#50 | Caroline Davis — Saxophone | Processing Grief & Interesting Artistic Perspectives

*We had some serious technical issues at the time of recording this episode. Thank you to Caroline for her patience as we were able to track down the final minutes of this fascinating look into her art and life.*

Caroline’s debut album, Live Work & Play, was featured on All About Jazz’s best releases, and she was named one of JazzTimes’ Best New Artists in 2012. In 2018, she won the Downbeat Critic’s Poll “rising star” in the alto saxophone category.

In March of 2019, Davis was a composer-in-residence at the esteemed MacDowell Colony and in the same year, was awarded the Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship for her work between 2019-21. Her compositional practice integrates music with the cognitive sciences, anatomical structures, trauma, and the brain, influenced by her Ph.D work in Music Cognition. 

As an educator, Caroline brings her unique knowledge of music and psychology to her teaching. She has been on the faculty at Litchfield Jazz Camp for 15 years, Stanford Jazz Institute for 5 years, and an educator at The New School, Northwestern University, Harvard University, DePaul University, Columbia College, University of Texas at Arlington, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, to name a few. She has also participated in the following jazz mentorship programs: IAJE’s Sisters in Jazz, the Kennedy Center’s Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program, and Jen Shyu/Sara Serpa’s Mutual Mentorship Program.

 

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