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February 2010: Soldier of Love is released, the sixth studio album the band Sade have released during their 25 year career, and the first since Lovers Rock in 2000. For Sade herself, as the lynchpin of the group’s song writing effort, it’s a simple matter of integrity and authenticity: “I only make records when I feel I have something to say. I’m not interested in releasing music just for the sake of selling something. Sade is not a brand”.

The call went out in 2008 for the group to re-convene at Peter Gabriel’s Real World studios, in the countryside of south west England. It was the first time the four principals had met up since the Lovers Rock tour wrapped in 2001. Bassist Paul Spencer Denman de-camped from Los Angeles, from where he managed his son’s punk band, Orange. Guitarist and saxophone player Stuart Matthewman interrupted his film soundtrack work in New York, and London based keyboardist Andrew Hale gave up his A&R consultancy.

In a series of fortnightly sessions at Real World, Sade sketched out the material for a new album which, they all felt, was probably their most ambitious to date. In particular, the sonic layering and martial beats of the title track, Soldier Of Love, sounded quite different from anything they had previously recorded. According to Andrew Hale: “The big question for all of us at the beginning was, did we still want to do this, and could we still get along as friends?” The answer soon came back as a passionate affirmative.

The album was completed in the summer of 2009, mainly at Real World. The feel of the music this time had moved away from the old country soul styling of Lovers Rock and assumed a more eclectic identity. At times the band sounded like the original Sade, with Matthewman back blowing soft sax on In Another Time and the vocal on Long Hard Road hymning. But with songs such as the joyously quirky reggae chant Babyfather, and the dramatically arranged album opener The Moon and the Sky, Sade were exploring new territory. “I never want to repeat myself,” Sade herself says. “And that becomes a more interesting challenge for us the longer we carry on together”.

Helen Folasade Adu was born in Ibadan, Nigeria. Her father was Nigerian, a university teacher of economics; her mother was an English nurse. The couple met in London while he was studying at the LSE and they moved to Nigeria shortly after getting married. When their daughter was born, nobody locally called her by her English name, and a shortened version of Folasade stuck. Then, when she was four, her parents separated, and her mother brought Sade and her elder brother back to England, where they initially lived with their grandparents just outside Colchester, Essex.

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New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts, 50th Anniversary of Court and Spark & More

Read "New Releases, Birthday Shoutouts, 50th Anniversary of Court and Spark & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast includes new releases from Rose Mallett, Tony Jones and Jessica Jones, Ian Shaw, Lisa Hilton,{Kristen R. Bromley, Jo Harrop plus preview singles from Kelly Green and Andrea Wolper, with birthday shoutouts to Max Roach (100!), Cheryl Bentyne, Kate McGarry, Peter Eldridge, Chelsea McBride and Sade , among others. At the close of the 2nd hour, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the release of Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark. Thanks for listening and please support the artists ...

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Read "Jazz Not War: Part 1" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


This time it felt quite inappropriate to be upbeat and excited about all the beautiful new albums that keep coming out. After an aggressive virus has brought the world to a near halt for almost two years, we are now facing another life-threatening turn of events, this time entirely man-made. The playlist features music inspired by the eternal struggle between war and peace, from Charles Mingus' fear of the atomic Bomb--by way of Alexis Korner-- to John Coltrane's sonic prayer ...

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Read "New Releases Plus a Celebration of Jazz Capricorns Sade, Melba Liston and More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast presents new releases from Pete Malinverni, Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows and the Yellowjackets. In the first hour, songs by Sade and in the second hour a set of tunes honoring composer, arranger trombonist Melba Liston to celebrate their birthdays. Other Capricorn shoutouts include Rachel Z, Chelsea McBride, Christine Tobin, Ingrid Jensen, Andrea Wolper. Anat Cohen and Ruth Brown. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of ...

