Tom Harrell
"He's a total genius!"
Taylor Eigsti
"Dayna is one of the people who will move music to a new place. He drives the band as he drives himself. He puts us all to a different level.”
Dr. Herb Wong
"Dayna seeks a freedom borne of his command of the idiom and a compulsion to create something fresh and compelling in his musical language."
New York Times ........ "a Must see"
Walter Smith lll
“if you don't know Dayna Stephens, go to his page and check for updates about when his record is going to be released. I got a my hands on an advance copy and I can't stop listening to it. I highly recommend that you check him out. Amazing...what else can I say. it is some of the absolute best quartet/quintet music that I have heard in a while. it's a really inspiring project.”
photo by Steve Sheraton
Ejazz news
“One of the most exciting young tenor sax players. A fluid, vigorous soloist with a warm, soulful sound”
Andrew Gilbert (of the SanDiego Union-Tribune, SanJose Mercury New & the Contra Costa Times)
"Just when the brilliant young jazz musician seems to come into focus, he reveals another facet of his already improbably expansive musical gift."
Jerry Karp(of the San Francisco Chronicle, SFweekly, JazzWest.com & DownBeat Magazine)
"A Saxophone Star Ready to Go Nova"
Taylor Eigsti
"Dayna's main instrument is the saxophone, but on bass he's played with Roy Hargrove and Stefon Harris." "People are beginning to realize that with that level of musicality, it's all about learning the technique of another instrument. It would be nice to see a band where you could clone him and he could play both at the same time. He doesn't like to admit this, but whenever he sits down at the piano he's a terrific piano player, too."
Dr. Herb Wong
"Within the expanse of the jazz landscape, a limited handful of stunning newcomers emerge as exciting harbingers of the growing edge of jazz." "a bounty of warm sounds and emotional glow to the listening experience. Everything flows with unusual fluency and makes you feel rewarded. The aesthetic catalyst is tenor saxophonist Dayna Stephens, an intensely organic player "
"He's a total genius!"
Taylor Eigsti
"Dayna is one of the people who will move music to a new place. He drives the band as he drives himself. He puts us all to a different level.”
Dr. Herb Wong
"Dayna seeks a freedom borne of his command of the idiom and a compulsion to create something fresh and compelling in his musical language."
New York Times ........ "a Must see"
Walter Smith lll
“if you don't know Dayna Stephens, go to his page and check for updates about when his record is going to be released. I got a my hands on an advance copy and I can't stop listening to it. I highly recommend that you check him out. Amazing...what else can I say. it is some of the absolute best quartet/quintet music that I have heard in a while. it's a really inspiring project.”
photo by Steve Sheraton
Ejazz news
“One of the most exciting young tenor sax players. A fluid, vigorous soloist with a warm, soulful sound”
Andrew Gilbert (of the SanDiego Union-Tribune, SanJose Mercury New & the Contra Costa Times)
"Just when the brilliant young jazz musician seems to come into focus, he reveals another facet of his already improbably expansive musical gift."
Jerry Karp(of the San Francisco Chronicle, SFweekly, JazzWest.com & DownBeat Magazine)
"A Saxophone Star Ready to Go Nova"
Taylor Eigsti
"Dayna's main instrument is the saxophone, but on bass he's played with Roy Hargrove and Stefon Harris." "People are beginning to realize that with that level of musicality, it's all about learning the technique of another instrument. It would be nice to see a band where you could clone him and he could play both at the same time. He doesn't like to admit this, but whenever he sits down at the piano he's a terrific piano player, too."
Dr. Herb Wong
"Within the expanse of the jazz landscape, a limited handful of stunning newcomers emerge as exciting harbingers of the growing edge of jazz." "a bounty of warm sounds and emotional glow to the listening experience. Everything flows with unusual fluency and makes you feel rewarded. The aesthetic catalyst is tenor saxophonist Dayna Stephens, an intensely organic player "
Booking: Lisa Bautista with JFM Presents
jfmpresent@gmail.com
(510) 967-1109
Management: Jess Wolfe
jesswolfemanagement@gmail.com
(818) 489-6157
