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Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson "Six" on Konnex Records. This the trio's sixth and latest CD release. CD features both standards and original compositions by all members of the trio (Jeff "Siege" Siegel on drums and Tim Ferguson on bass.

Conference Call Quartet "What About..." on Nottwo Records. This Polish release is a 2 record set of a live concert recorded in Krakow, Poland in November 2008 and features Gebhard Ullmann on saxophones, George Schuller on drums and Joe Fonda on bass. All original material by the quartet members!

Joyce Cobb w/ the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio on Archer Records - OFFICIAL RELEASE DATE IN SUMMER 2010 but I have copies NOW for sale!!!!

Fonda/Stevens Group "Memphis" on Playscape Recordings. This is the group's 11th CD release and 4th studio recording from 2008.

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Joyce Cobb

• Group: Joyce Cobb featuring the Michael Jefry Stevens Trio

• Joyce Cobb on vocals
  Michael Jefry Stevens - Piano
  Jonathan Wires - Bass
  Renardo Ward - Drums
  
  The Queen of Beale Street performs 12 jazz standards!!

• Label: Archer Records
• Release Dates: 2010
• Price (USD): US$ $20
  
  

"Six"

• Group: Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson Trio

• Released in April, 2010. Sixth CD by the SSF piano trio featuring Michael Jefry Stevens on piano, Jeff "Siege" Siegel on drums and Tim Ferguson on bass. Another mixture of standards re-arranged by the trio and original compositions from each member.

• Label: Konnex Records
• Release Dates: 2010
• Price (USD): US$ 12.00
  
  

What About....?

• Group: Conference Call Quartet

• Live 2008 Recording in Krakow, Poland featuring Gebhard Ullmann on saxophone/bass clarinet, George Schuller on drums, Joe Fonda on bass and Michael Jefry Stevens on piano. This is a 2 disc set featuring original compositions by all members of the group as well as some "free improvisations".

• Label: Nottwo Records
• Release Dates: 2010
• Price (USD): US$ 15.00
  
  

A Scent in Motion

• Group: Sorgen - Rust - Stevens Trio

• A combination of original compositions and free improvisations from this acoustic piano trio that has been together almost 20 years!
  
  Recorded in 1994

• Label: Konnex Records
• Release Dates: 2009
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Remembering the Future

• Group: Jon Hemmersam Group

• Recorded in July 2008 at Peter Karl Studios in Brooklyn, NY. Jon Hemmersam on guitar , Dave Liebman on saxophones, Bob Moses on drums, Michael Jefry Stevens on piano and Ken Filiano on bass. This CD is a mixture of original compositions and free improvisations.

• Label: independent
• Release Dates: 2009

Memphis

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• Playscape Recordings - Released September 2009. Fourth studio recording of the group. This is our 11th cd release and features:
  Herb Robertson on trumpet
  Harvey Sorgen on drums
  Joe Fonda on bass/composition
  Michael Jefry Stevens on piano/composition

• Label: Playscape Recordings
• Release Dates: 2009
• Price (USD): US$ $15
  
  

Poetry in Motion

• Group: Conference Call

• This newest Conference Call CD is their first studio recording since the debut CD "Final Answer" and features the working quartet of Gebhard Ullmann, George Schuller, Joe Fonda and myself on piano.
  
  Recorded in 2005

• Label: Clean Feed Records
• Release Dates: 2008
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

For the Children

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens Quartet

• Finally this quartet date from 1995 is released. Band features David Schnitter on saxophone (formerly with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers) and the bass/drum powerhouse duo of Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen. All compositions are composed by myself.
  
  Recorded in 1995

• Label: Cadence Jazz
• Release Dates: 2008
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Trading Post

• Group: Southern Excursion Quartet

• New project featuring original music by Jonathan Wires, Don Aliquo, Tom Giampietro and myself.
  
  Recorded in 2007

• Label: ARC
• Release Dates: 2008
• Price (USD): US$ 10
  
  

For Andrew

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens Trio

• Highly creative trio studio date with Jeff Siegel on drums and Peter Herbert on bass. Mostly my originals.
  
  Recorded in 1996

• Label: Konnex Records
• Release Dates: 2008
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

The Gentle Breeze

• Group: Brian Breeze Cayolle

• Breeze is an awesome saxophonist, clarinetist and vocalist. He moved to Memphis from New Orleans after Katerina ....... and I have been fortunate enough to play and record with him over the last several years.
  
