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Sami Stevens & Kazemde George

NYC Jazz power duo Kazemde George and Sami Stevens incorporate influences ranging from Hip-Hop/RnB to Cuban Rumba to 70's Singer-Songwriter to classic Bossa Nova. Collaborating for the past ten years, when they met at the New England Conservatory of music, the pair have worked together extensively; releasing two albums, an EP, a few singles and a short film. They also happen to be newly married. Their latest release is titled I Insist; and was written and led by Kaz on tenor saxophone, with vocals by Sami.

Press

"What is most successful about I insist is an insistence of music as not simply technical proficiency, but as a spiritual plane to consider what is at stake in imagining and remembering who we are… 4 Stars.” -Downbeat

“For the young, Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist Kazemde George, to insist doesn’t necessarily mean raising the volume or pushing idiosyncrasy … what George insists upon most — from himself and his bandmates — is clarity: Melody is never sacrificed to flair or crossfire, even as the momentum builds.” -New York Times

“Closely shadowing one another, voice, like-an-instrument, and tenor saxophone in a winning togetherness is the fresh and piquant combination that you hear on the lightly swinging ‘Things Line Up.” - Marlbank

“Ms. Stevens, 29, a singer-songwriter, who goes by Sami, and Mr. George, 30, a tenor saxophonist-composer, met three years earlier in a neo soul band at the New England Conservatory, from which each graduated as part of a dual degree program — she with a bachelors degree in Jazz Performance and another in psychology from Tufts and he with a master’s degree in Jazz Composition and a bachelors in neurobiology from Harvard…” - New York Times

Kaz’s Social

Sami’s Social

Booking

To inquire about booking private or public appearances, send a message to samistevensvoice@gmail.com