Daryl Johns is the "Talk of the Town," a 13 Year old Jazz bassist who has been featured on a MY9 TV segment in 2009 titled "12 Year Old Jazz Prodigy." He also was featured in the NJ Bergen Suburbanite Newspaper in a full page article titled "Big Time Player, Local Jazz Prodigy Makes His Mark."
He was a semi-finalist in the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Bass Competition and came in honorable mention. T.S. Monk wrote,

Daryl represents everything this music is about, his respect for the history belies his youth.

Daryl was awarded "Best Soloist" and "Best Original Song" in Downbeat Magazines 2010 33rd Annual Student Music Awards. He also plays in the Award winning Manhattan School of Music Pre-College Big Band and Improv Ensemble. Daryl has attended NJPAC Jazz for Teens and keeps busy attending summer Jazz programs. He has performed with Jazz greats including Randy Brecker, Jimmy Owens, Dave Liebman, Geoff Keezer, Carl Allen, Jay Leonhart, Warren Vache, Les Paul, Bucky Pizzarelli, Valery Ponomorev, Don Sickler and his father Steve Johns. He has recorded his first CD with his own Jazz Trio at the Bennett Studio in his home town of Englewood, NJ and is currently doing recording projects at Rudy Van Gelder's Studio produced by Don Sickler.