Ty Stephens & oleg Butman Trio

According to DownBeat magazine, creative range of Ty Stevens is so broad that it allows the artist to perform in a variety of genres, from swing to R&B. A number of awards are a great witness to that: best R&B album, best jazz vocalist, best solo album. The listing of all the stars that have repeatedly been his partners can, without exaggeration, take quite a time. Let's name just a few great musicians that were on the posters next with Ty Stephens: Harry Belafonte, Gregory Hines, Phyllis Hyman, Eartha Kitt, Smokey Robinson, Patti Austin, Nile Rodgers, Larry Coryell, and Whoopi Goldberg. He is always very much awaited at the world's biggest festivals, along with such stars as Celine Dion, Carlos Santana, Macy Gray, Diana Ross, Alicia Keys. Ty Stephens took part in the Monte-Carlo Sporting Club Festival with Stevie Wonder, Julio Iglesias, Elton John, Charles Aznavour and others.

His personal collection has three respectable solo albums that regularly rank the top in jazz charts: "Musichameleon", "Deeper In Fantasy" and "Aquarian Mind". The New York critics admit:"Ty Stephens….is one of the rare artists who can parlay his stellar efforts in the recording studio into an electrifying live performance...one of the best kept secrets in the industry..."

Ty’s performing with Oleg Butma’s Trio in the Esse Jazz Club