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New Releases and Celebrations for Melba Liston, Sade and Eartha Kitt

Read "New Releases and Celebrations for Melba Liston, Sade and Eartha Kitt" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


This broadcast opens with music by composer and arranger Melba Liston and concludes with the unique vocal stylings of the great Eartha Kitt to celebrate their birthdays. New releases include Gayelynn McKinney, Jane Ira Bloom & Mark Helias, Joe Traina and Marty Elkins, with more birthday shoutouts to Ruth Brown, Sade, Michelle Walker, Cheryl Bentyne, Andrea Wolper, Nicole Zuraitis, Aubrey Logan and Kate McGarry, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music ...

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Sade: Bring Me Home - Live 2011

Read "Sade:  Bring Me Home - Live 2011" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


SadeBring Me Home: Live 2011Epic2012There is no need for the singer Sade to sucker the fans with this sort of ploy. The Once In A Lifetime tour started in April 2011 and ended nine months later with shows in America, Canada, Europe, South America and Australia--106 shows to 800,000 people grossing over $53 million dollars. The band had not toured in a decade and as devout fan knows it might be ten ...

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Sade: The Ultimate Collection

Read "The Ultimate Collection" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


Did the world really need a new Sade “best of" album? Possibly, since it has been 17 years two albums of new material since The Best of Sade (Epic,1994). The timing of The Ultimate Collection is in no small part related to the fact Sade is off on her first world tour in a decade; since Soldier of Love (Epic, 2010) is a year old now she needed to put out “new" product to whet the appetite of the fans.

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Sade: Soldier Of Love

Read "Soldier Of Love" reviewed by Jeff Winbush


The best thing about Sade Adu is also the worst thing about Sade Adu: her near fanatical commitment to consistency. There's no difference between vintage Sade and contemporary Sade. She's the antithesis of the snowfall cliché: with Sade you always know exactly what you're going to get. Soldier of Love is Sade's first album in a decade, and only the sixth by the group in 25 years. Flooding the market with material is not a crime Adu can ...

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Nashville Jazz Crusader Rahsaan Barber's 3rd CD As A Leader, "The Music In The Night," Due Nov. 3

Nashville Jazz Crusader Rahsaan Barber's 3rd CD As A Leader, "The Music In The Night," Due Nov. 3

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

Saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Rahsaan Barber’s years of activity as a performer, producer, presenter, educator, and most recently DJ in his native Nashville have established him as an integral part of the city’s vibrant jazz scene. In fact, Barber named his record label and concert production company Jazz Music City to make the point that there’s more to America’s “Music City” than the Grand Ole Opry. With the release on November 3 of The Music in the Night, he also ...

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Legendary Crusaders Sax Man Wilton Felder Passes Away

Legendary Crusaders Sax Man Wilton Felder Passes Away

Source: Michael Ricci

Houston and the world lost a giant today with the passing of Wilton Felder, saxophonist for the fabled Crusaders. Mr. Felder was 75. Word of his passing reached the internet via longtime collaborator Ray Parker, Jr.’s Facebook page around 2 p.m. today. Felder’s passing comes only a year after the death of his lifelong friend and fellow Crusader Joe Sample. Crusaders trombonist Wayne Henderson died in April, 2014, which now leaves drummer Nesbert “Stix” Hooper as the only living Crusader ...

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A Modern Crusader--Pino Minafra and the Talos Festival

A Modern Crusader--Pino Minafra and the Talos Festival

Source: Michael Ricci

By Gerry Koster The Appian Way, the ancient super highway built in the 4th century B.C. linking Rome to the port city Brindisi in Puglia in Italy’s south-east, was vital to Rome’s colonization of the country and in the establishment the Roman Empire. The Roman legions have long since marched into legend as have the many other travellers through the millennia who traversed the length of “the Queen of Roads”, including The Crusaders on their quests to The Holy Lands. ...

