Melvin Van Peebles Chicago, Illinois
Renaissance man Melvin Van Peebles revolutionized African-American cinema with the release in 1971 of his decidedly off-the- wall Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song. The soundtrack album is equally radical, featuring Van Peebles’s often-dissonant jazz-flavored funk tunes sung by himself with a very young Earth, Wind & Fire, along with dialogue from the film and bits of homegrown gospel music. ... more
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