Daoud / French Quarter 2026 at Smalls Jazz Club

daoud, the “problem child” of jazz, defies the genre’s rules with music born from a sense of inadequacy—playful yet grave, chaotic yet tender.

His upcoming 2025 album ok (ACT) is a personal manifesto of collapse, repetition, and renewal. Embracing fragility and imperfection, his raw visual and musical worlds mix irony with sincerity.

Since his acclaimed 2024 release GOOD BOY, daoud and his band have electrified stages from Ronnie Scott’s to Montreux, blending restraint and explosive energy while pursuing an ever-freer, uncompromising vision.
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daoud, the “problem child” of jazz, defies the genre’s rules with music born from a sense of inadequacy—playful yet grave, chaotic yet tender.

His upcoming 2025 album ok (ACT) is a personal manifesto of collapse, repetition, and renewal. Embracing fragility and imperfection, his raw visual and musical worlds mix irony with sincerity.

Since his acclaimed 2024 release GOOD BOY, daoud and his band have electrified stages from Ronnie Scott’s to Montreux, blending restraint and explosive energy while pursuing an ever-freer, uncompromising vision.

daoud, enfant terrible du jazz, invente une musique qui bouscule les codes et oscille entre chaos et douceur, ironie et sincérité. Son nouvel album OK, attendu chez ACT en 2025, est un manifeste personnel marqué par la chute, la répétition et l’abnégation nécessaire pour recommencer

Autour de sa musique, il développe un univers visuel brut, provocateur et introspectif, assumant la fragilité et les contradictions. Sur scène, Daoud et son groupe mêlent lyrisme contenu et déflagrations, enchaînant concerts à guichets fermés et festivals prestigieux depuis la sortie de GOOD BOY en 2024.

Parallèlement, il compose et produit pour d’autres tout en poursuivant une démarche artistique libre et sans concessions.

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