Angel Bat Dawid is a Black American composer, improviser, clarinetist, pianist, vocalist, educator, and DJ celebrated for her impactful contributions to contemporary jazz and Black cultural expression. Her debut album, “The Oracle” (2019), released via Chicago’s International Anthem, received praise for its deep exploration of Black life, history, and spirituality. In 2024, she premiered her solo clarinet piece, “The Black Queen of Italy Strolls Through Her Garden,” at Villa Medici in Rome. Her diverse works include "Requiem for Jazz", performed at Hyde Park Jazz Festival, and “Peace: A Suite for Skylanding,” composed and premiered for the Art Institute of Chicago & Chicago Humanities Festival as part of Yoko Ono’s SkyLanding installation in Chicago's Jackson Park.

As a performer, Angel has played at Carnegie Hall's Futurism Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, Newport Jazz Festival, and a myriad of international festivals in Europe, Japan, and South America. She leads the ensemble “Tha Brothahood”, whose 2020 album “LIVE” was named one of NPR Music’s Best Albums. Her collaborations include André 3000, Bilal, Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra), Shabaka Hutchings, Naima Nefertari and more. Angel is also a clarinetist with Damon Locks’ Black Monument Ensemble. As a DJ, she hosts a monthly show on NTS Radio, curating jazz, soul, gospel, hip-hop, and experimental music.

Beyond performance, she teaches her “Great Black Music Course” at educational centers throughout Chicago, including Imagine Englewood IF and Simpson Academy for Young Women through Old Town School of Folk Music’s Moves Programs. Her advocacy for representation of Black women in the arts includes her all-women ensemble “Sistazz of the Nitty Gritty” and her founding of the “Bloom Residency for Black Women” at the women-founded Chicago venue “The Blk Room.”

Angel has also contributed to film scores, including Terence Nance’s HBO series "Random Acts of Flyness", and has been featured at various film festivals and composed for  independent films.

Recognized in DownBeat Magazine’s 2025 Critics Poll as Clarinetist of the Year and Rising Composer of the Year, she was also featured in Pitchfork’s “Pitchfork 25 Next,” served as Winter JazzFest Artist-in-Residence in 2022, and is a 2025 United States Artist Fellow as well as a 2025 Artist in Residence at Northwestern University’s Black Arts Consortium.