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Always go a little further into the water than you feel you are capable of being in. Go a
little bit
out of your depth,
and when you don’t feel like your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in
the
right place to do
something exciting.
David Bowie
” data-original-title title>Philip Glass, Nirvana, Bauhaus, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Red Hot Chili Peppers, to name just a handful, have all paid homage to the great pop iconoclast, who died in 2016. So too have a host of jazz musicians. The following is not meant in any way as a definitive list, but simply an entrée to some of the brilliantand highly diversejazz versions of Bowie tunes out there. If you have your own favorite please share in the comments section below.
1. Pachora: “The Man Who Sold The World”