  Recorded in 2007
  
  
  

• Label: Independent
• Release Dates: 2008

Eastern Boundary

• Group: Eastern Boundary Quartet

• This is a new quartet project that Joe Fonda and I started featuring two of Hungary’s finest improvisers: Balazs Bagy on drums and Mihaly Borbely on saxophones. The CD is a live concert in Budapest from 2007. We are very excited about this new project.
  
  Recorded in 2007

• Label: artisjus
• Release Dates: 2007
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

The Story So Far

• Group: Katie Bull

• "The Story So Far" Chosen for Jazz Improv TOP CDs of 2007
  Katie Bull, vocals
  Frank Kimbrough, piano
  Michael Jefry Stevens, piano
  Joe Fonda, bass
  Matt Wilson, drums
  Harvey Sorgen, drums
  Jeff Lederer, Saxophones
  David CasT, Saxophones
  David Phelps, guitar
  
  Recorded in 2006

• Label: Cornhill Productions
• Release Dates: 2007

Trio

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group Trio

• This record was recorded live in Poland and features Harvey Sorgen on drums, Joe Fonda on bass and myself on piano. This was our first trio tour with the Fonda/Stevens Group!! Released on Nottwo Records.
  
  Recorded in 2006
  
  
  

• Label: Nottwo Records
• Release Dates: 2007
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Moving Stills

• Group: In Transit

• This is a wonderful new release of my new Swiss quartet ''In Transit'' which features Dieter Ulrich, Daniel Studer, Juerg Solothurnmann and myself performing a CD of entirely improvised music.
  
  Recorded in 2004

• Label: Unit Records
• Release Dates: 2007
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Songbook

• Group: The Griffith/Stevens Quartet

• This live recording features my original compositions for voice performed by Miles Griffith on vocals with a stellar cast including Sue Terry on sax, Peter Herbert on bass, Kevin McNeal on guitar, Rob Garcia on drums, Paul Brantley on cello and myself on piano. I just self-released this CD this year for my upcoming winter 2007 European tour with Miles Griffith.
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Reborn
• Label: mjsproductions
• Release Dates: 2007
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Get Out of Town

• Group: Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson Trio

• The newest CD by the trio once again features a mixture of jazz standards and originals by all members of the group. I think this is by far our BEST release.
  
  Recorded in 2005

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Crazy He Calls MeGet Out of Town
  I Love You PorgyJeepers Creepers
• Label: Imaginary Jazz
• Release Dates: 2006
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Live at the Outpost Performance Space

• Group: Conference Call

• This CD was just released in April 2006 and features Gebhard Ullmann, Joe Fonda, myself and Gerry Hemingway. This was this was the last concert of our Western USA/Canada tour in 2003 and the band is really burning!
  
  Recorded in 2003

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  As I Wait (Fonda)29 Shoes (Ullmann)Liquid Cage
• Label: 482 Music
• Release Dates: 2006
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Love Spook

• Group: Katie Bull

• A premiere of Bull's originals and classic jazz standards; a varied program from bop to swing to Latin to blues to funk - and pushing the out edge too.
  
  Joe Fonda (bass)
  Frank Kimbrough (piano)
  Michael Jefry Stevens (piano)
  Matt Wilson (perc)
  Martin Wind (bass)
  
  Recorded in 2004

• Label: Corn Hill Indie
• Release Dates: 2005

Spirit Song

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens Trio

• This recording was re-mastered and re-released on Konnex Records with the title "For Andrew".
  Recorded in 1996
  
  

• Label: Exit Records
• Release Dates: 2005

Decade

• Group: Sorgen – Rust – Stevens Trio

• This Cd is entirely improvised in the studio with digital editing by my partners Steve Rust and Harvey Sorgen. This is my first release on this wonderful Polish label.
  
  Recorded in 2003

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  ReverieFirmament
• Label: Not Two Records
• Release Dates: 2005
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Live at Alte Paketpost

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• Herb Robertson - trumpet
  Michael Jefry Stevens - piano
  Joe Fonda - bass
  Harvey Sorgen - drums
  
  Recorded live at Alte Paketpost Rottweil, Germany December 7, 2003. Produced by Hansjörg Mehl, Joe Fonda and Michael Jefry Stevens

• Label: FSG Productions
• Release Dates: 2005

Forever Real

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• The most recent F/S Group studio recording featuring originals by Joe Fonda and myself. This CD also introduces Napoleon Maddox on vocal beat box as a special guest artist.
  
