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A Tribe for Jazz proudly presents Devon Gates & Friends | A Tribe For Jazz
January 27th, 2026

Thursday, February 5, 2026
Columbus Museum of Art
Doors: 6:30 PM
Show: 7:00 PM
Price: $15 Members | $20 Non-Members
Tickets: https://www.columbusmuseum.org/events/event/5752729
Vital, expressive, and unapologetically contemporary—this is jazz with a pulse and a point of view.
Led by bassist Devon Gates, the evening brings together four internationally recognized voices shaping today’s jazz landscape:
• Kalia Vandever – Trombone
• Marta Sanchez – Piano
• Lesley Mok – Drums
About the Artist
Devon Gates is a Brooklyn-based bassist, vocalist, and composer working at the intersection of jazz, chamber music, and social storytelling. A Harvard-trained anthropologist with Berklee-honed chops, Gates has collaborated widely across the modern jazz world and earned recognition for music that’s emotionally direct and structurally fearless.