Johannes Wallman Quintet with Dayna Stephens, UW Jazz Ensemble All Stars with Dayna Stephens
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The Forum 30 State St., Madison, Wisconsin 53703
James Knox
Saxophonist/composer Dayna Stephens, the 2017 DownBeat Critics Poll second-place winner of the "Rising Star-Tenor Saxophone" category, joins a pair of local ensembles for Jazz at Five. First, Stephens performs with the UW Jazz Ensemble All Stars, then returns for a second set with the Johannes Wallmann Quintet. JazzTimes contributor Brad Farberman describes Stephens' playing as "big, warm lines full of notes and intent, but also gusts of wind, bodies of water." Youth performers open the concert.
UW Night:
4 pm - youth performers TBA
5 pm – UW Jazz Ensemble All-Stars with special guest Dayna Stephens
6:30 pm – Johannes Wallmann Quintet featuring NY saxophonist Dayna Stephens