CAROLINE DAVIS, SOLO
(Booking in North America)
LINEUP:
Caroline Davis - alto saxophone
TOUR:
2024 - Available upon request
2025 - Available upon request
BIO:
Mobile since her birth in Singapore, composer, saxophonist, and vocalist Caroline Davis’s expression covers a wide range of styles, owed to her shifting environment as a child. From angular, melody-present instrumental outfits to soulful, quirky song writing, Caroline’s persona is recognizably present. As an improviser and saxophonist, she has released six albums under her name and has won Downbeat’s Critic’s Poll Rising Star. Through the years, her work continues to garner praise in domestic and international publications.
Davis has shared musical moments with Lee Konitz, John Zorn, Angelica Sanchez, The Femme Jam, Matt Mitchell, Terry Riley, Miles Okazaki, Geoffrey Keezer, and Billy Kaye, among many others. She regularly sings and writes songs with the experimental R&B band, My Tree. Her composition work has led her to be a resident fellow at MacDowell, The Jazz Gallery, The Rockefeller Estate, and ICE Ensemble Evolution; and she has been awarded Jerome Hill, CMA, and NYFA fellowships. Her compositions often integrate science and music, influenced by her Ph.D in Music Cognition. Caroline is an advocate for gender equity (This Is A Movement, The New School) and abolition (Justice for Keith Lamar).
VIDEOS:
OSCILLATIONS:
“Oscillations is a solo project over the course of 52 weeks (2021), with a new video released weekly. Groups of neurons in our brains generate oscillatory patterns, given input from the Central Nervous System. I believe that these concurring patterns create a complex scene of rhythm within us. This is my way of exposing those rhythms, monophonically, without a metronome or any other accompaniment. The ricocheting back and forth creates a sense of oscillation, similar to what I imagine happening in our brains. My ultimate hope is to offer something akin to Binaural Beats - ongoing research in this field has revealed that oscillating patterns have the potential to interrupt repetitive neuronal firings. Anecdotal evidence suggests that for some listeners, it may reveal new ways of hearing ourselves and the world. Please be in touch for further information. Thank you for consuming.”
- Caroline Davis
