Donny McCaslin
McCaslin på Aarhusfestivalen i Danmark 2018
Fødd	11. august 1966 (57 år)
Fødestad	Santa Clara i California
Fødenamn	Donald Paul McCaslin
Opphav	USA
Aktiv	Sidan 1978
Sjanger	Jazz
Instrument	Saksofon
Tilknytte artistar	Ken Schaphorst, Gary Burton, Steps Ahead, Maria Schneider, David Bowie, Ryan Dahle
Plateselskap	Naxos, Arabesque, Criss Cross Jazz, Sunnyside, Greenleaf, SkyDeck
Verka som	Musikar

Donald Paul McCaslin (fødd 11. august 1966) er ein USA-amerikansk jazzsaksofonist. Han har spelt inn over eit dusin album som bandleiar, i tillegg til at han var sidemann på mange prosjekt, mellom anna på det siste studioalbumet til Bowie, Blackstar (2016).

McCaslin var fødd i Santa Clara i California, den 11. august 1966.^[1] Faren hans var ein vibrafonist og McCaslin spelte i ensemblet til faren då han var tolv år gammal.^[1] Han hadde si eiga gruppe på high school og spelte tre år på Monterey Jazz Festival.^[1]

I 1987 vart McCaslin med i gruppa til Gary Burton og turnerte med han i fire år.^[1] I 1991 flytta han til New York City og var medlem av Steps Ahead.^[1]

I november 2014 spelte McCaslin saksofon på David Bowie-songen «Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)».^[1] To år seinare spelte han saksofon på Bowie-albumet Blackstar.^[2]

14. oktober 2016 gav McCaslin ut Beyond Now, inspirert av opplevinga med Blackstar.^[1] Albumet vart spelt inn med same bandet som spelte på Blackstar - Tim Lefebvre på bass, Jason Lindner på klaverinstrument og Mark Guiliana på trommer.^[3] Albumet inneheld to coverversjonar av Bowie, i tillegg til coverversjonar av MUTEMATH, Deadmau5 og The Chainsmokers, pluss fem originale spor.^[3]

• Exile and Discovery (Naxos, 1998)
• Seen from Above (Arabesque, 2000)
• The Way Through (Arabesque, 2003)
• Soar (Sunnyside, 2006)
• Give and Go (Criss Cross Jazz, 2006)
• In Pursuit (Sunnyside, 2007)
• Recommended Tools (Greenleaf, 2008)
• Declaration (Sunnyside, 2009)
• Perpetual Motion (Greenleaf, 2010)
• Casting for Gravity (Greenleaf, 2012)
• Fast Future (Greenleaf, 2015)
• Beyond Now (Motéma, 2016)
• Blow. (Motéma, 2018)

• Lan Xang med David Binney, Scott Colley, Jeff Hirschfield (1998)
• Hidden Gardens med David Binney, Scott Colley, Kenny Wolensen (2000)

• Meaning and Mystery (Greenleaf, 2006)
• Live from Jazz Standard (Greenleaf, 2007)

• Concert in the Garden (ArtistShare, 2004)
• Sky Blue (ArtistShare, 2007)
• The Thompson Fields (ArtistShare, 2015)

• «Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)» (ISO, 2015)^[4]
• Blackstar (ISO, 2016)^[5]
• No Plan (Columbia, 2017)

