Dayna Stephens Quartet - 6pm at Piedmont Piano Company

About

Dayna Stephens is globally recognized as a saxophonist, composer and arranger, and was the first-place recipient of the 2019 and 2020 DownBeat Critics Poll in the category of Rising Star—Tenor Saxophone. NPR’s Kevin Whitehead had this to say about the saxophonist’s unique style, “Dayna Stephens can cry and rip it up on tenor, but at heart, he’s a streamlined melodic player. His handsome down-the-middle tone is not too heavy or light, though he can lean either way. His sound is sleek, with very light vibrato. And the lines he improvises are uncluttered and well-organized. His horn sings.”