Caili O'Doherty

New York-based pianist, composer, arranger and educator, Caili O’Doherty (pronounced “KAY-lee” “oh-DOE-er-tee”), is known for integrating structures of language in both her compositions and her approach to improvisation. Her recent music focuses on the celebration, preservation, and expansion upon the achievements of jazz’s unsung women heroes. O’Doherty has received national awards for piano performance and composition from the ASCAP Foundation and Downbeat Magazine. The latest release from O’Doherty is Quarantine Dream (Posi-Tone Records 2022). She was a recipient of the 2022 CMA New Jazz Works grant and her band was selected for the 2022-23 AMA U.S. State Department program with tours in Georgia and Canada.