Experience the action-packed music of the Stephen Philip Harvey Jazz Orchestra as they record their second album, Multiversal, live at BOP STOP. Harvey combines soaring melodies, driving vamps, and an amazing band of musicians to bring his comic book-themed large ensemble music to life. Be a part of the live recording experience as they document the seven original compositions for this next album.

The band will play through the entire album twice in two separate sets. Tickets for tonight are $20 each for either the 7pm or 9:30 set, $30 if you want to attend both sets. This show will not be live-streamed.

Featuring:

SAXES: Bobby Selvaggio, Chris Coles, Max Schlenk, Johnny Cochran, Clint Bleil

TRUMPET: JD Chaisson, Tommy Lehman, Garrett Folger, JaKobe Henry

TROMBONES: Zach Warren, Will Horner, Lauren Rudzinskas, Amber Forrer

RHYTHM: Dan Bruce (guitar), Andru Dennis (piano), Jordan McBride (bass), Dustin May (drums)

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Stephen Philip Harvey (1992) is an African American saxophonist, composer, arranger, and educator.

As a musician and bandleader, Stephen has toured throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions of the United States. He leads his ensembles with a drive to explore a vast array of avenues in improvisation and composition.These ensembles include his chordless trio SPH+2, his electric quintet, Sphinx, his mid-sized jazz combo, the Stephen Philip Harvey Octet (SPH8), and his large ensemble the Stephen Philip Harvey Jazz Orchestra (SPHJO).

He has five full album releases under his belt: Suite Childhood (2016, Self-Released) and Smash! (2022, Next Level an imprint of Outside In Music). Elemental (2023), an eponymous quintet release, Sphinx (2023) a, debut trio release Library Card (2024), Elemental (Live) [2024], and Live at Radio Artifact (2024). The latter five recordings were released on Harvey’s label Hidden Cinema Records.

As a composer and arranger, Stephen has worked with a diverse array of musicians and instrumentations; composing for solo instrument to wind ensemble, jazz combo to large ensembles. It is his practice to funnel his eclectic musical background into his compositions, fusing Jazz and Classical with Popular, Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock, and Gospel. His compositions have been performed by ensembles at universities throughout the USA.

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"Maryland-based tenor saxophonist Stephen Philip Harvey is a straightahead band room swinger with an ear for making four horns sound like a kicking big band. He has two new live octet albums drawn from the last stop of a 2023 tour . . . The opener, 'Witch Hunt,' is a spar-kler, with a quietly secretive intro that gives way to snappy repartee between horns and creamy Rhodes (Ben Tweedt). 'Jay Tee' has bedroom eyes, with a sexy tenor solo from Harvey himself." - Paul DeBarros, DownBeat Magazine

"Stephen is an exceptional musician with a very bright future.” - NEA Jazz Master, Roscoe Mitchell

“Sophisticated accessibility! When I listen to Stephen Harvey’s music, that’s what hear. Thoughtful construction of complex structures and orchestrations that take the listener on a beautiful sonic ride without speaking over their heads. A beautiful pairing of the complex and the elementary.” - Trumpeter/Composer/Bandleader/Educator Sean Jones