Shuttered during the pandemic, but offering livestreams, sidewalk concerts and outdoor dining, Smoke Jazz Club is fully reopening, with a four-night grand reopening concert celebration from Thursday, July 21 through Sunday, July 24. Since closing in March 2020, Smoke has been renovated, with newly expanded space into two adjacent storefronts. These combined spaces allow for an attached lounge with a full-length bar and a larger stage for performers in the main listening room.
The upcoming concert schedule is as follows (note: all showtimes are Thursday through Sunday at 7 PM and 9 PM and on Friday and Saturday, also at 10:30 PM)
• July 21-24 Smoke Reopening Celebration: George Coleman Quartet plus special guest Peter Bernstein
• July 28 -31 Bobby Watson Quartet, with Orrin Evans, Curtis Lundy and Victor Jones
• August 4-7 Louis Hayes & The Cannonball Legacy Band, with Jeremy Pelt, Vincent Herring, Rick Germanson, Dezron Douglas and Louis Hayes
• August 8-14 Vocalist Mary Stallings, with Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall and Joe Farnsworth
• August 18-21 The Heavy Hitters, with Jeremy Pelt, Eric Alexander, Mike LeDonne, Peter Washington and Kenny Washington
• August 25-28 Rudresh Mahanthappa Trio: Charlie Parker Celebration, with Harish Raghavan and Rudy Royston
• September 1-4 Al Foster Quintet: Smoke Sessions CD release, with tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, plus pianist Kevin Haysand more.
• September 8-11 Eddie Henderson Quintet with Donald Harrison, George Gables, Essiet Essiet and Lenny White
• September 15-18 Vijay Iyer Trio
• September 22-25 One For All, with pianist David Hazeltine, Jim Rotondi, Eric Alexander,Steve Davis, Peter Washington and Joe Farnsworth
Tickets are $40-$60 and can be purchases here. For more information, visit www..smokejazz.com
Smoke Jazz Club is located at 2751 Broadway (106th Street), New York City
