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Her 2008 self-released album ''Rah! Rah!'', a tribute to Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was re-issued by Ride Symbol in 2020.<ref name="DB2020" /> In 2009, she began co-leading Two Sisters, Inc,, featuring baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson and bassist [[David Hofstra|Dave Hofstra]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Daly |first=Claire |date=May 2009 |title=Master Class |magazine=DownBeat |volume=76 |issue=5 |page=60}}</ref> and recorded the album ''Scaribari''.<ref name="DB2011" />
Her 2008 self-released album ''Rah! Rah!'', a tribute to Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was re-issued by Ride Symbol in 2020.<ref name="DB2020" /> In 2009, she began co-leading Two Sisters, Inc,, featuring baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson and bassist [[David Hofstra|Dave Hofstra]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Daly |first=Claire |date=May 2009 |title=Master Class |magazine=DownBeat |volume=76 |issue=5 |page=60}}</ref> and recorded the album ''Scaribari''.<ref name="DB2011" />


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She was the original baritonist with the [[DIVA Jazz Orchestra]]<ref name="DB2013" /> for seven years, touring the world. In 2000 she performed at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival with her quartet. The next year she was guest soloist with the Billy Taylor Trio at the Kennedy Center. After releasing her third CD as band leader, ''Heaven Help Us All'' (on her own label, Daly Bread Records).{{sfn|Stewart|2007|p=276}} In 2012, her album ''Baritone Monk'' was produced by Doug Moody.<ref name="DB2013">{{cite magazine |last=Young |first=Zoe |date=April 2013 |title=Claire Daly's Baritone Monk Embraces 'Old-School Cool' |magazine=DownBeat |volume=80 |issue=4 |page=18}}</ref>
She toured with the [[DIVA Jazz Orchestra]],<ref name="DB2013" /> which she was a member of from its inception until 1998.{{sfn|Stewart|2007|pp=258, 276}} "In 2000 she performed in the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival with her quartet. The next
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year she was guest soloist with the Billy Taylor Trio at the Kennedy Center. After releasing her third CD, ''Heaven Help Us All'' (on her own label, Daly Bread Records), she embarked on a lengthy national tour with Kirpal Gordon, a writer and poet".{{sfn|Stewart|2007|p=276}} In 2012, her album ''Baritone Monk'' was released; her band toured for eight days, from [[Vancouver]] to [[Santa Cruz, California]], before recording it.<ref name="DB2013">{{cite magazine |last=Young |first=Zoe |date=April 2013 |title=Claire Daly's Baritone Monk Embraces 'Old-School Cool' |magazine=DownBeat |volume=80 |issue=4 |page=18}}</ref>


==Playing and composing style==
==Playing and composing style==

Revision as of 14:32, 4 January 2023

Not to be confused with the Irish politician, Clare Daly.

Claire Daly is a baritone saxophonist and composer.

Early life

Daly was born in Bronxville, New York.[1] She began playing the saxophone at the age of 12,[2] becoming interested in jazz when she attended a Buddy Rich performance at the Westchester County Center.[2] She attended Berklee College of Music,[3] mainly playing alto and tenor saxophones, and graduated in 1980.[1]

Later life and career

After graduating, Daly played alto and tenor saxophone in two rock bands while playing jazz around the Boston area.[1] She moved to New York City in 1985 and began her career as a freelance baritone saxophonist.[1] Beginning in the mid-1990s, she performed frequently with pianist Joel Forrester and together they released 6 CDs.

Daly's first album as a leader, Swing Low, was released in 1999.[4] She won the 2009, 2010, and 2011 DownBeat Critics' Poll for Baritone Saxophone Rising Star.[5][6][7]

Her 2008 self-released album Rah! Rah!, a tribute to Rahsaan Roland Kirk, was re-issued by Ride Symbol in 2020.[3] In 2009, she began co-leading Two Sisters, Inc,, featuring baritone saxophonist Dave Sewelson and bassist Dave Hofstra,[8] and recorded the album Scaribari.[9]

She was the original baritonist with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra[4] for seven years, touring the world. In 2000 she performed at the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival with her quartet. The next year she was guest soloist with the Billy Taylor Trio at the Kennedy Center. After releasing her third CD as band leader, Heaven Help Us All (on her own label, Daly Bread Records).[10] In 2012, her album Baritone Monk was produced by Doug Moody.[4]

Playing and composing style

A DownBeat reviewer in 2011 wrote that Daly's "saxophone work and hard-bop-tinged, conversational compositions recall Dexter Gordon or Vince Guaraldi".[9]

Discography

As leader

  • Swing Low (Koch, 1999)
  • Movin' On (Koch, 2002)
  • Heaven Help Us All (Daly Bread, 2004)
  • Baritone Monk (NCBC Music, 2012)
  • 2648 West Grand Boulevard (Glass Beach, 2016)
  • Rah! Rah! (Ride Symbol, 2020)

As guest

References

  1. ^ a b c d Suzuki, Yoko (2013). "Daly, Claire". Grove Music Online (8th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Stewart 2007, p. 259.
  3. ^ a b McCree, Cree (November 2020). "The Claire Daly Band: Rah! Rah!". DownBeat. Vol. 87, no. 11. p. 48.
  4. ^ a b c Young, Zoe (April 2013). "Claire Daly's Baritone Monk Embraces 'Old-School Cool'". DownBeat. Vol. 80, no. 4. p. 18.
  5. ^ "57th Annual Critics Poll: Official Results". DownBeat. Vol. 76, no. 8. August 2009. p. 43.
  6. ^ "58th Annual Critics Poll: Complete Results". DownBeat. Vol. 77, no. 8. August 2010. p. 50.
  7. ^ "59th DownBeat Annual Critics Poll: Complete Results". DownBeat. Vol. 78, no. 8. August 2010. p. 49.
  8. ^ Daly, Claire (May 2009). "Master Class". DownBeat. Vol. 76, no. 5. p. 60.
  9. ^ a b Micallef, Ken (May 2011). "Claire Daly Brings Inspiration to Juneau Jazz & Classics Fest". DownBeat. Vol. 78, no. 5. p. 100.
  10. ^ Stewart 2007, p. 276.

Bibliography

  • Stewart, Alex (2007). Making the Scene: Contemporary New York City Big Band Jazz. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-24953-0.
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