Daoud

An enfant terrible who rejects the codes of jazz, Daoud creates music driven by a feeling of inadequacy, challenging conventions without seeking to please, and appealing to curious novices as much as to purists.

The entire work is permeated by a single tension: between playfulness and gravity, chaos and gentleness, irony and sincerity.

With ok, his new album released on ACT in 2025, he delivers a personal manifesto tinged with fall and repetition — but also with the self-denial required to start over again.

Around his music, the artist constructs a raw visual universe, marked by both provocation and youthful letting go, a return to childhood not for reassurance, but to unearth contradictions. Fragility, impermanence, satire — the aesthetic embraces flaws rather than hiding them.

On stage, Daoud and his band play with the rules, oscillating between contained lyricism and explosive outbursts. They have a string of sold-out concerts and notable appearances, from Ronnie Scott's in London to the Montreux Jazz Festival, via the North Sea Jazz Festival.

In parallel, Daoud composes and produces for others, never losing sight of an increasingly free and uncompromising personal approach.