Recorded work, over eras & sounds.
MONK’D
“Stephens doesn’t reframe Monk so much as converse with him. There’s humor, abstraction, and reverence.”
-All About Jazz, 2025
HOPIUM
“Music that resists easy answers but invites repeated returns.”
-The New York City Jazz Record, 2025
CLOSER THAN
WE THINK
“A new chapter marked by restraint rather than excess.”
-Jazz Views, 2024
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“Electric textures that never overwhelm the melodic core.
An all-inclusive scope on modern jazz fusion.”
-All About Jazz, 2021
PLUTO JUICE
“A reminder that jazz remains a living, urgent art form.”
-All About Jazz, 2020
RIGHT NOW!
LIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD
“Sparse instrumentation yields surprising emotional depth.”
-All About Jazz, 2020
LIBERTY
“Subtle, searching compositions that invite reflection… Stephens favors nuance over declaration.”
-DownBeat, 2019
HEART
CHANGE OF
“Warm, thoughtful, and deeply considered.”
-All About Jazz, 2017
GRATITUDE
“A rousing straight-ahead masterpiece for the 2010s.”
-JJazz.Net (Japan), 2015
REMINISCENT
“A beautiful jazz record, meant for long-term listening.”
-Pop Matters, 2014
PEACE
NEW DAY
“A huge, soft, luxuriant sound that’s among the most beautiful in jazz.”
-Andrew Gilbert, Jazz critic
THE EMERYVILLE SESSIONS VOL. 3
I’LL TAKE
“Stephens emerges as a complete musical thinker.”
-All About Jazz, 2013
MY CHANCES
“A debut that signals ambition and depth…Twisting, layered pieces of modern bebop.”
-DownBeat, 2013
PLACE
THAT NEPENTHETIC
TODAY IS
“A soaring, lyrical, deeply swinging collection of originals and jazz classics.”
-Criss Cross Jazz / Release Notes, 2012