DAYNA STEPHENS

Post Bop / Post-Fusion Contemporary / Hard Bop / Fusion / 21st Century Modern • United States
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Dayna Stephens was born in Brooklyn, New York august 1st, 1978, and was raised in the San Francisco bay area. He began playing the saxophone at age 13. He attended the prestigious Berkeley High School and took part in their jazz ensemble. Dayna was then accepted to Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA on a full scholarship. There, he studied with Hal Crook, Billy Pierce, George Garzone and Andy McGee among others. While in Boston, Dayna also had the opportunity to perform with Chick Corea and the Boston Pops for a P.B.S. special.

After graduating from Berklee, Dayna was selected to be in the Thelonious Monk Institute of jazz program located at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles by Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard. He studied there for 2 years and while there, Dayna studied and played with, among others: Dave Holland, Kenny Barron, Wayne
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DAYNA STEPHENS Dayna Stephens featuring John Scofield : The Timeless Now album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dayna Stephens featuring John Scofield : The Timeless Now
Post Bop 2007
DAYNA STEPHENS Dayna Stephens, André Sumelius, George Kontrafouris & Teemu Viinikainen : A Week Ago Today album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dayna Stephens, André Sumelius, George Kontrafouris & Teemu Viinikainen : A Week Ago Today
Post Bop 2011
DAYNA STEPHENS Today Is Tomorrow album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Today Is Tomorrow
Post Bop 2012
DAYNA STEPHENS That Nepenthetic Place album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
That Nepenthetic Place
Post Bop 2013
DAYNA STEPHENS I'll Take My Chances album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
I'll Take My Chances
Post Bop 2013
DAYNA STEPHENS New Day: The Emeryville Sessions, Vol. 3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
New Day: The Emeryville Sessions, Vol. 3
Hard Bop 2014
DAYNA STEPHENS Peace album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Peace
Post Bop 2014
DAYNA STEPHENS Dayna Stephens Featuring Walter Smith III ‎: Reminiscent album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dayna Stephens Featuring Walter Smith III ‎: Reminiscent
Post Bop 2015
DAYNA STEPHENS Gratitude album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gratitude
Post-Fusion Contemporary 2017
DAYNA STEPHENS Dayna Stephens Trio : Liberty album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Dayna Stephens Trio : Liberty
Post Bop 2020
DAYNA STEPHENS Pluto Juice album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pluto Juice
Fusion 2021
DAYNA STEPHENS Closer Than We Think album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Closer Than We Think
21st Century Modern 2024

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DAYNA STEPHENS Right Now - Live At The Village Vanguard album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Right Now - Live At The Village Vanguard
Post Bop 2019

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