DONNY McCASLIN

This New York sax maestro was a pivotal part of the sound created on Bowie’s brilliant Blackstar. Lessons learned from the Dame are put to effective use on Donny’s second outing since his former employer’s death, but the first to really bear the mark of his working methods. The restless and churning momentum is maintained not only by McCaslin’s hungry compositional strengths but the fluid and implacable basslines of Gail Ann Dorsey. Rich rewards are assured for those who make the investment.