COUNTDOWN 2025 – COLTRANE FESTIVAL: Steve Turre with the Vincent Herring Quintet featuring George Cables

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $40|$55|$60 Steve Turre – trombone & shells Vincent Herring – alto saxophone George Cables – piano Yasushi Nakamura – bass Joe Farnsworth – drums SMOKE’s year-end Coltrane Festival “Countdown 2025” presents the incredible trombonist and seashell innovator Steve Turre as the special guest with the Vincent Herring Quartet featuring legendary pianist George Cables. Rolling Stone called Turre “perhaps the leading trombonist of this generation.” His storied career includes work alongside music legends Ray Charles, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and Woody Shaw. He has consistently won both the Readers’ and Critics’ polls in JazzTimes, Downbeat, and Jazziz for “Best Trombone” and “Best Miscellaneous Instrumentalist (shells).” He is a versatile master and a true jazz original. Downbeat says, “Few artists ‘own’ their instrument to the degree that trombonist Steve Turre does. Whether playing the music of Rahsaan Roland Kirk, performing as a member of the Saturday Night Live house band, or with one of his own groups, his voice is distinctive and memorable.” Turre is featured in this quintet alongside the beloved pianist George Cables. All About Jazz writes, “Anyone who is serious about jazz will tell you that George Cables belongs in the pantheon of the greatest jazz pianists.” Finally, this auspicious quintet is led by the incredible Vincent Herring, one of the great alto saxophonists, who the New York City Jazz Record says “has firmly established himself as one of his generation’s masters.”