Sweetback Sweetback (150 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) - (M) (ONLINE ONLY!!)

Sweetback: Stuart Matthewman (various instruments, programming, sound effects); Andrew Hale (piano, Fender Rhodes, Mini-Moog, synthesizer, keyboards, percussion, programming, Theremin, sound effects); Paul Denman (acoustic bass, bass).Additional personnel includes: Amel Larrieux, Maxwell, Bahamadia, Leroy Osbourne (vocals).Three-quarters of Sade's back-up band make their album debut under the moniker Sweetback (as in Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles' 1971 trend-setting film). But whereas the svelte chanteuse makes music that suggests upper-crust, non-smoking jazz clubs, Sweetback's music is more "underground" in tone.Guitarist/saxophonist Stuart Matthewman, keyboardist Andrew Hale, and bassist Paul Spencer Denman are definitely out to forge an identity of their own. They describe their music as "global soul music." It's a diverse mixture of ambient dub, trip-hop, retro soul, and slightly off-kilter jazz. They have a versatile group of guest performers to help them