While listening to "Sonic Space" on KDHX Monday, a jazzified version of a rock song I knew well came on. It took a cool, confident swagger of a beat and turned it into an equally cool, jazzy backbone for a rendition brimming with confidence. I couldn't quite place the voice, however. To my surprise, it was Grace Jones covering "Breakdown" by Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers.
I don't have any of Jones's music in my collection, but I'd recommend buying her cover of Tom Petty's first (should-have-been-a-bigger) hit.
