Two rising voices from LA’s jazz frontier unite for an evening of reimagined standards and visionary original music.
Devin Daniels and Julien Knowles met as classmates at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz, where they were mentored by legends including Billy Childs, Walter Smith III, and Hancock himself. Since graduating in 2023, the saxophonist and pianist have forged individually intertwined career paths, each becoming one of LA’s most sought-after musicians. Daniels has performed alongside Gerald Clayton, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and John Beasley, and in 2024 was invited by Hancock to join him on a four-week national tour with Terence Blanchard and Chris Potter. Knowles, known for his unwavering musical sensitivity and honest improvisation, has toured with Louis Cole and become a fixture in LA’s creative music scene. Their 2024 releases—Daniels’ LesGo! and Knowles’ As Many, as One—were both celebrated in NPR’s “Essential Jazz Discoveries of 2024.”
Now the classmates-turned-collaborators officially join forces with their co-led project Now Then, an album that pays homage to jazz’s rich history while ushering in a new generation of interpretation. Featuring reimagined American songbook standards alongside original material, Now Then is a visionary work of sonic progression. Joined by bassist Jermaine Paul and drummer Christian Euman, Daniels and Knowles present a collaborative vision of where contemporary jazz is heading. Experience Devin Daniels & Julien Knowles Quartet live at The Century Room.
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