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Article: Album Review

Dayna Stephens: Monk'D

Read "Monk'D" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
May 12, 2026

Da un decennio Dayna Stephens s'è imposto tra i migliori sassofonisti della sua generazione ma pochi lo conoscono come contrabbassista, ruolo che ha assunto saltuariamente con Roy Hargrove, Billy Hart, Joshua Redman e altri. La scelta dello strumento a corde in questo suo progetto dedicato alla musica di Monk nasce dalla volontà di esplorare ...

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Monk'D

By Dayna Stephens

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.

Article: Year in Review

Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2025

by Dan McClenaghan
December 3, 2025

The albums on this Best of the Year list were picked on the run, as the months unfolded. Sometimes, second-guessing comes into play at the time of compilation. Not this time. All of these recordings are worthy of being called the Best of 2025. Andrew HillA Beautiful Day, Revisited Palmetto ...

Article: Album Review

Dayna Stephens: Monk'D

Read "Monk'D" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
November 1, 2025

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 ...