
Smoke Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows
Sat, Aug 22
*PLEASE NOTE: All 6:30PM and 8:30PM 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
Larry Goldings – Hammond B-3 organ
Peter Bernstein – guitar
Bill Stewart – drums
“An authentic organ trio with all the size and scope of Mount Everest, and twice the cool” — JazzTimes
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, and Bill Stewart return to Smoke to celebrate the release of their new album Rhombus (Smoke Sessions Records, August 7). One of the most acclaimed organ trios in modern music, the group has been performing and recording together for more than 35 years, developing a deeply intuitive musical language defined by groove, interplay, and invention.
Formed in New York in the late 1980s, the trio has become a benchmark for the modern organ trio tradition, while each member has established himself as a leading voice on his instrument. Rhombus finds them exploring music by Keith Jarrett, Randy Weston, Abdullah Ibrahim, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, and Irving Berlin, alongside originals by Goldings and Bernstein—reframing familiar material through their unmistakable collective sound.
DownBeat calls them “standard-bearers for the B-3 tradition,” while JazzTimes praises their “interactive approach, virtuoso execution, and emphasis on melody and groove.”
Sun, Aug 23
*PLEASE NOTE: All 6:30PM and 8:30PM 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
Larry Goldings – Hammond B-3 organ
Peter Bernstein – guitar
Bill Stewart – drums
“An authentic organ trio with all the size and scope of Mount Everest, and twice the cool” — JazzTimes
Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, and Bill Stewart return to Smoke to celebrate the release of their new album Rhombus (Smoke Sessions Records, August 7). One of the most acclaimed organ trios in modern music, the group has been performing and recording together for more than 35 years, developing a deeply intuitive musical language defined by groove, interplay, and invention.
Formed in New York in the late 1980s, the trio has become a benchmark for the modern organ trio tradition, while each member has established himself as a leading voice on his instrument. Rhombus finds them exploring music by Keith Jarrett, Randy Weston, Abdullah Ibrahim, Wayne Shorter, Thelonious Monk, and Irving Berlin, alongside originals by Goldings and Bernstein—reframing familiar material through their unmistakable collective sound.
DownBeat calls them “standard-bearers for the B-3 tradition,” while JazzTimes praises their “interactive approach, virtuoso execution, and emphasis on melody and groove.”
Bird Lives! A Charlie Parker Birthday Celebration feat. The Vincent Herring & Eric Alexander Quintet
ResidencyWed, Aug 26
*PLEASE NOTE: All 6:30PM and 8:30PM 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
Vincent Herring – alto saxophone
Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone
Mike LeDonne – piano
John Webber – bass
Carl Allen – drums
“Herring fuses instrumental mastery with equal and unified parts of jazz’s holy trinity of heart, mind, and soul.”
– WNPR Radio
“Eric Alexander can play the tenor saxophone—never doubt that. He has the chops, power, and passion that make him one of the most blazingly bad-assed saxophonists of his generation.”
– Downbeat
For Bird Lives! A Charlie Parker Birthday Celebration, two saxophone masters, Vincent Herring and Eric Alexander—on alto and tenor respectively—join forces for Bird Lives! A Charlie Parker Birthday Celebration featuring a stellar quintet with pianist Mike LeDonne, bassist John Webber, and drummer Carl Allen.
Alexander and Herring have a long-running and rewarding musical relationship that is frequently billed as a “saxophone battle,” a tradition of musical competition that Parker himself knew well. From their celebrated recordings The Battle: Live at Smoke (2005) to their recent acclaimed release Split Decision (2026), Alexander and Herring continue to thrill audiences with their energetic and entertaining exchanges. Every time they meet as formidable peers and longtime collaborators, there is a deep musical rapport and plenty of fireworks.
All About Jazz states, “For those who long for the time when hard bop reigned supreme... here's a sure cure for any lament that those days are lost and gone forever.” While Paris Move calls this very quintet “a dream team of seasoned musicians whose names have long been synonymous with jazz excellence.”

