Image credits: Tanguy Delavet

daoud / ok

daoud (trumpet), Thomas Perier (keyboards), Quentin Braine (drums), Louis Navarro (double bass)

The problem child of jazz who refuses to play by jazz’s rules, daoud imagines a music driven by a sense of inadequacy - one that disrupts conventions without seeking approval, resonating equally with curious newcomers and seasoned purists.

His work is charged with a persistent tension: between playfulness and gravity, chaos and tenderness, irony and sincerity. With ok, his upcoming album to be released by ACT in 2025, he delivers a personal manifesto shaped by collapse and repetition - but also by the perseverance required to begin again.

Around the music, the artist crafts a raw visual universe, marked as much by provocation as by youthful abandon, a return to childhood not for comfort, but to unearth contradictions. Fragility, impermanence, satire - his aesthetic embraces the flaw rather than concealing it.

On stage, daoud and his band bend the rules with a mix of restrained lyricism and explosive force. Since the release of GOOD BOY in 2024, praised by critics, they’ve played a string of sold-out shows and standout performances, from Ronnie Scott’s in London to the Montreux Jazz Festival, with a stop at Marciac along the way. At the same time, daoud composes and produces for others, without ever letting go of a personal approach that grows ever freer and more uncompromising.

Calendar

2025

03 09
DE - Wuppertal Club Show
daoud | LOCH
04 09
DE - Dortmund Club Show
daoud | Domicil
05 09
DE - Hamburg
daoud | Halle424
06 09
DE - Berlin Club Show
daoud | Gretchen
17 10
DE - München Show
daoud | Bergson GmbH
18 10
DE - Karslruhe Festival Show
daoud | Jazzclub Karlsruhe e.V.
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Contact

Floriane Schroetter

Booking Agent

Wenna Liu

Production Manager

Representation: germany, austria, switzerland, scandinavia, benelux