Claire Daly - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Hailed as one of the exciting new voices on the Scottish jazz scene, Irish singer Claire Daly takes a fresh approach to jazz singing.As well as familiar favourites played in unfamiliar ways, sets can include anything from vocal takes on the music of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Charles Mingus or Miles Davis (to name a few); free improvisation over traditional folk melodies; and tunes sung in Italian, French, Portuguese or even Gaelic. More recent shows have seen her unveil some of her own compositions, with lyrics taking a tongue-in-cheek look at life... sung in the jazz language from the perspective of a thirtysomething who finds herself in a very similar but hugely different land...As well as performing around Edinburgh, she has performed in the Edinburgh Jazz Festival and the Glasgow Jazz Festival, and Pizza Express (Soho) in London. Following an RTS touring support award , she completed a 4-date tour of her native Ireland in November 2007, taking in Cleere's in Kilkenny, the Triskel Arts Centre (Cork), Mermaid Arts Centre (Bray) and JJ Smyth's in Dublin.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/12/2006
Band Members: Paul Kirby (piano), Ed Kelly (bass), Nelide Bandello (drums).I have also collaborated extensively with Paul Harrison (piano) and Chris Wallace (drums) (present on this recording).
Influences: Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Betty Carter, Kurt Elling, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgearld, Dave Holland, Geri Allen, Pat Martino, Brad Mehldau, Joni Mitchell, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Prince, Tom Waits, Satie, Tracey Thorn, Cocteau Twins, Benjamin Britten, Ravel, Bob Dylan, Norma Winstone, Stan Getz, Astrud Gilberto, Bebel Gilberto.
Sounds Like: Mmm... My curiosity about what you hear in my music exceeding my need to tell you
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Thumbs Up from Timeout for our Sept 8th gig

Nice preview mention from Timeout magazine for our gig in London. Of course, a wee typo gives the impression that Kit is so ubiquitous that he is on bass too... but hey, I'm not complaining - so...
Posted by Claire Daly on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:59:00 PST

The Road to London

Emerging from the hell of a rain-drenched/ computer glitch infected Edinburgh Fringe, the preparations for the Pizza Express gig have been delay somewhat. But hey - nothing like the release of a...
Posted by Claire Daly on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:20:00 PST