was the group's groundbreaking work with Grace Jones-and the dubby, Caribbean aesthetic they immersed her with-that would make for some of the most defining music of her career".

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