Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 Baritone saxophonist Claire Daly lost her fight with cancer yesterday afternoon. I only got to see Claire perform live once but it sticks with me because she really knew her way around that sax. https://downbeat.com/news/detail/in-memoriam-claire-daly-19582024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 was just coming here to post this as well. She was a badass and a very cool person. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 Oh that's a shame. I knew nothing about her until someone posted here (possibly Kevin Bresnahan) about her illness and a fundraising effort to support her. I bought her latest LP in response and it came with a lovely note from Claire thanking me for the support. The music's great but that seemed almost like a trifle at the time. I'll play it in her memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 Very sorry to hear this. I've played her frequently over the years on my daytime afternoon program and will definitely highlight her passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted October 23 Report Share Posted October 23 I was unaware Claire had been battling cancer. A couple of times I met her for lunch while visiting NYC, she recommended great restaurants that I would have never found on my own. She was an important baritone saxophonist and she will be missed. She must have been ill when she was working on Vuvu For Frances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 24 Author Report Share Posted October 24 10 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said: I was unaware Claire had been battling cancer. A couple of times I met her for lunch while visiting NYC, she recommended great restaurants that I would have never found on my own. She was an important baritone saxophonist and she will be missed. She must have been ill when she was working on Vuvu For Frances. As I understand it, she felt fine making "Vu Vu For Francis" and didn't feel something was off until after she played it live at Dizzy's with George Garzone in July of last year. This cancer diagnosis came out of the blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 28 Author Report Share Posted October 28 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/27/arts/music/claire-daly-dead.html Claire's obit in the NYT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milestones Posted October 29 Report Share Posted October 29 I was not too aware of her, but I've heard a few things--primarily on BandCamp. It is certainly stuff worth hearing. And it certainly seems that she was under-recorded. R.I.P., Claire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted October 31 Report Share Posted October 31 I still have the last series of texts that I exchanged with Claire Daly. Somehow I can’t delete them, even though the last message was a year ago. i couldn’t access the NYT obit, did the writer contact Joel Forrester? If not, he may have been harder to reach if he is still living and working in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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