During what turned out to be his final ever interview in 2005, David Bowie revealed that he really wanted to make a jazz album one day. Speaking to BBC radio presenter and jazz musician Courtney Pine, Bowie said, “I was always so surprised that jazz musicians were into the idea of doing rock. I guess it’s a real change for them.”
Bowie did eventually get round to making that record – his final masterpiece Blackstar, released just days before his death in 2016, was a perfect intersection of experimental jazz and artful rock made with a series of crack jazz players that Bowie had been introduced to in New York. What turned out to be a triumphant final chapter for Bowie’s epic life and career has its roots in the single Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime), a song released ten years ago today (17 November) with a re-recorded version appearing on Blackstar.