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Wayne Henderson, Jazz Crusaders Co-Founder, Dies

Wayne Henderson, Jazz Crusaders Co-Founder, Dies

Source: Michael Ricci

Wayne Henderson, trombonist and co-founding member of the popular jazz-funk band The Jazz Crusaders (later known as The Crusaders), died Friday, April 4, in Culver City, Calif. The cause of death was heart failure, according to The Crusaders' manager. Henderson was 74. Along with fellow Houston musicians Joe Sample (piano), Wilton Felder (tenor saxophone) and Stix Hooper (drums), Henderson moved to Southern California and rebranded the group The Jazz Crusaders. Their sound owed much to hard bop, the dominant straight-ahead ...

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Sade Performs at Boston TD Garden on Wednesday, July 6

Sade Performs at Boston TD Garden on Wednesday, July 6

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Jazz St. Louis Offering Half-Price Tickets for the Jazz Crusaders Concert This Saturday

Jazz St. Louis Offering Half-Price Tickets for the Jazz Crusaders Concert This Saturday

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Jazz St. Louis has just announced an offer of half-price tickets to hear the Jazz Crusaders (pictured) this Saturday, June 11 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The offer applies to the tickets regularly priced at $50 and $35, but not to the “Gold Circle" tickets selling for $100. Half-price tickets can be purchased by calling the Touhill ticket office at 314-516-4949 and using the promo code “STREETLIFE," or in person at the Touhill by using the promo code. To ...

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Jazz This Week: The Jazz Crusaders, Wine Dine and Jazz Festival, Sylvia McNair, Coco Soul, and More

Jazz This Week: The Jazz Crusaders, Wine Dine and Jazz Festival, Sylvia McNair, Coco Soul, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Mid-summer heat has arrived in St. Louis several weeks ahead of schedule, but if you can brave the unseasonable temperatures, there are a number of jazz and creative music events worth checking out over the next few days. Today at lunchtime, the band Swing Set will play a free concert from noon to 1 p.m. at the Old Library Plaza at 8th and Locust as part of the St. Louis Public Library's “Not So Quiet" concert series. Tomorrow, there are ...

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Jazz St. Louis Offering Half-Price Tickets for the Jazz Crusaders Concert This Saturday

Jazz St. Louis Offering Half-Price Tickets for the Jazz Crusaders Concert This Saturday

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Jazz St. Louis has just announced an offer of half-price tickets to hear the Jazz Crusaders (pictured) this Saturday, June 11 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. The offer applies to the tickets regularly priced at $50 and $35, but not to the “Gold Circle" tickets selling for $100. Half-price tickets can be purchased by calling the Touhill ticket office at 314-516-4949 and using the promo code “STREETLIFE," or in person at the Touhill by using the promo code. To ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six Favorites from the Jazz Crusaders

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Six Favorites from the Jazz Crusaders

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman

Today, let's check out some clips of the Jazz Crusaders, who will be in St. Louis next Saturday, June 11 to play a concert at the Touhill Performing Arts Center under the auspices of Jazz St. Louis. The four original Crusaders - pianist Joe Sample, saxophonist Wilton Felder, trombonist Wayne Henderson and drummer Nesbert “Stix" Hooper - first met in the late 1950s playing in various bands in their home town of Houston. ...

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2011 Festival Awards - The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Honours Sade, Stanley Clarke, Youssou N'dour, Jean-Pierre Zanella and George Wein

2011 Festival Awards - The Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Honours Sade, Stanley Clarke, Youssou N'dour, Jean-Pierre Zanella and George Wein

Source: AAJ Staff

Montreal—This year, the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal highlights the exceptional contributions to music made by Sade, Stanley Clarke, Youssou N'Dour, Jean-Pierre Zanella, as well as the remarkable oeuvre of George Wein. During this 32nd edition of the Festival, our winners will be presented, respectively, with the Ella Fitzgerald Award, Miles Davis Award, Antonio Carlos Jobim Award, Oscar Peterson Award and Bruce Lundvall Award. 2011 Ella Fitzgerald Award: Sade Sade is the 13th recipient of the Ella Fitzgerald Award, ...

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