Benefit for Dayna Stephens at Blue Whale

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A gifted saxophonist who has backed a variety of artists including Gretchen Parlato, Taylor Eigsti and many more, Dayna Stephens finds himself on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. To help offset his impending costs, musicians including Vardan Ovsepian, Hitomi Oba and Stephens himself in a quartet with local pianist Josh Nelson are staging this marathon benefit in Little Tokyo. (Stephens’ band also performs Thursday in Toluca Lake at the United Methodist Church on Cahuenga, and proceeds from the show will also go toward his medical bills.) The Blue Whale, 123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St. Suite 301, 4 p.m. Sat. $10. https://helpdaynastephens.org/