>>> 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