Sade Live (1994)

This impressive record of Sades 1993 live peformances reminds us of just how much her distinctive sound combines languorously emotional pop with lightweight but musically fulfilling cocktail jazz As fine as the voice is we can never forget that Sades backing band are sidemen rather than mere accompanists and in several of the 18 numbers here we get solos of real virtuosity The selection of songs includes many of Sades hitsCherry Pie Smooth Operator Your Love Is Kingand some less wellknown songs from the albums such as Red Eye and Jezebel Roz Kaveney Amazoncouk