*PLEASE NOTE: All 6:00PM and 8:00PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows

$25.00 | $60.00 | $70.00 | $75.00 – Wed, Thu & Sun

$25.00 | $70.00 | $80.00 | $85.00 – Fri & Sat

Ravi Coltrane – saxophones

Jonathan Finlayson – trumpet

Gadi Lehavi – piano and keyboards

Elé Howell – drums

“A worthy heir to his father, jazz legend John Coltrane.” – The Telegraph (UK)

For the second week of Smoke’s 14th annual Coltrane Festival, Countdown 2027, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane leads his incredible quartet with trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, pianist Gadi Lehavi, and drummer Elé Howell.

An artist whose career occupies a singular niche in modern jazz, Ravi Coltrane has established a sound and concepts that stand undeniably on their own, extending far beyond the shadow of his iconic name. Over a twenty-plus-year career, Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many and recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others, including McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Terence Blanchard, Geri Allen, and many more. All About Jazz reviewed his group, saying, “The band is dynamite. Coltrane mainly played tenor, on which his sound is massive but softer-edged and less biting than that of his father.” The New York Times adds, "There are few saxophonists in jazz today as silvery and deft as Ravi Coltrane."

Born in Long Island, the second son of John Coltrane and Alice Coltrane, Ravi was named after Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar. He was raised in Los Angeles where his family moved after his father’s death in 1967. His mother, Alice Coltrane, was a significant influence on Ravi and it was he who encouraged Alice to return to performance and the recording studio after a long absence. Subsequently, Ravi produced and played on Alice Coltrane’s powerful, ‘Translinear Light’, which was released in 2004.

Ravi lives in Brooklyn, NY and leads the effort to restore the John Coltrane Home in Dix Hills, Long Island www.thecoltranehome.org and presides over important reissues of his parents’ recordings.