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Stephen Arnold is a bassist and composer from Greenfield, Massachusetts and based in Washington, DC. A pianist from a young age, Arnold picked up the upright bass at the George Washington University, where he studied with Herman Burney, Jr. Shortly after college he was selected to participate in the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center under the direction of Jason Moran. Arnold contributes to projects by a wide variety of artists including Fran Vielma, Sharón Clark, Todd Marcus, Brandon Woody, Aleks Izotov, Keith Butler, Jr., and ¡FIASCO! Since 2018 he has contributed to over 40 recording projects and performed at many great venues, such as the Library of Congress, the Kennedy Center, Blues Alley, and the Howard Theater

Album

The Hitting Wall

By Stephen Arnold

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Hitting Wall (Dec. 24, 2024); Little Steve's Poem; Change of the Season; Re: Vision (Intro); Re: Vision; The Root (Intro); The Root; The Prophecy; Memories of My Precocious Youth, Part I; Memories of My Precocious Youth, Part II; Change of the Season (Reprise); I Won't Let You Down; Older Brother / Younger Brother; The Hitting Wall (Dec. 31, 2025)

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The Root

September 22, 2026

Album: The Hitting Wall
By Stephen Arnold
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2026
Duration: 05:39

Article: Album Review

Stephen Arnold & Sea Change: The Hitting Wall

Read "The Hitting Wall" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
August 11, 2026

Although is difficult to pinpoint the precise thread that ties them together, bassist and composer Stephen Arnold envisions the 14 songs of The Hitting Wall as a suite, albeit one whose parts are at times more divergent than complementary, compositionally and in terms of groove. Arnold leads an able sextet whose horn section is ...

Album

Until Now

By Stephen Arnold

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: Kindred; True Love; Until Now; Breast Milk Theory; The Desperate Cry of a Dying Mind; Sarah's Steps; The Prayer; Getting Better; Little Birdie

Album

The Prayer

By Stephen Arnold

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2023
Track listing: The Prayer; Want You to Know; Adrianne in Westhampton

Album

Sea Change

By Stephen Arnold

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: For Better and For Worse; Greenfield; May; Brother Ben; Sea Change; The Red Turtle; Lungs; Dark Little Heart; How Many Years; Second Nature; Metamorphosis; Sea Change (Reprise)