David Boykin

Like an invisible force upsetting master equations of the jazz universe, David Boykin has quietly been one of Chicago’s most important and enigmatic musicians of the recent era.
He is a revolutionary storyteller working in the mediums of: music composition, band leading, saxophone shamanism, afro electronic soul singing, rapping, beat producing, conceptual art, and filmmaking.

He has released over 20 album length recordings while performing in venues large and small from Hong Kong, to Dakar, to Moscow, to Paris, to St Louis in the last 24 years. He has exhibited artwork at the University of Chicago and the Chicago Art Department.