Jazz Articles about Caroline Davis

About Caroline Davis

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Come nel precedente, apprezzato Miniature America (Cygnus Recordings, 2024) il chitarrista e compositore Miles Okazaki è alla guida di una formazione di ben dieci elementi ma con una differenza non da poco, al posto delle tre voci femminili si raddoppiano contrabbasso e trombone e si aggiunge la batteria, riunendo alcuni dei musicisti più in vista della scena newyorkese. Così Boomtown prosegue nel processo creativo iniziato con l'album precedente che prevede l'utilizzo di ensemble di grandi dimensioni per dar forza e ...

Radio & Podcasts

2026 New Releases, Part 2

by Jon Greenbaum
August 9, 2026

This is part 2. And in case you missed it, here's Part 1. Like I said last week, I came across hundreds and hundreds of releases. These are the other 2026 highlights that reconfigured the chemicals in my bloodstream. Playlist Dandy Dandie “23 septembre" from Helios y Selene (Yolk Records) 00:04 Diego Pinera 4x4 “Through Hell" from Romanian Dance (iapetus) 01:10 Michael Formanek “Prequel" from New Digs (Intakt Records) 06:33 Alexander Hawkins “Hocket Fierce Peaceful" from No Nation ...

Radio & Podcasts

Caroline Davis: The Saxophone Reimagined In The Fallows

by Lawrence Peryer
May 9, 2026

Today, The Tonearm's needle lands on saxophonist and composer Caroline Davis. Caroline made her album Fallows (Ropeadope, 2026) alone during a residency in Ucross, Wyoming, improvising and recording in a cabin, using prepared saxophone techniques and a unique instrument called an organelle to process and build sounds she'd never put to tape before. The result is twelve tracks that use the saxophone as raw material rather than a lead voice. We talk about how that music ...

Album Review

Caroline Davis: Fallows

Read "Fallows" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright

by Katchie Cartwright
April 2, 2026

Fallows, the singular saxophonist Caroline Davis' debut release as a one-woman band (sax and electronics), was written and recorded on a 20,000-acre ranch in the high plains of Wyoming, the fruit of a month-long artist residency at the Ucross Foundation. Davis, who is Brooklyn-based at present, had gotten into working with electronics in 2006 while living in Chicago, completing her doctorate in cognitive psychology and gigging with Zing! (Magnetic Flux, 2007; High Mayhemic, 2014; both on ears&eyes Records). The solitude ...

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Caroline Davis: The Un-Becoming

by David Bixler
March 30, 2026

What happens when you go off the grid to find your sound? For saxophonist Caroline Davis, the answer is Fallows (Ropeadope, 2026), her first solo release which was conceived during a month-long residency at Ucross, Wyoming. During this time, Davis stripped away the “self" to make room for pure creation: the album is the result of a deliberate “un-becoming"--a period where Davis set aside the expectations of daily life to let the landscape speak through her horn. This ...

Album Review

Caroline Davis: Portals, Volume 2: Returning

Read "Portals, Volume 2: Returning" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero
March 28, 2025

Il precedente Portals Volume 1: Mourning nasceva dalla necessità di rielaborare la morte improvvisa del padre attraverso una musica che curasse il dolore e conservasse i ricordi migliori. In quel disco, Caroline Davis, sassofonista, flautista, compositrice ed educatrice statunitense nata a Singapore da padre inglese e madre svedese, accostava al suo classico quintetto un quartetto d'archi. Portals vol.2 : Returning è invece un omaggio a Joan Anson-Weber, poetessa nonché nonna di Caroline, e farla da padrone sono in questo caso ...

Album Review

Caroline Davis: Portals, Volume 2 : Returning

Read "Portals, Volume 2 : Returning" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
October 23, 2024

Alto saxophonist/composer Caroline Davis, a rising star in the jazz world, has unveiled her second installment of the “Portals" series, titled Portals Vol. 2: Returning. This album serves as a sonic memoir, inspired by her grandmother, Joan “Lady" Anson-Weber, and it represents a deeply personal journey of reflection and healing. As a gifted saxophonist and composer, Davis draws upon her grandmother's poetic legacy to craft a musical experience that is both moving and evocative. This album stands as ...