Caroline Davis, Qasim Naqvi and Grey Mcmurray Release Trio Album "Trappings of Sleep" on Red Hook Records
"Trappings of Sleep," a nine-track album, has been released by saxophonist Caroline Davis, guitarist Grey Mcmurray, and drummer Qasim Naqvi under Red Hook Records. Their musical partnership originated from a bar performance in Brooklyn and developed further during a 2025 concert at Saint Peter's Church. After witnessing their set, producer Sun Chung encouraged them to record an album. Each artist contributed individually prior to group rehearsals, fostering a collaborative composition approach. Mcmurray drew the album title from a memory of sleep talking. According to Tyran Grillo's liner notes, the album represents an introspective exploration of dreams. Davis, a Guggenheim Fellow in 2025, has released eight albums; Mcmurray made his solo debut in 2019; Naqvi has commissioned pieces from numerous orchestras.
Key facts
- "Trappings of Sleep" is a nine-track album by Caroline Davis, Grey Mcmurray and Qasim Naqvi on Red Hook Records (EAN 5391538080745)
- Instrumentation is alto saxophone, electronics, electric guitar and drums
- The trio first played together at an informal bar gig in Brooklyn after meeting in New York's improvisation scene
- The album originated from a 2025 performance in the "Jazz Vespers" series at Saint Peter's Church
- Producer Sun Chung invited the trio to make a studio album after hearing a recording of that set
- Each musician composed individually before joint rehearsals kept the pieces open to improvisation
- The title comes from Mcmurray's memory of a sleep lecture heard half-asleep in a hotel conference room
- Tyran Grillo wrote the liner notes, describing the pieces as treating dreaming as space travel
- Davis is a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow in composition and has released eight albums as a bandleader
- McMurray's solo debut "Stay Up" came out in 2019 on Figureight Records
- Naqvi drums in Dawn of Midi and has had works commissioned by the London Contemporary Orchestra and Bang on a Can All-Stars
Entities
Artists
- Caroline Davis
- Grey Mcmurray
- Qasim Naqvi
- Sun Chung
- Tyran Grillo
- Terri Lyne Carrington
- Allison Miller
- Lee Konitz
- Wendy Eisenberg
- John Zorn
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Meshell Ndegeocello
- Tyondai Braxton
- Colin Stetson
- John Cale
- Shahzad Ismaily
- Jessie Montgomery
- Du Yun
- Laura Poitras
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Keith LaMar
- Hari Adivarekar
Institutions
- Red Hook Records
- Saint Peter's Church
- Jazz Vespers
- Figureight Records
- Hausu Mountain
- Everything Band
- Body Meπa
- OK Miss
- Dawn of Midi
- London Contemporary Orchestra
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- Crash Ensemble
- Bang on a Can All-Stars
- Stargaze
- Erased Tapes Records
- New Amsterdam Records
- NNA-Tapes
- Guggenheim Foundation
- DownBeat
- NYFA
- Jerome Foundation
- Chamber Music America
- Foundation for Contemporary Arts
- MacDowell
- Ucross
- The Jazz Gallery
- Rockefeller Estate
- New Music USA
- Next Jazz Legacy
- This Is A Movement
- Justice for Keith LaMar
- Creative Beyond Incarceration
- So Percussion
- New York Magazine
- The Guardian
- Beijing Music Festival
- kultur-port.de
Locations
- Brooklyn
- United States
- New York
- Beijing
- China