• Thana Alexa, Ode to Heroes (Jazz Village, 2014)
• Hutchinson Andrew Trio, Prairie Modern (Chronograph, 2013)
• Fahir Atakoglu, If (Far & Here, 2005)
• David Binney, Balance (ACT, 2002)
• Luis Bonilla, Escucha! (Candid, 2000)
• Luis Bonilla, Trombonilla: Terminal Clarity (Now Jazz Consortium, 2005)
• Kenny Carr, Idle Talk (CDBaby, 2014)
• Tia Carrere, Dream (Reprise, 1993)
• Scott Colley, Portable Universe (Free Lance, 1996)
• Tyler Collins, Tyler (RCA, 1992)
• Terence Trent D'Arby, Terence Trent D'Arby's Symphony or Damn (Columbia, 1993)
• Kenichi Doami, Chronicle (2007)
• Gene Ess, Sandbox and Sanctum (Simp, 2005)
• Geggie Trio, Across the Sky (Plunge, 2010)
• Marshall Gilkes, Sound Stories (Alternate Side, 2012)
• Hans Glawischnig, Common Ground (Fresh Sound, 2004)
• Joel Harrison, Search (Sunnyside, 2011)
• Steve Hass, Traveler (Hassbeat, 2003)
• Art Hirahara, Central Line (Posi-Tone, 2017)
• Art Hirahara, Sunward Bound (Posi-Tone, 2018)
• Julie Lamontagne Trio, Now What (Justin Time, 2009)
• Michael Leonhart, The Painted Lady Suite (Sunnyside, 2018)
• Dave Lisik, Coming Through Slaughter: The Bolden Legend (SkyDeck Music, 2009)
• Dave Lisik, Machaut Man and a Superman Hat (Rattle, 2014)
• Matthias Lupri, Metalix (Summit, 2006)
• Hector Martignon, Portrait in White and Black (Candid, 1996)
• Hector Martignon, The Foreign Affair (Candid, 1998)
• Bobby McFerrin, Vocabularies (Emarcy, 2010)
• Kate McGarry, If Less Is More (Palmetto, 2008)
• Tony Monaco, Master Chops T (Summit, 2002)
• Monkey House, Left (Alma, 2016)
• Virgil Moorefield, Distractions On the Way to the King's Party (Cuneiform, 1994)
• Alon Nechushtan, Venture Bound (Enja, 2014)
• New York Voices, Sing! Sing! Sing! (Concord Jazz, 2001)
• Nokko, Call Me Nightlife (Epic, 1993)
• Nokko, I Will Catch U (Sony, 1993)
• Danilo Perez, Till Then (Verve, 2003)
• Enrico Pieranunzi, Proximity (CAM Jazz, 2015)
• Enrico Pieranunzi, New Spring (CAM Jazz, 2016)
• Roberta Piket, Unbroken Line (Criss Cross, 1997)
• Bruno Raberg, Pentimento (Boston Skyline, 1992)
• Bruno Raberg, Chrysalis (OrbisMusic, 2004)
• Rachel Z, Room of One's Own (NYC, 1996)
• Samo Salamon, Stretching Out (Samo, 2013)
• Antonio Sánchez, New Life (CAM Jazz, 2013)
• Ken Schaphorst Big Band, Purple (Naxos, 1999)
• George Schuller, Round 'Bout Now (Playscape, 2003)
• George Schuller, Like Before Somewhat After (Playscape, 2008)
• Alex Sipiagin, Mirrors (Criss Cross, 2002)
• Alex Sipiagin, Out of the Circle (ArtistShare, 2007)
• Luciana Souza, North and South (Limited Edition 2003)
• Steps Ahead, Vibe (NYC, 1995)
• Sun Kil Moon, I Also Want to Die in New Orleans (Caldo Verde, 2019)
• Gary Versace, Outside In (Criss Cross, 2008)
• Torben Waldorff, Brilliance (Artistshare, 2006)
• Torben Waldorff, Afterburn (Artistshare, 2008)
• Torben Waldorff, American Rock Beauty (Artistshare, 2010)
• Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr, Landed in Brooklyn (ACT, 2017)
• Reuben Wilson, Organ Donor (Jazzateria, 1998)
• Ethan Winogrand, Made in Brooklyn (Clean Feed, 2003)
• Ethan Winogrand, Half Full (Every Good Song, 2011)
• WinterFisch Quartet, Timeless (Jazz Sick, 2016)
• Pavel Wlosok Trio, Alternate Reality (CDBaby, 2014)

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