Smoke Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows

*PLEASE NOTE: All 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows

Danilo Perez – piano

Ben Street – bass

Adam Cruz – drums

“…the packed house had been mesmerized by the trio’s twist-and-turn interplay and by the virtuosity pushed to the edge.”— Financial Times

Pianist Danilo Pérez, lauded as one of the most creative forces in contemporary music, leads an all-star trio with bassist Ben Street and drummer Adam Cruz.

Panamanian-born Pérez has toured and/or recorded with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Lacy, Lee Konitz, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Tito Puente, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Gary Burton, and Roy Haynes. With jazz as the anchoring foundation, Pérez’s music is a blend of his Panamanian roots, Latin American folk music, West African rhythms, and European impressionism.

As NPR reports, “Danilo Perez is a man with some serious jazz cred. The Panamanian pianist got his start playing with Dizzy Gillespie and continued with Wayne Shorter. As a composer and bandleader himself, he’s practically peerless.”

*PLEASE NOTE: All 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows

Danilo Perez – piano

Ben Street – bass

Adam Cruz – drums

“…the packed house had been mesmerized by the trio’s twist-and-turn interplay and by the virtuosity pushed to the edge.”— Financial Times

Pianist Danilo Pérez, lauded as one of the most creative forces in contemporary music, leads an all-star trio with bassist Ben Street and drummer Adam Cruz.

Panamanian-born Pérez has toured and/or recorded with artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Jack DeJohnette, Steve Lacy, Lee Konitz, Charlie Haden, Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Tito Puente, Wynton Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Gary Burton, and Roy Haynes. With jazz as the anchoring foundation, Pérez’s music is a blend of his Panamanian roots, Latin American folk music, West African rhythms, and European impressionism.

As NPR reports, “Danilo Perez is a man with some serious jazz cred. The Panamanian pianist got his start playing with Dizzy Gillespie and continued with Wayne Shorter. As a composer and bandleader himself, he’s practically peerless.”

*PLEASE NOTE: All 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows

$25.00 / $40.00 / $50.00 / $55.00 – Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun

$25.00 / $50.00 / $60.00 / $65.00 -- Sat

“One of the country‘s primary ambassadors of jazz music” – The Los Angeles Times

Caroline Davis – alto saxophone

Matthew Stevens – guitar

Orrin Evans – piano (wed, thu & sun)

Ian Michael - piano (fri & sat)

Matt Brewer – bass

Terri Lyne Carrington – drums

Drummer and bandleader Terri Lyne Carrington leads an exceptional ensemble, New Standards 2, in performances of new music from a forthcoming album of the same name. The group features saxophonist Caroline Davis, guitarist Matthew Stevens (Fri. – Sun.), pianist Orrin Evans (Wed. Thu. & Sun.), pianist Ian Michael (Fri. and Sat.), and bassist Matt Brewer.

Carrington—an NEA Jazz Master, four-time Grammy winner, and the 2019 Doris Duke Award recipient—is a former child prodigy who, at 10 years old, became the youngest person to receive a union card in Boston. While still in her 20s, she toured extensively with Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock, among others. To date, Carrington has performed on over 100 recordings and has toured or recorded with luminary artists such as Al Jarreau, Stan Getz, Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Diana Krall, Cassandra Wilson, Dianne Reeves, James Moody, Yellowjackets, and Esperanza Spalding, among many others.

“Carrington crafts jazz materials with the expertise of the best arrangers, as well as being a percussionist of understated power,” reports The Guardian, while All About Jazz adds that Carrington is “a great rhythm master, equal parts intellectual Max Roach and physical Art Blakey.” All About Jazz also reviewed Carrington’s celebrated residency at Smoke, performing a Tribute to Roach, “We Insist 2025,” calling its “passion and focus… an early contender for standout jazz performance of the year.”