Donovan Haffner Quartet at Crookes Social Club

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Rising star saxophonist Donovan Haffner, a Tomorrow's Warriors graduate, is one of 2025's breakthrough artists who won 'Jazz Newcomer' at the 2025 Parliamentary Jazz Awards. Born and bred in South East London, at age 11 Donovan joined the highly respected Tomorrow's Warriors Young Artist Development Programme where he was mentored by Gary Crosby and Binker Golding and at 18 he toured Italy with multi-award-winning drummer Moses Boyd. The drive and sophistication of his playing, as well as his growing reputation as a bandleader and composer and how he interprets his own compositions, is bringing him to the attention of jazz fans across the country.