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Genres
  
Name
  
Becca Stevens

Website
  
beccastevens.com


Labels
  
Occupation(s)
  
Musician, composer

Role
  
Singer · beccastevens.com

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Origin
  
Instruments
  
Vocals, guitar, ukulele, charango

Profiles

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Becca Stevens (born June 14, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist who draws upon elements of chamber-pop, indie-rock, and folk.

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She has collaborated with artists including Jacob Collier, Laura Mvula, Billy Childs, David Crosby, and many others. She has also worked with pianists Taylor Eigsti, Timo Andres, and Brad Mehldau, in addition to the Grammy award-winning jazz ensemble Snarky Puppy. Stevens leads the Becca Stevens Band, with Liam Robinson on accordion and keyboards, Chris Tordini on bass, and Jordan Perlson on drums and percussion. She was a member of the band Tillery with Gretchen Parlato and Rebecca Martin.

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Early life

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Stevens grew up in North Carolina. She attended the North Carolina School of the Arts and studied classical guitar, then went to The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in New York City, where she received a degree in vocal jazz and composition She got married on September 2nd at Augsburg Lutheran Church, to Nathan .

Critical reception

Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling listed her as one of his five favorite jazz vocalists and music critic Ted Gioia listed her albums Weightless (2011) and Perfect Animal (2015) among the one hundred best albums of the corresponding years.

Steven's album Regina (2017) was produced by Michael League and Troy Miller and received a five-star review from Down Beat magazine, which called it "the most spectacular of albums", while BBC Radio 2 praised the album saying, "Lyrically, the album is astounding".

As leader

  • Tea Bye Sea, (self-released, 2008, reissued 2015)
  • Weightless, (Sunnyside, 2011)
  • Perfect Animal, (Universal, 2015)
  • Regina, (GroundUP, 2017)
  • As guest

  • Jeremy Pelt and Wired, Shock Value: Live at Smoke (Maxjazz, 2007)
  • Frank LoCrasto, When You're There (Maxjazz, 2007)
  • Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra, Enjoy! (Koch, 2008)
  • Dapp Theory, Layers of Chance (ObliqSound, 2008)
  • Sam Sadigursky, Words Project II (New Amsterdam, 2008)
  • Taylor Eigsti, Daylight at Midnight (Concord Jazz, 2010)
  • Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society (Heads Up, 2012)
  • Travis Sullivan's Bjorkestra, I Go Humble (Zoho, 2013)
  • Dayna Stephens, I'll Take My Chances (Criss Cross)
  • Ambrose Akinmusire, The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint (Blue Note, 2014)
  • José James, While You Were Sleeping (Blue Note, 2014)
  • Billy Childs, Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro (Sony Masterworks, 2014)
  • New West Guitar Group, Send One Your Love (Summit, 2015)
  • The Sachal Ensemble, Song of Lahore (Universal, 2016)
  • Snarky Puppy, Family Dinner – Volume 2 (GroundUP, 2016)
  • Tillery, Tillery (2016)
  • References

    Becca Stevens Wikipedia


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