In this article, “What’s Behind the New Jazz Resurgence?,” Nate Chinen discusses the key players in his new jazz history book ‘Playing Changes.’

Chinen states, “Prior to making the album, Bowie basically gave Tony [Visconti] homework: He had him listen to the Donny McCaslin Quartet album Casting for Gravity, and [McCaslin quartet drummer] Mark Guiliana’s Beat Music. He was saying, ‘Listen to the ways these guys move together; get that inside your head. Because this is what we’re trying to do.'”

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