Christina Dahl

Christina Dahl: Life's Carousel

by Chris Mosey
June 2, 2014

Christina Dahl, wife of Carsten Dahl, Denmark's No. 1 jazz pianist, is that rare phenomenon: a woman saxophonist. She is a very forceful player, guilty perhaps, on occasion, of over- compensating for her femininity. Still, the saxophone has always tended to encourage extremes of expression, from the raucous, macho honking of rhythm 'n' blues men such as Earl Bostic and Jackie Brenston, through those Jazz At The Philharmonic “battles" between the giants of yesteryear, all the way ...