Devon Gates

Returning to London for the first time since studying abroad at the Royal Academy of Music in 2023, American bassist-vocalist-composer Devon Gates reunites with friends from the UK jazz scene, sharing original compositions and improvisations from her wide-ranging blend of jazz, chamber, and soul influences. Conceptualized as a musical conversation amongst old and new friends on the bandstand and in the audience, Devon aims to create a night of storytelling, collective joy, and spontaneity embracing the spirit of discovery, and the magic of getting folks in a room together and seeing what singular sparks may emerge from there

Devon Gates is a bassist, vocalist, and composer from Atlanta, Georgia, now based in Brooklyn, NY. After studying anthropology and jazz performance at Harvard University, Berklee College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK) she has emerged in the contemporary jazz scene, working with esteemed artists including Terri Lyne Carrington, Vijay Iyer, Jen Shyu, and Nicole Mitchell, and performing at venues such as The Kennedy Center, SFJazz, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, and the London Jazz Festival. Recently named one of 2024's Up and Comers of the Year (The New York City Jazz Record), she also leads her own projects as a bandleader, collaborator, and composer, bringing her unique blend of jazz, chamber, and soul influences to New York, Japan, Italy, Mongolia, India, the UK, and more in recent years.