Donny McCaslin at Cheltenham Photo credit: John Watson/ jazzcamera.co.uk

“I strive for that emotional element to be there. To lift the listener to another place emotionally,” says saxophonist DONNY McCASLIN. We sent three short questions for Sarah Culler to ask him recently and this short podcast interview is the result: 

Donny McCaslin Interview by LondonJazz

SYNOPSIS

Opening music: extraxt from FACEPLANT from the album Beyond Now (Motema – 2015)
Closing music: Fast Future from the album Fast Future (Greenleaf – 2016) :

– How has life changed for you since working with Bowie?
– The art of building intensity – who were your inspirations/ the people you really listened to…?
– Are there young saxophone players out there who are taking the instrument further?