DRIVEN BY A LIFELONG OBSESSION, DAYNA STEPHENS REIMAGINES THELONIOUS MONK ON MONK’D — A STRIPPED-BACK, DEEPLY PERSONAL TRIBUTE OUT OCTOBER 10 VIA CONTAGIOUS MUSIC RECORDED IN A SINGLE DAY AT RUDY VAN GELDER STUDIO, FEATURING ETHAN IVERSON, STEPHEN RILEY & ERIC MCPHERSON Monk’D, the new album from Dayna Stephens, will be released October 10 on … Read More
Acclaimed saxophonist Dayna Stephens and his supergroup explore the overlapping lines of optimism and cynicism and their roles in the human experience with Hopium, out February 7, 2025 The human condition is a state rich with duality. One’s desires may walk hand in hand with one’s drive to succeed, while one’s doubts may run before … Read More
Acclaimed saxophonist, composer, and educator Dayna Stephens brings together a diasporic ensemble of those who inspire him with Closer Than We Think, a reminder of similarity over difference and unity over division, out April 5, 2024 via Cellar Music Group Dayna Stephens is a monumental saxophonist, composer, and educator with rightly-lauded acclaim on the contemporary … Read More
Dates: June 17-18, The Green Mill, Chicago June 20, Smalls Jazz Club, New York “Every second is executed with taste and balance – a kind of jazz feng shui.” Downbeat Magazine Internationally recognized pianist Dan Cray is proud to celebrate his new release for Origin Records “Outside In” at The Green Mill, located at 4802 … Read More
DRUMMER ZANE RODULFO TO RELEASE TRINIDADIAN INFUSED DEBUT EP “PATHWAYS” 2/26 FEATURING DAYNA STEPHENS, NIR FELDER & LUQUES CURTIS REVIVE Music proudly announces the February 26 release of “Pathways”, the rousing debut EP from drummer Zane Rodulfo. Accompanied by luminaries such as saxophonist Dayna Stephens, guitarist Nir Felder, guitarist Marvin Dolly, pianist Noble Jolley, bassist … Read More