  Recorded in 2004

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  A Question of LoveThe StalkerForever Real (Fonda)
• Label: 482 Records
• Release Dates: 2005
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Play

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens/Michael Rabinowitz

• This CD is completely improvised music for bassoon and piano featuring my long time colleague Michael Rabinowitz (original member of the Mosaic Sextet).
  
  Recorded in 2002

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Sibling RivalryPlay
• Label: Drimala Records
• Release Dates: 2004
• Price (USD): US$ 8
  
  

Twelve Improvisations

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• Lineup
  Herb Robertson - trumpet
  Daunik Lazro - alto and baritone saxophones
  Michael Jefry Stevens - piano
  Joe Fonda - double bass
  Harvey Sorgen - drums
  
  All compositions by Fonda, Stevens, Robertson, Sorgen and Lazro
  Recorded on October 23, 2002 at 'Le Carre Bleu', Poitiers, France.
  Post Production at Nevessa Productions - Woodstock, New York.
  Mixed by Harvey Sorgen, edited by Harry Fulcher.

• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 2004
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Spirals - the Berlin Concert

• Group: Conference Call

• Lineup
  Gebhard Ullmann - soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet
  Michael Jefry Stevens - piano
  Joe Fonda - bass
  George Schuller - drums
  
  Recorded by Willi Leopold on March 11, 2003 live at the B-Flat in Berlin, Germany
  Recording Supervisor: Wolfgang Hoff
  Cover Paintings: Robert Weber • Cover Design: Double Take Design
  Produced by Conference Call and Ulf Drechsel for RBB Berlin and 482 Music
  

• Label: 482 Music
• Release Dates: 2004
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Aercine

• Group: Sorgen/Rust/Stevens/Feldman/Robertson

• Aercine is a quintet recording of entirely improvised music featuring the long standing trio of Harvey Sorgen and Steve Rust with guest artsts Mark Feldman on violin and Herb Robertson on trumpet.
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  As I WasKaaterskill FallsShokoe Slip
• Label: Drimala Records
• Release Dates: 2003
• Price (USD): US$ 11
  
  

Tale of Two in One

• Group: Jon Hemmersam

• Modern jazz and chamber-music featuring sinuous guitar lines, and punctuated keyboard and bass dialogue.
  
  On this cd you will find a great mixture of music, ranging from laid-back compositions with strong soloing, to powerful tunes with organ/guit. interaction ( on the 7/4 blow-out "Septico").This cd contains food for your heart, soul and body.
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Label: NCB Records
• Release Dates: 2003

Variations on a Master Plan

• Group: Conference Call

• Lineup
  Gebhard Ullmann - soprano and tenor saxophones, bass clarinet
  Michael Jefry Stevens - piano
  Joe Fonda - bass
  Han Bennink - drums
  
  Recorded by Gerhard Gruber on March 7, 2001 live at the Unterfahrt, Munich, Germany
  Cover Design: Gebhard Ullmann
  Produced by Gebhard Ullmann, Joe Kienemann, Monika Schweichler for Bayerischer Rundfunk and Leo Feigin
  

• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 2003

I’m not a Sometime Thing

• Group: Carol Mennie

• Musicians:
  Carol Mennie_vocals
  Dom Minasi_6 & 12 string electric guitars
  Patience Higgins_reeds
  Valery Ponomarev_trumpet & flugelhorn
  Michael Jefry Stevens_piano & string synth
  Tomac Urlich_cello
  Ken Filiano_bass
  Jay Rosen_drums
  Tom McGrath_percussion
  
  Recorded by Tom McGrath at Tom Tom Studio, NYC on June 1999.

• Label: CDM Records
• Release Dates: 2003

Conversations with the Jokers

• Group: Katie Bull

• "Katie Bull and her trio are fine exponents of the American Songbook. Her haunting and meaningful version of the Madeira/Dorsey classic, "I’m Glad There Is You" assures listeners that her "Love (of good standards) is Here to Stay. Bull’s music bespeaks an undisguised delight of the emotions she is quite capable of arousing...an illuminating & exciting new approach in listening."
  (George Carroll/The Musicians’ Ombudsman 2003)
  
  Recorded in 2002

• Label: Corn Hill Indie
• Release Dates: 2003

The Survivor´s Suite

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens

• This CD was recorded live at De Werf in Brugge during my 50th birthday solo piano tour. It includes several original compositions, several standard tunes and one long improvised suite.
  
