Philippe Saisse has the kind of career resume most artist would kill for. "I've played with David Bowie and the Rolling Stones and Chic and Nile Rodgers," he explains. "I was on Chaka Khan's I Feel For You, a seminal record that started a whole slew of things. I even did a tour with the American Ballet Theater." He says all this not to boast (to which purpose he could also namedrop his work with David Sanborn, Al Jarreau, and Tina Turner among many others), but to establish his credentials as an artist who has always crossed musical boundaries.