Stephen Arnold & Sea Change Album Release Concert

Stephen Arnold & Sea Change create a lush, yet flexible contemporary jazz sound all their own. Join us for a special CD release concert for “Until Now,” a nine-song suite that documents the end of the pandemic and beginning of the romantic relationship between longtime friends and collaborators Arnold and Hughes. With their instruments, they play the lead roles in an operatic story of love, crisis, and hope, deftly supported on the journey by the sensitive and dynamic ensemble.

Their 2020 debut album “Sea Change” was a finalist for jazz album of the year at the WAMMIE Awards and the #4 jazz album of 2020 by local jazz blog Capitalbop. “Stephen Arnold is already known as one of the most versatile bassists and side musicians on the D.C. jazz scene. His debut album as a bandleader, “Sea Change,” with his band of the same name, proves that he may be one of the city’s most imaginative composers too.” – Jackson Sinnenberg, Capitalbop 2020

Featuring:
Sarah Marie Hughes – saxophone
Federico Gonzalez Peña – piano
Nelson Dougherty – guitar
Stephen Arnold – bass
Keith Butler, Jr. – drums