CLAIRE DALY
Genres: Hard Bop, Post Bop, Pop, Art Song, Folk, Jazz Related Improv, Composition • United States

Claire Daly (1958 – 22 October 2024) was a baritone saxophonist and composer.   Daly was born in Bronxville, New York. She began playing the saxophone at the age of 12, becoming interested in jazz when she attended a Buddy Rich performance at the Westchester County Center. She attended Berklee College of Music, mainly playing alto and tenor saxophones, and graduated in 1980.    After graduating, Daly played alto and tenor saxophone in two rock bands while performing jazz in the Boston area. She moved to New York City in 1985 and began her career as a freelance baritone saxophonist. Beginning in the mid-1990s, she performed frequently with pianist Joel Forrester and together they released 6 CDs. Daly's first album as a leader, Swing Low, was released in 1999. It was later installed in the William Jefferson Clinton Library, Little Rock, Arkansas as a CD significant to the President while in office. As read more...