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Chicago-based clarinetist Angel Bat Dawid
composed the opera Song Of Solomon (2018) for two singers,
dancers, marionettes and a ten-member ensemble, the
Sun Ra-inspired Cosmic Love Arkestra.
She played almost every instrument on her debut
The Oracle (2019) that contains
Capetown, a 15-minute improvised duet with South African drummer Asher Simiso Gamedze, as well as pieces inspired by opera, gospel and waltz.
The mixtape
Hush Harbor (recorded in 2020) documents several 2020 recordings on which
she played clarinet, synth and other instruments, as well as singing.
Dawid's 12-movement suite
Requiem For Jazz (premiered in september 2019) was
performed by the ensemble Tha ArkeStarzz: Charles Joseph Smith (piano), Jeremiah Hunt (contrabass), Vincent Davis (percussion), Xristian Espinoza (auxiliary instruments), Norman Long (electronics), Adam Zanolini (flute), Hannah Washington (clarinet), Sam Thousand (trumpet), Isaiah Collier (soprano sax), Fred Jackson Jr (alto sax), Kwesaiah (tenor saxophone), J’Niya Blunt and DaJour Smith (violins), Michelle Manson (viola), Olula (cello), plus the Tha Choruzz (soprano, alto, tenor and baritone) and guests Marshall Allen (alto sax and ewi) and Knoel Scott (percussion).
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