
Mary Anne Hobbs
Mary Anne Hobbs talks to Donny McCaslin, the man who helped David Bowie make Blackstar.
Mary Anne Hobbs talks to Donny McCaslin, the man who helped make David Bowie's final album Blackstar.
Donny McCaslin is the 11 times Grammy nominated sax player, whose band David Bowie chose to collaborate with on his swansong album ‘Blackstar’ - , the record that his producer Tony Visconti said was David’s parting gift to the world
We'll hear about improvising in the studio, Bowie’s love of jazz and how Donny's musical career was inspired by afternoons with his father and a saxophone full of condensation and cigarette butts.
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Music Played
Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
00:00David Bowie
Blackstar
- Sony.
00:12John Coltrane
Naima
- Giant Steps.
- WEA.
00:23Donny McCaslin
Stadium Jazz
- Greenleaf Music.
00:41David Bowie
Dollar Days
- Blackstar.
- Columbia.
00:52Donny McCaslin
Beyond Now
- Beyond Now.
- Motema Music.
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Sat 12 Nov 201614:00BBC Music Jazz
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