>>>  ONE OF THE MOST  INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF THE  20th CENTURY IS BEING HONORED  IN A NEW TRIBUTE ALBUM  WITH A  JAZZY TWIST.
ARTS CORRESPONDENT  INTRODUCES US  TO THE BLUE  PROJECT.
>>    >> Reporter:  A VOCALIST  ARE   COMBINING THEIR SKILLS IN A   HARMONIC FUSION  WITH SONGS BY   DAVID BOWIE  THAT FEATURED   JAZZY EDITIONS.
>>  GIGANTIC ICON OF THE 20th  CENTURY.
THESE ARE THE MORE   POPULAR SONGS  FOR THE FABRIC   OF THE LAST 50, 60 YEARS.
>>    >>  HE CAN MAKE YOU FEEL A  CERTAIN WAY, YET NOT FULLY   UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE IT'S   GOING AND WHAT HE MEANS.
>>    >> Reporter: JIM COLORADO WAS   THE METROPOLITAN ARRANGED SOME  OF THE SONGS ON THEIR NEW  ALBUM.
NOW, HE SAYS  A LYRICAL   INTERPRETATION OF BOWIE'S MUSIC   INFORMED THEIR MUSICAL  ADJUSTMENTS.
>>    >> VERY FEW OF HIS SONGS , YOU  CAN'T SAY, THIS MEANS THAT.
IT'S, IT'S LARGELY OPEN FOR  INTERPRETATION.
>>    >> ONCE WE PICKED A SONG  WE   KNEW WE WANTED TO APPROACH, THE  IDEA IS TO  NOT COPY BOWIE, BUT  ALSO NOT  TOTALLY IGNORE WHAT   HE DID.
WE WOUND UP  TAPPING  INTO , I THINK, FOUR OTHER    MUSICIAN ARRANGERS  TO DO  TREATMENTS, AND A TREATMENT OF   A SONG  IS, SO YOU TAKE A DAVID  BOWIE SONG, AND MAYBE THE   PERSON WHO'S DOING THE  TREATMENT MIGHT CHANGE THE   FEEL, MAYBE CHANGE THE TEMPO,    MAYBE RE-HARMONIZE A LITTLE BIT  AND PUT THEIR OWN SPIN ON IT.
>>    >> SPACE ODDITY WAS ONE OF   THEM.
I WAS LIKE , DO WE REALLY  WANT TO GO THERE?
BECAUSE IT'S  POP-CULTURE.
>>  IS UPDATED TREATMENTS,   ALONGSIDE VOCALIST PAUL MARA  NARROW 'S JAZZ UNDERTONES,   CREATE WHAT THEY'RE DESCRIBING   IS A NEW CONCEPT ALBUM TITLED  THE BOWIE PROJECT.
>> IT'S NOT JUST AN ALBUM ABOUT  DAVID BOWIE.
IT'S, THERE IS A,   THERE ARE MANY UNDERLYING  THEMES  THAT ARE COHESIVE   THROUGHOUT THE ALBUM.
SO IT   PLAYS WITH AN OLD-FASHIONED  CONCEPT ALBUM.
WE DIDN'T HAVE   ANY REQUISITE  OF, LET'S PICK,   YOU KNOW,  50% OF HIS, 50% --   IT WAS JUST MATERIAL THAT WE   FELT SPOKE TO US AND HAD SOME   TYPE OF COHESION  IN AN ALBUM.
WHATEVER CAMP THEY'RE IN, IF   THEY'VE NEVER HEARD OF A DAVID   BOWIE SONG,  I THINK THEY'RE,   THEY CAN FIND A WAY INTO THESE   STORIES, BECAUSE  HE WAS   BRILLIANT AT WRITING FOR ALL OF