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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.
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.
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
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.
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).
Muthspiel / Colley / Blade, JC Sandford's EQ, Donovan Haffner, The Poly-Tones
by Cheryl K.
During this week's two-hour program of jazz and improvised music, guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel, bassist Scott Colley, and drummer Brian Blade; pianist Simon Chivallon; Lizzy & The Triggermen; JC Sandford's EQ; Perceptions Trio; saxophonists Jason Rigby and Donovan Haffner; The Poly-Tones; bassist Rich Brown; and pianist Chano Domínguez and guitarist Ethan Margolis. Playlist Monnette Sudler ...
Afar
Album: Childlike
By Varun Das
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:43
Dayna Stephens, Allen Lowe, and the Millennial Territory Orchestra
by Jerome Wilson
This episode features music from Dayna Stephens, Allen Lowe, and Bob Dorough. It also includes the Millennial Territory Orchestra paying tribute to Sly Stone. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Ethan Iverson “Technically Acceptable" from ...
Afar
Album: Childlike
By Varun Das
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Duration: 05:43
