Donny McCaslin – I Want More (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:00 minutes | 929 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Edition Records
Something is happening around Donny McCaslin. The visionary saxophonist and composer will unleash a new body of work on Edition Records starting with two new singles in May 2022 to coincide with his European tour dates followed by full album release in 2023. Bursting with an unequivocal energy, drive and intent, Donny, who shot to attention as the bandleader behind David Bowie’s album ‘Blackstar’, is an Artist who wants to explore the unknown and to do so in his own way. A modernist thinker who will always put the Art over reward, always searching for something new to say.
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Dave Liebman, Dave Binney, Donny McCaslin and Samuel Blais – Four Visions (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:10:34 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Sunnyside
The saxophone quartet has become a major vehicle for this one time maligned instrument in the realm of both classical and contemporary music. Saxophone practitioners have succeeded in placing the instrument into these musical pantheons, making the saxophone quartet the woodwind equivalent of the string quartet. Of course, the horn did find an historic fit in jazz music, so it was only a matter of time before the saxophone quartet emerged as a vehicle for improvisation.
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Donny McCaslin – Fast Future (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:33 minutes | 1,17 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Greenleaf Music
Saxophonist Donny McCaslin’s 11th release as leader, and fourth on Dave Douglas’ independent imprint Greenleaf, is well-named. Fast Future explores a newer kind of fusion, blending post-bop with breakbeats, rhythms and tones from electronica and EDM. McCaslin is known for bending apart expectations, so it’s no surprise to hear thoroughly modern music on these ten tunes. The album offers a thrilling vision of the shape and redefinition of jazz to come.
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Donny McCaslin – Blow. (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:09 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock, Jazz Rock
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motema
As the bandleader on David Bowie’s five-time Grammy-winning album ‘Blackstar’, saxophonist Donny McCaslin collaborated with the Starman to carry forward his penchant for reinvention. With his upcoming studio album — a daring fusion of vibrant electronica, and bombastic art-rock due this fall — McCaslin applied that mindset to his own work, pushing his music in a bold new direction. Propulsive and improvisational alternative music combines with a heady blend of powerhouse vocals, saxophone, flute, keyboards, Wurlitzer, electric bass and pummeling drums that captures McCaslin’s core roots while also bringing in more recent influences such as Radiohead and Bon Iver. Sun Kil Moon also provides a riveting spoken word track.
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Donny McCaslin – Beyond Now (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:03:01 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motema
The leader of ‘David Bowie’s Last Band’ releases an album inspired by and dedicated to the legendary alt-pop innovator. Deeply influenced by his extraordinary experience collaborating with David Bowie on his final release, ‘Blackstar’, Donny McCaslin steps forward with BEYOND NOW, a heartfelt dedication to the Starman. Along with David Bowie’s Last Band (Jason Lindner, Mark Guiliana, Tim Lefebvre and Donny himself), Donny reimagines two Bowie tracks (as well as tracks by Deadmau5 and MUTEMATH) alongside powerful originals, displaying the rich musicality and innovation that originally led to him joining forces with one of the most creative artists of all time.
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