Over the past couple weeks, two different David Bowie tribute albums have hit my eardrums, each with interesting takes on Bowie's material. From the British label BBE, Modern Love features artists of color connecting with Bowie's catalog. Curated by DJ and music executive Drew McFadden and BBE founder Peter Adarkwah, the covers compilation was assembled to highlight the influence of Black music genres like soul, R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel on Bowie’s diverse catalog. “I felt that the connection between Bowie and R&B, jazz, funk, gospel and all things soulful, had never really been explored before — at least not so much in covers, which tend to lean more towards rock and pop,” McFadden explains. “Certainly, there’s been plenty of Bowie covers over the years, but none that have really tapped into what seems to have been a big part of his core musical style and direction.” Speaking of other directions, the Italian jazz trumpeter Paolo Fresu recently released Heroes Ex