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| Sara Caswell "is a brilliant world-class
violinist... one of the very best of the present generation
of emerging young jazz stars" according to David Baker, internationally-renown
jazz educator and director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks
Orchestra. Ms. Caswell's debut CD, First
Song, received rave reviews and has recently had tracks
played on NPR's Morning Edition. Her
latest CD, But Beautiful, spent 9 weeks (including
a #1 ranking) on nationally-syndicated jazz radio host Bob
Parlocha's list of Top 40 new releases. Ms. Caswell's CD
was also included in Coda Magazine's Top Tens of 2005 by
reviewer Bill Falconer and was selected by Dr. Herb Wong
for his Blue Chip Jazz CD Awards: Top Instrumentals of 2005.
Ms. Caswell's varied performing experiences include several
solo appearances in Carnegie Hall with Skitch Henderson's
New York Pops Orchestra and Jazz Allstars and being featured
at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center as part
of their Upstarts concert series. She has performed
with such artists as Charlie Byrd, Bucky Pizzarelli, Gene
Bertoncini, John Clayton, Ted Rosenthal, Ingrid Jensen, and
John Blake Jr., opened for Geri Allen and Danilo Perez, toured
as the youngest member of Four Generations of Jazz Violin with
Darol Anger, Johnny Frigo, Joe Kennedy Jr., and Matt Glaser,
and performed newly commissioned jazz violin arrangements
with symphony orchestras. In the fall of 2006, Ms. Caswell
toured with violinist Mark O'Connor as part of his Fiddle
Celebration ensemble. Currently, she co-leads the Caswell
Sisters Quintet and leads the Sara Caswell Quartet in concerts
around the country, and is also a member of the New York
Pops Orchestra. |
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