2025-26 Season | JHL: Oct 14-19
Oct 14 - Oct 15, 2025
Joe Henderson Lab
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Original show description below.
Ever since Becca Stevens emerged on the downtown New York jazz scene two decades ago as the lead vocalist for Travis Sullivan's Björkestra she’s blazed a singular trail with her bright, crystalline sound and exquisite compositions.
A gifted multi-string player, she weaves her classical and Appalachian folk music upbringing together with an affinity for pop and indie rock and her love of the rhythms and harmonies of jazz and world music. Stevens’ versatility as a collaborator has manifested with a glittering array of artists, including Taylor Eigsti, Snarky Puppy’s Michael League, Brad Mehldau, Jacob Collier, and David Crosby, who featured her in his Lighthouse Band.
She toured internationally and recorded several acclaimed albums with the Becca Stevens Band, which launched in 2006, but her latest release, 2024’s Maple to Paper, shifted her perspective from communal creation to penetrating introspection. Stripped to essentials and recorded live in the studio with no overdubs, Maple to Paper leavens Stevens’ exacting minimalism with self-possessed intimacy and penetrating emotional insight that make every phrase an inviting revelation.
Twice GRAMMY nominated and known widely for her work with Jacob Collier, Brad Mehldau, Snarky Puppy, and David Crosby, vocalist and guitarist Becca Stevens brings music from her ninth and latest release Maple to Paper.
A vocalist and guitarist who balances deep melody against lyrical caprice… New York’s best kept secret
the new york times on becca stevens
A vocalist and guitarist who balances deep melody against lyrical caprice… New York’s best kept secret
the new york times on becca stevens
Personnel
Becca Stevens vocals, guitar, mandolin
Others TBA
Stevens fashions a sound all her own with airy, brook-clear songs equally touched by jazz sophistication and homespun folk charm
Time Out New York
Personnel
Becca Stevens vocals, guitar, mandolin
Others TBA
Stevens fashions a sound all her own with airy, brook-clear songs equally touched by jazz sophistication and homespun folk charm
Time Out New York
Watch & Listen
Becca Stevens
Now Feels Bigger Than the Past
Becca Stevens
I'm Not Her
Becca Stevens
Now Feels Bigger Than the Past
Becca Stevens
I'm Not Her