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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.

1 hour

Last on

Sat 12 Nov 2016 14:00

Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    David Bowie

    Blackstar

    • Sony.
  • 00:12

    John Coltrane

    Naima

    • Giant Steps.
    • WEA.
  • 00:23

    Donny McCaslin

    Stadium Jazz

    • Greenleaf Music.
  • 00:41

    David Bowie

    Dollar Days

    • Blackstar.
    • Columbia.
  • 00:52

    Donny McCaslin

    Beyond Now

    • Beyond Now.
    • Motema Music.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Nov 2016 14:00

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