Vortex Lates: Klara Devlin – MILES 100

Doors 10:30 PM, Music 11:00 PM – 1 set of music

Line-up:

Klara Devlin – Trumpet

Chris Outhwaite – Piano

Aleks Dimitrova – Double bass

Emmanuel Ampong – Drum kit

About:

Continuing Laura Jurd’s celebration for Miles Davis’ Centenary, we are very pleased to welcome Trumpeter Klara Devlin and her quartet performing original compositions and arrangements inspired by bebop, blues and free jazz.

19-year-old jazz trumpet player, Klara Devlin, 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. The Klara Devlin Quartet has appeared across numerous jazz venues and festivals, including Ronnie Scott’s Late Late show, The Jazz Café, Jazz In The Round, Pizza Express Soho, JazzLive at the Crypt and performances at the Brick Lane, We Out Here and Brecon Jazz festivals.

In the words of Tony Kofi: “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, definitely a stylist who’ll be making new waves for the next generation.”