EDUCATION:
Graduated from Temple University: Boyer College of Music
Studied at Berklee College of Music
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Grammy Award Nominated Songwriter:
“Get Up” – Tye Tribbett (All Things New) (2022)
Contributions to Grammy Award Winning/Nominated Albums:
Diana Ross – Thank You
Tye Tribbett – Victory Live, Standout, Fresh, Greater Than, All Things New & All Things New Live In Orlando
Faith Evans – Incomparable
Jazmine Sullivan – Reality Show & Heaux Tales Mo’ Tales
La Santa Cecilia – Buenaventura
Touring Musician:
2014-Present with John Legend
2013-Present with Eric Roberson
2012-2014 with Jeff Bradshaw
2003-2008 with Tye Tribbett & G.A.
Horn Section Leader For:
•John Legend (2014-Present)
• Ms. Lauryn Hill’s SNL 50 performance• FLO’s Late Show w Stephen Colbert Performance
• Tems’ 2024 Coachella Performance
• Judith Christie-McAllister’s 2008 Live Recording
• Tye Tribbett- (2003-2013)
Studio Musician/Horn Arranger:
•On over 150 recordings since 2002, starting with Vivian Green’s “A Love Story”, which was certified gold the following year.
Multi-Instrumentalist/Recording Artist/Bandleader:
• Christopher Michael Stevens (2025-Present)
• Chris Stevens (2018-2020)
• The Chris Stevens Quartet (CSQ) (2015-Present)
• Vertical Current (2009-Present)
Record Producer:
•Christopher Michael Stevens- From Then Til Now: The Remixes Vol.1 (2026)
•Christopher Michael Stevens- Becoming American: Philadelphia’s Story (2026)
•Christopher Michael Stevens- From Then Til Now (2025)
• Chris Stevens- Not This Time (Single)(2018), Really Love (Single)(2020), Next Q [Before It Was Really Love] (Single)(2020), Hidden Indoors (Single)(2020)
• The Chris Stevens Quartet (CSQ)- Actual Intelligence (2017)
• Vertical Current- aRe (2011), Bright Side Of Midnight (2014), After Midnight (Live) (2017), The Future Is Bright (2018), The Rain (Single)(2022), A Vertical Current Christmas (2024)
• Cheryl L. Stevens- By Your Side (Single) (2020)
• Yocontalie- Lord Prepare Me To Be A Sanctuary (Single)(2022), Things Will Get Better (Single)(2019)
• Mark JP Hood- Love You Right: An R&B Musical (2021)
• Keturah Duncan- I Need You (Single)(2014)
Film Composer:
•Becoming American: Philadelphia’s Story (2026)
•The Power Of The Collective: Sullivan Progress Plaza (2023)
• Reverend Leon Sullivan Terminal (2023)
• Lowest Places Lost Time (2023)
• Love You Right (2021)
• Walking On (2021)
• Who Is Christmas Eve? (2021)
• Killing Her Softly (2021)
Actor:
• A League Of Their Own (2021) (performing as a trumpeter)
• La La Land (2016) (performing as a trumpeter)
Musical Director:
•Lady Alma (2020-Present)
•Yocontalie Jackson (2013-2021)
•Jeff Murrell (2010-2012)
**Content creator/composer for Splice’s first in-house jazz label, Signature since
September 2023.
***2024-2025 Artist In Residence at The Community College of Philadelphia via
“Spring Garden Records”.