Dayna Stephens

Dayna Stephens (born August 1, 1978) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. In addition to leading his own group, Stephens has performed extensively with Kenny Barron, Ambrose Akinmusire, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, Eric Harland, and Gerald Clayton. Stephens grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Berkeley High School. He went on to study at the Berklee School of Music and later at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz. Stephens's albums include The Timeless Now (2007), Today Is Tomorrow (2012), That Nepenthetic Place (2013), I'll Take My Chances (2013), and Peace (2014). Peace features guitarist Julian Lage, pianist Brad Mehldau, bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Eric Harland. Gratitude was released in 2017.

Monk'D - 2025-10-10T00:00:00.000000Z

UnStandard Too - 2025-07-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Childlike - 2025-03-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Best Life Now - 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Hopium - 2025-02-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Tomorrow Land - 2024-08-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Following the Sun - 2024-04-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Closer Than We Think - 2024-04-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Plot Armor - 2024-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Standing by the Crossroads - 2023-11-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Confluence - 2023-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Between Now and Never - 2021-12-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Elegy for an Undiscovered Species - 2021-06-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Spirit Song - 2020-10-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Right Now! Live at the Village Vanguard - 2020-10-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Change of Heart - 2019-09-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Petrichor - 2019-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Further Chaos - 2019-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Day and Night (feat. Brian Lynch, Dayna Stephens, Matt Pavolka & Colin Stranahan) - 2018-11-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Roads Diverge - 2018-05-18T00:00:00.000000Z

Human Things (Polish Jazz, vol.79) - 2018-03-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Gratitude - 2017-04-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Which Way Now? - 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Reminiscent - 2015-02-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Peace - 2014-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z