  Recorded in 2001

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Musica Callada #1 (Mompou)For GaloAsk Me Now (Monk)
• Label: Jazz
• Release Dates: 2002
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

When Lost Becomes Found

• Group: Jimmy Willliams w Fonda/Stevens Group

• This recording is totally improvised with guitiarist Jimmy Williams and members of the Fonda/Stevens Group (Herb Robertson, Joe Fonda, Harvey Sorgen and myself on piano).
  
  Recorded in 2002

• Label: Kali Records
• Release Dates: 2002
• Price (USD): US$ 5
  
  

The Final Answer

• Group: Conference Call

• This is Conference Call’s first CD and was recorded in the studio with Matt Wilson on drums, Gebhard Ullmann on woodwinds, Joe Fonda on bass and myself on piano. The CD features original compositions by all members of the group.
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Could this be a PolkaConference Call (Ullmann)Your’e There I’m Here (Fonda)
• Label: Soul Note Records
• Release Dates: 2002
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Any Other Time

• Group: Nicole Metzger

• German vocalist Nicole Metzger performs original material by myself and Joe Fonda with our long time drummer Harvey Sorgen. Great CD for jazz vocal lovers!
  
  Recorded in 2001

• Label: independent
• Release Dates: 2002
• Price (USD): US$ 20
  
  

The Healing

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• The Healing features both studio recordings and several live cuts from Avignon, France. This is a quartet recording with our regular trumpeter, Herb Robertson performing original music by myself and Joe Fonda.
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  The SearchLei’s SongThe Takeover (Joe Fonda)
• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 2002
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Portrait in Red

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens

• This is my first solo piano CD release and features studio improvisations from 1991.
  
  Recorded in 1991

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  FrenzyWhirling Dervish
• Label: Cactus Records
• Release Dates: 2001
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Mosaic Sextet

• Group: The Mosaic Sextet

• This is a re-release of the original Mosaic Sextet recording but also includes a completely new 2nd CD of un-released material from the original sessions. The group features Dave Douglas, Michael Rebinowitz, Mark Feldman, Joe Fonda, Harvey Sorgen and myself. The compositions are mostly by Dave Douglas and myself, with a great tune by Michael Rabinowitz as well. 2 cds for a great price!
  
  Recorded in 1988

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Today This MomentMr. Phininey
  Superconductor (Dave Douglas)
• Label: GM Recordings
• Release Dates: 2001
• Price (USD): US$ 20
  
  

Topaz Under Moon

• Group: Jeff Raheb Contemporary Jazz Orchestra

• Dynamic, adventurous and highly crafted original big band music with a touch of the exotic.
  "Have no doubt that this ferocious advance into cutting edge terrain; advancing the confluence of jazz and classical music, is impressive in its energy, confidence and uncompromising belief in its cause. This is a spectacularly recorded set."
  
  ~ John Killoch, MainlyBigBands www.btinternet.com/~j.r.killoch/raheb.htm
  
  Jeff and I co-led the Brooklyn Jazz Composer's Orchestra for several years in the 1990's. This recording features many of Jeff's compositions from that band!
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Label: Topaz
• Release Dates: 2000

Triologue

• Group: Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson

• Triologue is the most recent CD release by this trio. A new release is scheduled for sometime in 2006. The music featuires a combination of jazz standards and original compositions by all members of the trio. This is my straight ahead jazz group.
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Go Down Moses (traditional)Some Enchanted Evening (Rodgers & Hammerstein)This Nearly Was Mine (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
• Label: Imaginary Records
• Release Dates: 2000
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Live at the Bunker

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• This is the first quartet recording of the group and feaures Paul Smoker on trumpet in a live recording from the Bunker Ulmenwall in Bielefeld, Germany. Music is, as always, by Joe Fonda and myself.
  
  Recorded in 2000

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  For UsOh Lord It’s Nice to Sit on Your Porch Today (Jod Fonda)Don’t Go Baby Don’t Go
• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 2000
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Great Unknown

• Group: Jeff Marx Quartet

• Personnel:
  Santi Debriano: Bass;
  Micheal Jefry Stevens: Piano;
  Jeff Marx: Tenor Saxophone;
  Jeff "Siege" Siegel: Drums
  
  From a very supportive and tight rhythm section, I would like to single out Michael Jefry Stevens whose unobtrusive playing should not make you miss his pertinent accompaniment and original rhythms and ideas.
  
