About

Grammy award winning saxophonist Darryl Yokley came to New York in 2009 and has established himself as a unique artist who is always looking to connect with audiences. The son of an African-American father and a first generation Mexican mother, he relishes his diverse background and has developed a love for learning about and embracing the myriad of cultures around the world. Performing both classical and jazz has allowed Yokley the opportunity to perform in a number of musical contexts. He has performed for musical legend Quincy Jones as well as motown legends The Four Tops,The Temptations, The O’ Jays and singer-songwriter Rhonda Ross, Eddie Palmieri, Sean Jones, Orrin Evans, Nasheet Waits, Ralph Peterson, Jack Walrath, Frank Lacy, Valery Ponomarev, Broadway sensations Brandon Victor Dixon and Dez Duron and his own band, Sound Reformation. His most recent recording Un Mundo En Soledad was released on November 1st, 2024 in homage to Nobel prize winning author Gabriel Gárcia Márque

Music

I play in a variety of settings including on the Tony and Grammy award winning show, Hell's Kitchen by Alicia Keys. With my own projects our styles of jazz vary from straight ahead to the Avant-Garde. Our current project, Un Mundo en Soledad, is a Latin Jazz project paying homage to Gabriel Gárcia Márquez's most famous work, Cien Años de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude). I also performer as a classical soloist as well.

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