Caroline Davis
Fallows
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Listening to Fallows, the latest release from acclaimed jazz saxophonist Caroline Davis, is like entering a portal into another dimension. That sounds like a cliché, but it’s accurate. The sounds she conjures on her alto saxophone, aided by a processing mechanism called an organelle, form a unique and often mesmerizing combination. When accompanied by odd field recordings, they form the ultimate mix of organic and mechanical, fusing sounds and genres.
Davis has been releasing music with accompanying musicians and as an accompanist for other artists for the last couple of decades, but Fallows is her first solo album in the literal sense. Along with nature sounds from the artist residency in Ucross, Wyoming, where the album was recorded, her saxophone and organelle are the only sounds you hear. “I made everything you hear on this recording in a zone where I forgot myself and the expectations placed on me,” she explains. “It all felt like a dream, four weeks of support to create, I had the privilege of weaving myself in with the snow, flowers, birds, water, and saw Mars with my naked eye in the night’s sky.”