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Dayna Stephens
Since the release of his 2007 disc, The Timeless Now (CTA), Dayna Stephens has emerged as one of his generation’s most distinguished modern jazz tenor saxophonists and composers. He hones a sinewy yet supple tone that unfurl poised improvisations with melodic ingenuity. As a composer, Stephens continues to build a multifaceted oeuvre filled with pieces that are cinematic in dynamic scope as they incorporate and suspenseful dialogue and interplay. In addition to establishing himself as a leading early 21st century jazz voice, Stephens has collaborated with an impressive array of jazz musicians, including pianists Brad Mehldau, Taylor Eigsti, Muhal Richard Abrams, Kenny Barron, Theo Hill, Gerald Clayton and Aaron Parks; drummers Brian Blade, Al Foster, Idris Muhammad, Marvin “Boogaloo” Smith, Eric Harland, Matt Slocum and Justin Brown; trumpeters Roy Hargrove, Ambrose Akinmusire, and Michael Rodriguez; saxophonists Jaleel Shaw, Ben Wendel, Chris Potter, John Ellis and Walter Smith III; bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Joe Sanders, Linda Oh, Doug Weiss and Larry Grenadier; vocalists Gretchen Parlato, Becca Stevens and Sachal Vasandani; guitarists Julian Lage, Lage Lund and Charles Altura. The New York Times heralded Stephens as a “must see,” and wrote, “Everything flows with unusual fluency and makes you feel rewarded,” regarding his improvisational facilities
Tides
Label: Shifting Paradigm Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: Little B's Poem; Low Gravity; Peace of Constance; My Ideal; Salted Sweets; Suspense and Certainty; Simple
Task; The Gypsy; One of These Days.
Closer Than We Think
Label: Cellar Music Group
Released: 2025
Track listing: Bubbly; The Nomad; Ryland; Scrutiny; Placate; E.S.P.; A New Spring; TE; Blue Poles; Bach
Home; Placate (reprise).
Childlike
By Varun Das
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: This Peculiar Land; Childlike; Top Of The Mountain;
Afar; Inner Circle; Steering With One; Ocean Through
A Lens; Make A Move
The Baggage Room Vol.2 – Meanwhile
Label: Via Veneto Jazz
Released: 2025
Track listing: Timeless Threads; Chasing The Flicker; Meanwhile; Entr’Acte #1; Embracing The Question; Distance; Entr’Acte #2; Savoring Life’S Journey; Half Dreaming; Entr’Acte; Echoes Of The Past.
Monk'D
Label: Contagious Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Brake's Sake; Humph; Coming On The Hudson; Just You And Me Smoking The Evidence; Ugly
Beauty; Stuffy Turkey; Hornin' In; Ruby My Dear; Monk'D.
Best Life Now
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Best Life Now; Call Me (feat. Dayna Stephens); Right On Time (feat. Gretchen Parlato); Stay A Little Bit Longer;
Incredible Kindness; Don't Give Up On Me; What's New; Tyrannosaur; Sometimes I Miss (feat. Nate Smith); Too
Easy; Blame Love.
Linda May Han Oh: Strange Heavens
by Vic Albani
Vic AlbaniStrange Heavens Linda May Han Oh***Biophila RecordsPortal; Strange Heavens; Living Proof; Acapella; The Sweetest Water; Noise Machinery; Home; Paperbirds; Folk Song; Work Song; Skin; Just Waiting. * Formazione: Linda May Han Oh (contrabbasso) / Ambrose Akinmusire (tromba) / Tyshawn Sorey (batteria)Malesiana ...
Bologna Jazz Festival 2025
by Libero Farnè
Bologna Jazz Festival 2025 Varie sedi Bologna e Ferrara 9 ottobre--16 novembre 2025 C'è da domandarsi se si possa definire festival una manifestazione musicale che si protrae per una quarantina di giorni. A Bologna una ragione giustificativa la si può trovare nel volersi ricollegare idealmente al memorabile festival storico, nato alla fine ...
Dayna Stephens: Monk'D
by Dan McClenaghan
A jazz artist stepping into the studio to record some Thelonious Monk can approach the task from different angles. They can go all in and make a statement with solely Monk tunes. Pianist Ran Blake's Epistrophy (Soul Note, 1991) is one example of this approach. Or the artist can pick one of their favorite Monk classics ...
