Aquarian Mind by Ty Stephens

TY, with his band, “Romantasy”, has performed for over 20 years in New York area clubs and internationally; released three CDs

of original R&B/Jazz/Funk: “MUSICHAMELEON”, “DEEPER IN FANTASY”,and AQUARIAN MIND”; been OPENING ACT

for such notables as ANGELA BOFILL, VANESSA RUBIN and LARRY CORYELL; won BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE 1999 on

BET’s JAZZ DISCOVERY and was voted BEST R&B ALBUM 1999 by TCB Magazine/Independent Record Pool.

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Recent/Upcoming Hightlights include:

2006: ALPHA/KAPPA/ALPHA SORORITY GALA in NYC (Jan);

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB (w/Barry Levitt Quartet), NYC (Jan); TOSHI KUBOTA TOUR, JAPAN (Apr-Aug)....

2005: Ty enjoys a successful one-month engagement at Club Repos in KYOTO, JAPAN (Feb/Mar); joins the London Cast

of The Ray Charles Revue “THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES” (June/July); is featured again in Japan at the TAO DRUM

FESTIVAL (July) with Shohei Narabe; DCA PRODUCTIONS’ OUTDOOR CONCERTS in NYC (July); in Eugene, Oregon at the

FESTIVAL OF AMERICAN MUSIC with Dick Hyman (Aug); The BLOOMFIELD HARVEST FESTIVAL, Bloomfield, NJ (Sept)

and, in Hot Springs, Ark. starring in “SHADES OF HARLEM” (Oct); IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB (w/Barry Levitt Trio), NYC

(Nov); TRUMPETS JAZZ CLUB , MONTCLAIR, NJ (Dec).

2004: sees 2 milestones of productions co-written by TY STEPHENS---”SHADES OF HARLEM” celebrates it 20th ANNIVERSARY with a Gala presentation in Miami,

Fla, and “FROM MY HOMETOWN” returns to Off-Broadway at the Gramercy Theatre to glowing reviews! TY is featured in performance at the 49th SONGWRITER’S

HALL OF FAME SHOWCASE; was Host/Band Leader and Co-Producer of “SINGIN’ NEW JERSEY” Vocalist Competition, and the year finishes with another New

Year’s Eve command performance for the Royal Family Of Morocco!

2003: TY begins work on the his 3rd CD; completes his 3rd tour of Japan with Japanese R&B superstar TOSHI KUBOTA; his play “FROM MY HOMETOWN” debuts

off-Broadway at the Kirk Theatre; he’s featured in 2 stellar performances: at Carnegie Hall with LIZA MINELLI (in a tribute to Candor & Ebb) and back at B.B. King’s

with Black2Broadway’s tribute to Rhythm & Blues icon RUTH BROWN!

2002: aside from winning the Songwriting Competition, the year included a one-night-only performance in OKINAWA, JAPAN, feature articles and interviews with

VENUS MAGAZINE; THE MONTCLAIR TIMES; WVOF RADIO; NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY and headlining alongside PHOEBE SNOW in a tribute to R&B legend Donny

Hathaway @ B.B.King’s with Black2Broadway!

TY STEPHENS has appeared on Broadway in featured/leading roles in the original companies of “SOPHISTICATED LADIES”

and “MARILYN, AN AMERICAN FABLE”; Off-Broadway in “THE JOINT IS JUMPIN’” (The Supper Club),*“SHADES OF

HARLEM” (The Village Gate, Festivals in Italy, Monte Carlo, Japan; Lithuania; St Croix and the US), and *“FROM MY

HOMETOWN” (The Triad Theatre) (*co-written by Stephens); internationally with “REMINISCING IN TEMPO” w/JON

HENDRICKS (Umbria Jazz Festival, Italy), “THE HARLEM STORY” (Cologne, Germany), THE HOLGATE REVUE COMPANY

(“PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ”, “THIS JOINT IS JUMPIN’” and “GERSHWIN & FRIENDS” (Holland America Cruise Lines &

Symphony Orchestras); with EARTHA KITT (Munich, Germany); world tours with HARRY BELAFONTE, and in numerous

commercials (including AT&T, BURGER KING, MARS BARS, CHRYSLER and K-MART).

A regular on the “LYRICS & LYRICISTS” SERIES at the 92ND ST Y since 1986, TY also spent 4 seasons as Guest Artist with

The COLUMBUS JAZZ ORCHESTRA; celebrates 6 years as the “WEEK OF WELCOME” entertainment at F.I.T. (NYC), and is a

member of the house band for the “BLACK2BROADWAY” Series presented at B.B. KING’S (and at BIRDLAND & THE SUPPER

CLUB) (NYC). TY’s own music is receiving international exposure and recognition with airplay, media reviews and sales in

The U.K., Japan, Germany, Australia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Spain, Italy, The Caribbean, and,

even, Zimbabwe! He is busy completing work on his Pop Musical “HAPPILY EVER....!”; performing his One-Man Shows:

“CELEBRATING DONNY” and “STANDARDS & STYLE”, and continues gigging with his original music in area clubs, as well as

writing and preparing songs for his next CD releases.

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