David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ on CD.

BLACKSTAR, Davids final studio album, was released on 8th January, 2016. Bowie and Visconti went to Donny McCaslins jazz quartet playing live in New York after working with him on the track Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime). Tony Visconti: Donnys quartet was no ordinary jazz band, they were super musicians at the same level as classical musicians in top symphony orchestras. David told me that this band, with Mark Guiliana drums, Tim Lefebvre bass, and Jason Lindner keyboards, will be the band for the recording of . Every one of the tracks for BLACKSTAR were each recorded in one day; Visconti recalls, The first song for the album began with Tis a Pity She Was a Whore, on 7th January. With a couple of rehearsals with David singing in the isolation booth, we were ready to go. Take one was perfect. We told Donny the take was fabulous. He thanked us and asked, Whats the next song? I forgot that jazz musicians are one-take experts. This was not a normal thing for people who make Rock and Pop music. It usually takes many hours to get that great take. Just to play it safe we asked for another take and Donny complied.

Release Date: 24 July 2026

Tracklist:

1.
2. tis A Pity She Was A Whore
3. Lazarus
4. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
5. Girl Loves Me
6. Dollar Days
7. I Cant Give Everything Away