Those in the know are already excited about the rise of trumpeter Klara Devlin on the British jazz scene. 19-year-old jazz trumpet player Klara was a 2024 BBC Young Jazz Musician finalist, currently studying jazz at the Royal Academy of Music.
She began playing trumpet at five and discovered jazz at eight. Klara’s material draws inspiration mainly from the Bebop and Hard Bop eras, mixed with a soupcon of Funk and improv, while her influences span Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Ella Fitzgerald, Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Chick Corea, and Wayne Shorter.
Her quartet — formed through Tomorrow’s Warriors — performs her original compositions and arrangements inspired by bebop, blues and free jazz. The Klara Devlin Quartet has played at venues including Jazz In The Round, Jazz Sanctuary, Karamel, CLF Art Lounge, and also the Brick Lane, We Out Here and Brecon Jazz Festivals.
“Klara Devlin, remember her name, she is in my opinion one of the most amazing and unique new trumpet voices to emerge onto the UK jazz scene. To coin the famous quote ‘if ya ain’t got it in ya, ya can’t blow it out’. Klara Devlin definitely has it, and definitely blows it out of her horn! I’m about 2-3 jazz generations in front of her and I’ve never been this excited about a young musician in a while, definitely a stylist who’ll be making new waves for the next generation.” Tony Kofi, saxophonist.
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