When musicians describe David Bowie as a visionary, they’re not usually referring to a prophecy he made about their own music.
Already one of the leading tenor saxophonists of his generation when he connected with Bowie via Grammy Award-winning jazz composer and orchestra leader Maria Schneider, McCaslin found his sonic trajectory radically altered by the “Blackstar” project. One remark in particular has continued to resonate. After a session in the studio Bowie “looked at me and said, ‘Something I see for you is improvising with electronics on the saxophone in your live show,” McCaslin recalled.
“There was a before and after,” said McCaslin, 57. “That experience was so transformative and so affirming, musically and also personally.” The relationship with Bowie also continues to feed his work, as McCaslin recently played sold-out concerts in Seattle and Portland with Blackstar Symphony: The Music of David Bowie, which features vocals by longtime Bowie bandmember Gail Ann Dorsey and David Poe and arrangements by Maria Schneider, Tim Davies, Vince Mendoza, Jamshied Sharifi, and “Blackstar” album producer Tony Visconti.
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