COUNTDOWN 2025 – COLTRANE FESTIVAL: Eric Scott Reed Quintet feat. Nicholas Payton & Eric Alexander

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $40|$55|$60 Nicholas Payton – trumpet Eric Alexander – tenor saxophone Eric Scott Reed – piano Peter Washington – bass Joe Farnsworth – drums “Reed is one of those tremendously gifted players.” – Downbeat Countdown 2025 continues with an exciting Coltrane-inspired quintet assembled by piano master Eric Scott Reed, who All About Jazz reports has “fully established himself in the forefront of jazz pianists.” A child prodigy who grew up playing in his father’s storefront Baptist Church, Reed has been one of the most important ambassadors of the music for over 30 years. Ahmad Jamal called him “one of my very favorite pianists.” Joining Reed is a virtuoso front line, trumpeter Nicholas Payton and saxophonist Eric Alexander, and an all-star rhythm section, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Joe Farnsworth.