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Caroline Davis
Awards
Sisters in Jazz (2006) Downbeat Outstanding Soloist (2007) Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program (2011) DownBeat Critic's Poll #1 Rising Star Alto-Saxophonist (2018) MacDowell Fellow (2019) Jerome Foundation Fellow (2019-2020) NYFA Fellow (2021) Jazz Gallery Fellow (2022)
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Caroline Davis: Portals, Volume 2 : Returning
by Glenn Astarita
Alto saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis, a rising star in the jazz world, has unveiled her second installment of the Portals" series, titled Portals Vol. 2: Returning. This album serves as a sonic memoir, inspired by her grandmother, Joan Lady" Anson-Weber, and it represents a deeply personal journey of reflection and healing. As a gifted saxophonist and composer, Davis draws upon her grandmother's poetic legacy to craft a musical experience that is both moving and evocative. This album stands as ...
Continue ReadingMarie Goudy's Paloma Sky, Gino Amato, Caroline Davis, The Danish Radio Big Band and Kurt Elling New Releases
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes new releases from Marie Goudy's Paloma Sky, Gino Amato, Caroline Davis, April Aloisio & Joanie Pallatto, The Danish Radio Big Band and Kurt Elling, with birthday shoutouts to composer Doris Tauber (Them There Eyes, Drinkin Again), Helen Sung, Bobby Short (100), Wesla Whitfield, Amy Winehouse, Lorraine Feather, Champian Fulton and Maria Muldaur, among others. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke ...
Continue ReadingMiles Okazaki: Miniature America
by Alberto Bazzurro
Ventidue miniature svarianti da uno a sei minuti, con impegnati sottoinsiemi (o microgruppi, se preferite) estrapolati dal totale dei dieci elementi, sette strumentisti e tre cantanti, coinvolti nell'operazione, è quanto ci offre questo nuovo lavoro discografico (il dodicesimo, ci viene detto) a nome del cinquantenne chitarrista Miles Okazaki, con la partecipazione di svariati musicisti di punta dell'attuale scena newyorchese (e non). Ogni episodio possiede--fisiologicamente, verrebbe da dire--un aplomb cameristico di sicuro fascino, anche se è inevitabile che il ...
Continue ReadingEden Har-Gil: Hearts of Palm
by Glenn Astarita
Israeli-born drummer and composer Eden Har-Gil, now making waves from his New York City base, debuts with Hearts of Palm--an album that boldly dances to its own beat, weaving together jazz textures with an audacious spirit. At the core of this vibrant soundscape are saxophonists Caroline Davis and Lo Wood, who do more than play their instruments; they engage them in eloquent dialogues that span the album's entirety. Har-Gil shrewdly leverages this world-class ensemble, including the A-list bassist Dezron Douglas. ...
Continue ReadingMike McGinnis + 9: Outing
by Angelo Leonardi
Il nuovo album di Mike McGinnis si riallaccia a un'incisione del 2013 (Roadtrip, RKM) realizzata con un tentet d'identica strumentazione e un solo mutamento d'organico: Caroline Davis al sax contralto prende il posto di Matt Blostein. Dopo il successo del suo trio del 2017/18 con Steve Swallow e Paul Bley (ricordiamo i due album Sunnyside Recurring Dream e Singular Awakening) il clarinettista torna a evidenziare le sue doti di autore e arrangiatore in un medio organico che ...
Continue ReadingCaroline Davis’ Alula: Captivity
by Alberto Bazzurro
Quote rosa in perfetto equilibrio in questo nuovo lavoro della quarantaduenne altosassofonista Caroline Davis, al secolo Caroline Rebecca Anson, alla testa di Alula, in edizione riveduta e corretta (con Chris Tordini e Tyshawn Sorey al posto di Matt Mitchell e Greg Saunier, oltre a Val Jeanty, giradischi ed elettronica), e in equilibrio anche il comparto acustico rispetto a quello--chiamiamolo--extra-acustico (con periodici inserti vocali), per un'opera decisamente fuori dagli schemi e da una mai auspicabile prevedibilità. Fisiologicamente marcata ...
Continue ReadingYuhan Su: Liberated Gesture
by Angelo Leonardi
«Quest'album rappresenta la libertà che stavo cercando--dice Yuhan Su--una variante di me più raffinata e un messaggio sul periodo in cui ci troviamo». Giunta al quarto disco in un decennio d'attività professionale a New York, la vibrafonista taiwanese conferma d'essere una strumentista di prim'ordine e soprattutto una compositrice e leader innovativa, in equilibrio tra post-bop e avanguardia. I segni erano evidenti nel suo precedente album per la Sunnyside (City Animals, 2018) inciso con un quintetto differente, dove ...
Continue Reading"Doors: Chicago Storylines," New CD By Alto Saxophonist/Composer Caroline Davis, Due Nov. 6
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Following the release of her much-praised 2012 debut, Live Work & Play, alto saxophonist and composer Caroline Davis relocated from jny: Chicago to jny: New York City and got to work on an ambitious project that had been germinating for seven years. To honor her eight-year residency in Chicago, she combines spoken stories and original compositions on her new CD Doors: Chicago Storylines, which will be released by ears&eyes Records on November 6. Joining her on Doors are longtime members ...
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Chicago-based Alto Saxophonist Caroline Davis Debuts On CD With "Live Work & Play" Nov. 6
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Caroline Davis's star has been rising in Chicago. She’s been called “one of the city’s strongest and most exciting jazz saxophonists” (Chicago Reader) whose “musical development over the last three years has been nothing short of startling” (Chicago Music). On November 6, Davis brings her music to a national audience and beyond with the release of her powerful and compelling debut album, Live Work & Play (Ears & Eyes Records). Featuring her quartet of Mike Allemana (guitar), Matt Ferguson (bass), ...
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“All in all, proof that there is superb jazz still emerging from America's Second City.” - Jon Turney, Londonjazz.blogspot.co.uk, 2012
"But if you've heard Davis in the past year, you already know that her own playing provides all the validation she needs." - Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, 2012
Primary Instrument
Saxophone
Location
New York City
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced