A collection of my original music for small jazz ensemble.

original music for small jazz ensemble

Duet for Violin and Piano #1

First performance of my new composition "For Herbie" Live at Rudy's Jazz Bistro in Nashville, TN.  Don Aliquo on tenor,Marcus Finnie on drums, Jack Aylor on bass.

For Herbie

First performance of my composition "Tucson" Live at Rudy's Jazz Bistro in Nashville, TN. Don Aliquo on tenor, Marcus Finnie on drums, Jack Aylor on bass.

tucson

Live recording of my new composition "Sir Barry" which I wrote for Barry Harris.  The group features Michael Rabinowitz on bassoon, Rick Dilling on drums, Zack Page on bass and myself on piano.  Live from the White Horse Black Mountain in NC.

Sir Barry

Solo piano rendition of this beautiful ballad.

Guess I'll Hang my Tears

for Herb Robertson

Live concert at Rudy's Jazz Club August 16, 2025

When We Hear Miles Sing

twilight by Michael Jefry Stevens

canvas- 1 -gema

This track was taken from recent live solo piano gig.  I overdubbed the bass part using Logic.

Autumn Leaves live from Biltmore Estate

Unreleased studio recording (Sound Temple Studios) featuring Joe Lulloff (sax), Will Beasley (bass), Justin Watt (drums) and MJS on piano and composition.

Circle Dance

Pianist/Composer Michael Jefry Stevens (born 1951 in NYC) performs extensively in Europe, Latin America and North America. He has composed over 350 works for both large and small ensemble. As an active band-leader for over 30 years his working musical ensembles include the Conference Call Quartet, The Fonda/Stevens Group, the Hungarian Eastern Boundary Quartet, the Griffith/Stevens Quartet, The Finnish “Brain Inventory Trio”, and most recently a quartet featuring New Orleans saxophonist Brian “Breeze” Cayolle.  Mr. Stevens’ music has been released on more than 80 cds under his name. He has performed and/or recorded with some of the top names in Jazz including, Dave Liebman, Dave Douglas, Valery Ponomarev, Cecil Bridgewater, Dakota Staton, Bill McHenry, Leo Smith, Perry Robinson, Matt Wilson, Gerry Hemingway, Mark Feldman, Han Bennink and many others.  He was the “Margaret Lee Crofts Fellow” for 2000-2001 at the MacDowell Colony, was a 2006 Centrum Arts composer fellow, was a member of the BMI Jazz Composer’s Workshop, and was voted runner-up Jazz musician of the year (2009) by Chicago JazzNet.  In 2011 the Penguin Jazz Guide voted the Fonda/Stevens Group “Evolution” one of the top 100 important modern jazz recordings.

Michael Jefry Stevens

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