Caire Daly Quartet at Jazz Forum

After attending the Berklee College of Music, baritone saxophonist Claire Daly began an education of another kind making a living as a musician. Her career has included anchoring the sax section in the Diva Big Band for 7 yrs, freelancing in New York doing every imaginable kind of gig, recording 5 CDs with the brilliant composer/pianist Joel Forrester and their band People Like Us, as well as two CDs as leader on Koch Jazz, and a new release of her own called Heaven Help Us All. She has backed up Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney among many others, being an in-demand baritonist in every style of music. Four-time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll Talent Deserving Wider Recognition and winner of the Jazz Journalist Association Baritone Sax of the Year 05 category, Claire travels worldwide....

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After attending the Berklee College of Music, baritone saxophonist Claire Daly began an education of another kind making a living as a musician. Her career has included anchoring the sax section in the Diva Big Band for 7 yrs, freelancing in New York doing every imaginable kind of gig, recording 5 CDs with the brilliant composer/pianist Joel Forrester and their band People Like Us, as well as two CDs as leader on Koch Jazz, and a new release of her own called Heaven Help Us All. She has backed up Aretha Franklin, James Brown, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney among many others, being an in-demand baritonist in every style of music. Four-time winner of the Downbeat Critics Poll Talent Deserving Wider Recognition and winner of the Jazz Journalist Association Baritone Sax of the Year 05 category, Claire travels worldwide.
“… the most lyrical baritonist performing.” – AllAboutJazz.com

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