  Recorded in 1999

• Label: Naugual Music
• Release Dates: 2000

Big BlueLine

• Group: The Lily White Band

• Feat. Lily White (saxophone); Michael Jefry Stevens (piano); David Phelps (guitar); Chris Dahlgren (bass); Eric Halvorson (drums).
  
  Editorial reviews:
  ...Delivers a cool-toned mixture of 12 free bop, fusion and rock-influenced originals that spotlight her alto, tenor and soprano....agreeable...
  JazzTimes (08/01/2000)
  
  Recorded in 1999

• Label: Jazz Focus Records
• Release Dates: 1999

Equinox

• Group: Duval/Stevens/Ulirchl -The Equinox Trio

• Great improvised trio featuring Cellist Tomas Ulrich and bassist Dominic Duval. Collector's Item
  
  Recorded in 1997

• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 1999
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Bottoms Out

• Group: Scott Miller/Joe Fonda

• This was a Joe Fonda/Scott Miller Ensemble.
  
  Scott Miller - composer
  Joe Fonda - composer, double bass
  Kevin Norton - drums
  Michael Jefry Stevens - piano
  Mark Whitecage - alto saxophone
  David Bindman - clarinet, tenor saxophone
  David Schumacher - baritone saxophone
  Robert DeBellis - baritone saxophone
  Sam Furnace - baritone saxophone
  Steve Swell - trombone
  Jim Leff - trombone
  
  Recorded in 1999

• Label: Cadence Records
• Release Dates: 1999

Panorama

• Group: Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson

• Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson Trio feat. Valery Ponomarev
  
  Blistering virtuoso bebop trumpet backed by a powerful and creative piano trio of New York jazz veterans and playing a combination of standards and original tunes.
  
  Recorded in 1998

• Label: Imaginary Jazz
• Release Dates: 1999

Freedom of Choice

• Group: The Jazzic Trio

• Feat. Jon Hemmersam (ac. guitar), Michael Jefry Stevens (Piano), and Karen Valeur (cello)
  
  The wonderful combination of improvised and composed music makes this project so special.
  
  Here classical and jazz go hand in hand, by combining the many possibilities of creating sound inside and outside of the framework. The instrumentation, cello, guitar and piano (all acoustic), gives the music an almost three-dimensional sound, as melody, harmony and rhythm flow with the natural overtones of these 3 acoustic instruments.
  
  Recorded in 1998

• Label: NCB Label
• Release Dates: 1999

Evolution

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• Evolution is the last quintet recording featuring Mark Whitecage on sax and Herb Robertson on trumpet performing originals by Joe Fonda and myself.
  
  Recorded in 1997

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  StrayhornIn the Whitecage (Joe Fonda)From the Source (Joe Fonda)
• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 1998
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Novella

• Group: Sorgen/Rust/Stevens Trio

• Novella is the first trio release from the Sorgen-Rust-Stevens trio. This music, while an acoustic piano trio, is totally improvised and quite adventurous.
  
  Recorded in 1996

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  The TellAs You AreAscent
• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 1998
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Points of View

• Group: Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson

• Points of VIew is the 2nd trio CD release from this trio featuring both jazz standards and original music by all 3 members of the trio.
  
  Recorded in 1996

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Bicycle Built for Two (Harry Dacre)Almost a Rhythm TuneGreen Dolphin Street (Kaper/Washington)
• Label: Imaginary Jazz
• Release Dates: 1997
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

No Pork, Long Line

• Group: The Lily White Band

• Musicians:
  Lily White (Saxophone),
  Conrad Herwig (Trombone),
  Chris Dahlgren (Bass),
  Michael Jefry Stevens (Piano),
  Kenny Rampton (Trumpet),
  Erik Halvorson (Drums),
  David Phelps (Guitar)
  
  Lily White has fairly original tones on tenor and alto, and her music ranges from hard bop to post-bop playing that borders on the avant-garde, while not being shy of melody.
  
