GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!! JAZZMOBILE/ANHUESER-BUSCH SOLO JAZZ VOCALIST COMPETITION 2006!!! Details at www.JAZZMOBILE.org SEE REVIEW OF 'AQUARIAN MIND' BY BARRY TOWLER AT WWW.SOULEXPRESS.NET! WINNER!!! 1ST PLACE: R&B/BLUES Category INTERNATIONAL SONGWRITING COMPETITION 2002 with quot;SOMETHIN' STRANGEquot;! Ty Stephens is a dynamic singer-songwriter with an electrifying stage presence, who has recorded soundtrack, cast and commercial albums for many productions/artists, including the following: CHUCK MANGIONE; BABA OLATUNJI; NILE RODGERS (Beavis & ButtHead); NICKELODEON TV (Jingles); DAN HARTMANN; RCA RECORDS' CLASSICAL ARTIST ROSTER; PEGGY LEE; GWEN McRAE, and the title song for the film quot;THE LAST FIGHTquot; starring Ruben Blades. TY, with his band, quot;Romantasyquot;, has performed for over 20 years in New York area clubs and internationally; released three CDs of original R&B/Jazz/Funk: quot;MUSICHAMELEONquot;, quot;DEEPER IN FANTASYquot;,and AQUARIAN MINDquot;; 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. -------------- 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 quot;THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLESquot; (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 quot;SHADES OF HARLEMquot; (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---quot;SHADES OF HARLEMquot; celebrates it 20th ANNIVERSARY with a Gala presentation in Miami, Fla, and quot;FROM MY HOMETOWNquot; 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 quot;SINGIN' NEW JERSEYquot; 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 quot;FROM MY HOMETOWNquot; 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 quot;SOPHISTICATED LADIESquot; and quot;MARILYN, AN AMERICAN FABLEquot;; Off-Broadway in quot;THE JOINT IS JUMPIN'quot; (The Supper Club),*quot;SHADES OF HARLEMquot; (The Village Gate, Festivals in Italy, Monte Carlo, Japan; Lithuania; St Croix and the US), and *quot;F
