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CCRMA Presents: Caroline Davis Solo – Liberative Joy. Thursday, May 16, 2024. 7:30 PM9:00 PM19:3021:00. Google Calendar ICS. Solo show at The Knoll (CCRMA) Sponsored by Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Department of Music. View Event →.
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Davis was the recipient of CMA's Performance Plus Grant...
- Discography
Caroline Davis/Dave Miller: Today, Two Days from Now, and...
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- “Hop on Hop Off” from Portals: Mourning
- “Vortex Generator” from Alula
- “People Look Like Tanks” from Anthems
- “Fortune” from Heart Tonic
- “Lincoln Land” from Doors: Chicago Storylines
- “Kowtow” Fromlive Work Play
Davis inverts the usual structure of strings in conventional jazz by having them do the heavy lifting: carrying the mood and personality of the piece, while the jazz quintet simply augments it. Bright, swirling and pointed, the song captures the complexity of grief and remembrance, particularly the playful memories that recede in the face of sorrow...
With its stuttering rhythms and darting, lightning-quick saxophone lines, it’s no surprise that the music here is inspired by the part of a bird’s wing that enables locomotion. The music is alternately pithy and soaring as Davis, keyboardist Matt Mitchell, and Deerhoofdrummer Gregory Saunier motor through complex music with virtuosic ease.
Davis and pianist Rob Clearfield named their group Persona because of their love of Ingmar Bergman’s classic film of the same name. In some ways, their musical rapport reflects the underlying theme of the movie—the way one person’s identity can start to bleed into someone else. On this compact yet elegant opening to their recording Anthems, Davis a...
Saxophonist Lee Konitz is a key influence on Davis, and the music of Joe Henderson and Gigi Gryce have become recent lodestars. It’s easy to hear all three of them in this serene, concise track from Heart Tonic, a recording that reflects Davis’s research into heart rhythms following the diagnosis that her father was suffering from an arrhythmia cau...
Doors is a recording that nearly doubles as an audio documentary of the post-millennium Chicago jazz scene, as 13 key figures add their recollections to the musical narrative that celebrates the Windy City. Davis’s working quartet adds trumpeter Russ Johnsonfor a warm, contemplative reflection on the place where Davis first found her musical footin...
Big, bright and bluesy, this is Davis’s ode to the Von Freeman jam sessions that were crucial to her development as a musician. The band’s rapport, enthusiasm, and funk feel straight out of Chicago’s South Side, and convey a warm sense of community. Davis’s playing is rugged and soulful, just like her mentor.
The winner of DownBeatCritics Poll for Rising Alto Saxophonist, visionary instrumentalist, composer, and activist Caroline Davisperforms with her electro-acoustic band Alula, a forward-looking ensemble The New York Timescalls “her most formally innovative group yet.”. Active as both a leader and side-person with a wide range of artists in ...
Apr 13, 2018 · In 2013, jazz composer and alto saxophonist Caroline Davis got some troubling news: Her father had a potentially dangerous condition — arrhythmia. His heart was beating irregularly. Her concern ...
Davis was born in Singapore, Singapore, to Michael Anson (British) and actress Susanne Anson (Swedish). When she was 6 years old, her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, and she began playing saxophone at Sequoyah Middle School. Soon after, her parents divorced and she moved with her mother to Carrollton, Texas, where she attended Blalack Middle ...
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