Stephen Arnold is a bassist and composer from Greenfield, Massachusetts and based in Washington, DC. He regularly contributes to projects by the DMV's finest artists including Fran Vielma, Sharón Clark, Todd Marcus, Brandon Woody, Aleks Izotov, Keith Butler, Jr., and ¡FIASCO!
Arnold's band Sea Change will release its new album The Hitting Wall in summer 2026, featuring a suite of original compositions and performances by some of the DMV's most compelling musicians. Sea Change has released two acclaimed albums of original compositions, with the most recent, Until Now, having been voted Capitalbop’s #2 DC Jazz Album of 2023. Sea Change has been featured in venues such as the 2024 DC Jazz Festival, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Gaithersburg Arts Barn, the Bop Stop at the Music Settlement, Maryland Hall, and An Die Musik.
