Donny Mccaslin Group at San Jose Jazz Winter Fest at Cafe Stritch

GA $25 advance, $30 door

With three GRAMMY® nominations and 11 albums to his name, saxophonist Donny McCaslin’s path to Bowie and Beyond Now, his group’s Motéma Music debut, can be traced back to 2011 with the release of his album Perpetual Motion, which took on an electric direction for the first time in contrast to his previous acoustic projects. Two subsequent albums, Casting for Gravity (2012) and Fast Future (2015), released with his working band were directly influenced by electronica artists (covering groups such as Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, and Baths), which netted McCaslin a 2013 GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Improvised Jazz Solo.”...

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GA $25 advance, $30 door

With three GRAMMY® nominations and 11 albums to his name, saxophonist Donny McCaslin’s path to Bowie and Beyond Now, his group’s Motéma Music debut, can be traced back to 2011 with the release of his album Perpetual Motion, which took on an electric direction for the first time in contrast to his previous acoustic projects. Two subsequent albums, Casting for Gravity (2012) and Fast Future (2015), released with his working band were directly influenced by electronica artists (covering groups such as Aphex Twin, Boards of Canada, and Baths), which netted McCaslin a 2013 GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Improvised Jazz Solo.”

Beyond Now, which is dedicated to the memory of David Bowie, appeared swiftly after McCaslin and his band featured on Bowie’s final studio album, Blackstar. Recorded nearly three months after Bowie’s passing, the project is deeply influenced by their extraordinary experience collaborating with one of the greatest artists of all time on his final album.

Comprised of core Blackstar personnel, bassist Tim Lefebvre (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Saturday Night Live), drummer Mark Guiliana (Meshell Ndegeocello, Brad Mehldau), and Jason Lindner (Now Vs Now) along with guitarist Nate Wood and producer David Binney, Beyond Now‘s repertoire is expansive, comprised of two Bowie songs, covers of Deadmau5, MUTEMATH, and the Chainsmokers, as well as compelling McCaslin originals including the title composition, inspired by a track inspired by a song McCaslin recorded for Blackstar that didn’t make the album. The collection of song documents “David Bowie’s Last Band” as they were processing both their grief and Bowie’s distinctive impact.

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