***2009 nominee - Jazz Journalist Award - baritone saxophonist of the year. * ***WWW.CLAIREDALYMUSIC.COM
***2009 WINNER: DOWNBEAT CRITIC POLL - rising star on baritone.
2 new releases available!! THE CLAIRE DALY QUARTET - "RAH! RAH!". A love song to Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and "OUT OF COMPLIANCE" a duo with human beat box Napoleon Maddox called "The Honorable Hustlers". Also available from me directly, "Speak, Spake, Spoke" w/ wordslinger Kirpal Gordon, Warren Smith, Dave Hofsta and Eli Yamin, "2 Sisters, Inc."-- two baris, one mind.and a bass. Claire, Dave Sewelson and Dave Hofstra cavorting about the low register. www.clairedalymusic.com ALL on sale at my website for $10.00 www.clairedalymusic.com
Claire is a native New Yorker, playing bari sax all over the world in a variety of settings. She won the Jazz Journalist Association's +++"BARITONE PLAYER OF THE YEAR" in '05+++ and+++"RISING STAR ON BARITONE"+++ in the DOWNBEAT CRITIC'S POLL for the last 6 yrs.Her CDs, "Rah! Rah!"(a love song to Rahsaan Roland Kirk, "Heaven Help Us All" and "Scaribari" are available at her website, www.clairedalymusic.com, and her first CD as leader, "Swing Low" is in the+++WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY+++ as a CD significant to him while he was President.
She has worked with Joel Forrester since 1990. Their "People Like Us" band released 4 CDs on the Koch Jazz Label. She released 2 CDs as leader on Koch, "Swing Low" and "Movin' On". Recent gigs include Portugal with Joe Fonda's "Bottom's Out" band and Switzerland w/ "2 Sisters, Inc.", headlining at the ++Litchfield Jazz Festival, ++The Kingston Jazz Festival, and many others. UPCOMING PROJECTS INCLUDE RECORDING WITH STRINGS, and guest artist on Giacomo Gates next release!!
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