
Smoke Jazz Club's Upcoming Shows
Sun, May 24
*PLEASE NOTE: All 6PM and 8PM 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
Luciana Souza – vocals
Chico Pinheiro – guitar
Rogério Boccato – percussion
“[Luciana Souza] continues her captivating journey as a uniquely talented vocalist who organically crosses genre borders.” — Billboard
Grammy-winning vocalist Luciana Souza joins guitarist Chico Pinheiro and percussionist Rogério Boccato in a captivating, intimate trio exploring Brazilian music, jazz improvisation, and lyrical storytelling.
Born in São Paulo to a family of Bossa Nova innovators, Souza has released more than a dozen critically acclaimed recordings, receiving multiple Grammy nominations, and has collaborated with Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Bobby McFerrin. Entertainment Weekly notes that her performances trace “a landscape of emotion that knows no boundaries.”
Souza “uses her voice as an instrument of empathy and intimacy, cultural linkage and poetic disquisition… singing wordlessly but with full expressive intent,” writes The New York Times, bringing profound depth to every note and transforming each performance into a storytelling journey that is both personal and universal.
Miles Davis 100th Celebration with the Eddie Henderson Quintet feat. Gary Bartz and Billy Hart
ResidencyWed, May 27
*PLEASE NOTE: All 6PM and 8PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows
Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun – $25.00 / $50.00 / $60.00 / $65.00
Sat –$25.00 / $60.00 / $70.00 / $75.00
Eddie Henderson – trumpet
Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
Kevin Hays – piano
Ben Street – bass
Billy Hart – drums
“Miles Davis was the artist who defined jazz for me, and who, in his own way, defined American music in the 20th century.”
– Quincy Jones
A very special group—with numerous connections to the great Miles Davis—convenes for the 2026 edition of our Miles Davis Festival, celebrating his life and music, as well as his May 26th birthday. And this year also marks the centennial of his 1926 birth.
The five-night festival features a powerhouse acoustic quintet featuring trumpeter Eddie Henderson—praised by DownBeat as “a masterful improviser with a deeply expressive voice”—and alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, whom Connecticut Public Radio hailed as “one of the music’s all-time great alto saxophonists,” and drum legend Billy Hart, described by The Guardian as “one of the great modern jazz drummers.”
Each also has personal connections to Miles: NEA Jazz Masters Bartz and Hart appeared, in the 1970s, on his groundbreaking albums Live-Evil and On the Corner, respectively, while Henderson often credits his remarkable career in music to advice and encouragement from Miles, a close friend of his parents. In fact, Davis stayed with the Hendersons in 1958 and took a young Eddie Henderson, still in high school, with him to the gig where he heard Miles’ sextet with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. It was a decisive moment for Henderson, and the rest is history.
Miles Davis 100th Celebration with the Eddie Henderson Quintet feat. Gary Bartz and Billy Hart
ResidencyThu, May 28
*PLEASE NOTE: All 6PM and 8PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows
Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun – $25.00 / $50.00 / $60.00 / $65.00
Sat –$25.00 / $60.00 / $70.00 / $75.00
Eddie Henderson – trumpet
Gary Bartz – alto saxophone
Kevin Hays – piano
Ben Street – bass
Billy Hart – drums
“Miles Davis was the artist who defined jazz for me, and who, in his own way, defined American music in the 20th century.”
– Quincy Jones
A very special group—with numerous connections to the great Miles Davis—convenes for the 2026 edition of our Miles Davis Festival, celebrating his life and music, as well as his May 26th birthday. And this year also marks the centennial of his 1926 birth.
The five-night festival features a powerhouse acoustic quintet featuring trumpeter Eddie Henderson—praised by DownBeat as “a masterful improviser with a deeply expressive voice”—and alto saxophonist Gary Bartz, whom Connecticut Public Radio hailed as “one of the music’s all-time great alto saxophonists,” and drum legend Billy Hart, described by The Guardian as “one of the great modern jazz drummers.”
Each also has personal connections to Miles: NEA Jazz Masters Bartz and Hart appeared, in the 1970s, on his groundbreaking albums Live-Evil and On the Corner, respectively, while Henderson often credits his remarkable career in music to advice and encouragement from Miles, a close friend of his parents. In fact, Davis stayed with the Hendersons in 1958 and took a young Eddie Henderson, still in high school, with him to the gig where he heard Miles’ sextet with John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. It was a decisive moment for Henderson, and the rest is history.

