Few artists of any genre could claim a style as individual or a personality as
extreme as the occasionally eccentric Grace Jones. If her fame encompasses
modelling, film stardom, gossip columns and celebrity partying, it's her
colourful gifts as a performer - especially in the field of club and dance music
- that make her a key figure. The daughter of clergyman and politician, she
first hit the headlines as a model, becoming a darling of the New York social
scene and a muse to artist Andy Warhol, before moving into music in 1977 with a
powerful series of dance records that made h...