  Recorded in 1996

• Label: Jazz Focus Records
• Release Dates: 1997

Parallel Lines

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• This CD is the 2nd quintet recording featuring the original group of Mark Whitecage, Herb Robertson, Joe Fonda, Harvey Sorgen and myself on piano. This is a studio recording of original compositions by Joe and myself.
  
  Recorded in 1994

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Parallel LinesWaltzBirdtalk
• Label: Music and Arts
• Release Dates: 1997
• Price (USD): US$ 5
  
  

Live from Brugge

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• First Live Quintet recording from Belgium! This was a great concert from our very first European tour in Brugge!
  
  Recorded in 1997

• Label: DeWerf Records
• Release Dates: 1997
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Short Stories

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens/Mark Whitecage

• Short Stories is a live duo recording featuring myself and Mark Whitecage on saxophone performing several of my more open original compositions. Recorded in Greenwich Village, NYC.
  
  Recorded in 1993

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Short Story #1The Miracle
• Label: Red Toucan Records
• Release Dates: 1997
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

The Hand of Poetry

• Group: Michael Jefry Stevens

• This was a collaboration with the Sufi Order. I set some Sufi poems to music.
  
  Recorded in 1997
  
  
  
  

• Label: Omega Publications
• Release Dates: 1997

Les Trois Michels

• Group: Lenore Von Stein - Les Trois Michels

• This was basically an improvised music project with voice, bassoon and piano.
  
  Recorded in 1996
  
  
  

• Label: LVST
• Release Dates: 1997
• Price (USD): US$ 10
  
  

The Wish

• Group: The Fonda/Stevens Group

• This is the first and debut recording of the Fonda/Stevens Group. It is a studio recording and features all 5 original members.
  
  Recorded in 1993

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  Song for RichThe River PoSoon to Know (Fonda)
• Label: Music and Arts
• Release Dates: 1996
• Price (USD): US$ 5
  
  

Elements

• Group: Stevens/Duval Quintet

• This recording was completely improvised and is one of the early recordings featuring Dominic Duval together with his drummer of choice Jay Rosen.
  
  Dominic Duval
  Dom Minasi
  Jay Rosen
  Leith Stevens
  Michael Jefry Stevens
  Mark Whitecage
  
  Recorded in 1994

• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 1996
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

Haiku

• Group: Michael J. Stevens/Mark Feldman

• Haiku is my first Leo Recording and features violinist Mark Feldman and myself on piano performing mostly improvised duets in a more modern classical vein. This CD does include my compositions 12 Chatham Road and Nocturne. One of my favorite recordings!!
  
  Recorded in 1995

• Listen To MP3 Samples:
  12 Chatham RoadNocturneBallad of Habit
• Label: Leo Records
• Release Dates: 1995
• Price (USD): US$ 15
  
  

One of a Kind

• Group: Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson

• The first CD by the trio, released in 1995. Produced by Cecil Bridgewater. Still one of my favorites. Only one copy left!
  
  Recorded in 1993
  
  

• Label: Imaginary Jazz
• Release Dates: 1995
• Price (USD): US$ 100
  
  

From Truth to Fiction

• Group: The Lily White Band

• I worked with Lily White and her Quintet for about 5 or 6 years. This is the first of 3 cds that we released over that time period featuring: David Phelps on guitar - Chris Dahlgren on bass - Lily White on saxophones and Eric Halverson on drums.
  
  Recorded in 1993
  

• Label: Knitting Factory Works
• Release Dates: 1994

Today, this Moment

• Group: The Mosaic Sextet

• This classic recording features original music by myself and Dave Douglas. I have 3 copies left!!!!!! This will be a collector's item!!!!
  
  Recorded in 1988

• Label: Konnex Records
• Release Dates: 1994
• Price (USD): US$ 100
  
  

Talking with Angels

• Group: Jim Finn - Talking with Angels

• This is one of my first released recordings and features Saxophonist Jim Finn and Bassist Steve Rust (who I continued to work with in Sorgen-Rust-Stevens Trio).
  Recorded in 1991
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Label: TWAI
• Release Dates: 1991

Mark Whitecage and Liquid Time

• Group: Mark Whitecage & Liquid Time

• Lineup
  Mark Whitecage - alto and soprano saxophones
  Dave Douglas - trumpet
  Michael Jefry Stevens - piano
  Joe Fonda - double bass
  Peter LeMaitre - drums
  Recorded in 1990

• Label: Acoustics Records
• Release Dates: 1990

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