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She is a three-time winner of the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Baritone Sax of the Year” Award. Between ''2003-2020, she was a m''ultiple time winner of both the JazzTimes and Downbeat Critic and Readers Polls for “Baritone Saxophonist of the Year.”'''         '''      
She is a three-time winner of the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Baritone Sax of the Year” Award. Between ''2003-2020, she was a m''ultiple time winner of both the JazzTimes and Downbeat Critic and Readers Polls for “Baritone Saxophonist of the Year.”'''         '''      


As the original baritonist with the [[DIVA Jazz Orchestra]]<ref name="DB2013" /> she toured the world for seven years. 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}} Her CD "Mary Joyce Project, Nothing to Lose" was dedicated to her second cousin who was the first non Alaskan to travel 1,000 miles solo by dogsled from Juneau to Fairbanks (1935). It premiered in Juneau at the "Jazz and Classics" Festival in May, 2011. In 2012, her album ''Baritone Monk,'' 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> of the North Coast Brewing Co., hit number one on the CMJ Jazz Charts. Her CD "2648 West Grand Boulevard" featured jazz versions of Motown tunes from the Detroit years. It is on the Glass Beach Jazz label, also produced by Doug Moody.
As the original baritonist with the [[DIVA Jazz Orchestra]]<ref name="DB2013" /> she toured the world for seven years. 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. She released her third CD, ''Heaven Help Us All'' (on her own label, Daly Bread Records), in 2004, as bandleader.{{sfn|Stewart|2007|p=276}} Her CD "Mary Joyce Project, Nothing to Lose" was dedicated to her second cousin who was the first non Alaskan to travel 1,000 miles, solo, by dogsled from Juneau to Fairbanks (1935). It premiered in Juneau at the "Jazz and Classics" Festival in May, 2011. In 2012, her album ''Baritone Monk,'' 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> of the North Coast Brewing Co., hit number one on the CMJ Jazz Charts. Her 2016 CD, "2648 West Grand Boulevard," featured jazz versions of Motown tunes from the Detroit years. It is on the Glass Beach Jazz label, also produced by Doug Moody.


Daly has performed as a leader with her band at the Monterey, Healdsburg, Litchfield and Perth International jazz festivals, the Kennedy Center, Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center and many more venues. She has written feature articles in jazz magazines as well as liner notes. She has backed up Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Taj Mahal and Robert Palmer among others.
Daly has performed as a leader with her band at the Monterey, Healdsburg, Litchfield and Perth International jazz festivals, the Kennedy Center, Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center and many more venues. She has written feature articles in jazz magazines as well as liner notes. She has backed up Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Taj Mahal and Robert Palmer among others.

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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] Her album "Swing Low" produced in 2004 was installed in the William Jefferson Clinton Library, Little Rock, Arkansas as a CD significant to the President while in office.

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,[5] and recorded the album Scaribari.[6]

She is a three-time winner of the Jazz Journalists Association’s “Baritone Sax of the Year” Award. Between 2003-2020, she was a multiple time winner of both the JazzTimes and Downbeat Critic and Readers Polls for “Baritone Saxophonist of the Year.”               

As the original baritonist with the DIVA Jazz Orchestra[4] she toured the world for seven years. 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. She released her third CD, Heaven Help Us All (on her own label, Daly Bread Records), in 2004, as bandleader.[7] Her CD "Mary Joyce Project, Nothing to Lose" was dedicated to her second cousin who was the first non Alaskan to travel 1,000 miles, solo, by dogsled from Juneau to Fairbanks (1935). It premiered in Juneau at the "Jazz and Classics" Festival in May, 2011. In 2012, her album Baritone Monk, produced by Doug Moody.[4] of the North Coast Brewing Co., hit number one on the CMJ Jazz Charts. Her 2016 CD, "2648 West Grand Boulevard," featured jazz versions of Motown tunes from the Detroit years. It is on the Glass Beach Jazz label, also produced by Doug Moody.

Daly has performed as a leader with her band at the Monterey, Healdsburg, Litchfield and Perth International jazz festivals, the Kennedy Center, Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center and many more venues. She has written feature articles in jazz magazines as well as liner notes. She has backed up Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Taj Mahal and Robert Palmer among others.

A veteran Litchfield Jazz Camp teaching artist (20 years), Claire was head of the Litchfield in NY combos, and a teacher at Jazz at Lincoln Center MSJA. Claire continues to offer clinics and teach privately and at jazz camps. She has taught at MIT, UMASS Amherst; Valparaiso University, IN; Hall High School in Hartford, CT; College of St. Rose in Albany, NY; Chamber Street Music School in Manhattan, NY; Hoff Barthelson Music School, Scarsdale, NY; Towson University; Syracuse University; and many more.

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".[6] The Director of the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble commented that "Claire Daly is a first-rate musician and educator who brings her soulfulness and thoughtfulness to all that she does. Super insightful, open, warm; she is the kind of guest artist who leaves something behind for everyone to think about and work on".

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. ^ Daly, Claire (May 2009). "Master Class". DownBeat. Vol. 76, no. 5. p. 60.
  6. ^ a b Micallef, Ken (May 2011). "Claire Daly Brings Inspiration to Juneau Jazz & Classics Fest". DownBeat. Vol. 78, no. 5. p. 100.
  7. ^ 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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