David Bowie

Bowie's reinventions were supported by carefully chosen combinations of musicians and studio collaborators. On Heroes, Tony Visconti's production work and Brian Eno's treatments sat alongside the rhythm section of Carlos Alomar, George Murray and Dennis Davis, with Robert Fripp adding another distinct voice. Start with Visconti's account of the recording to hear how those roles interacted. The case for Bowie here is his ability to assemble conditions for discovery, while leaving room for the individual skills that made the experiment work.