A Jazz Messengers Tribute to Art Blakey

Wed, Feb 26

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $35|$40|$50|$55 Brian Lynch – trumpet Donald Harrison – alto saxophone Robin Eubanks – trombone Benny Green – piano Peter Washington – bass Carl Allen – drums Master drummer Carl Allen leads a very special sextet of Messengers’ alumni in celebration of the musical legacy of the great Art Blakey. Allen grew up idolizing Blakey’s hard-driving swing, and after he started playing with the legendary trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, a former member of Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, the iconic drummer named Allen an honorary Messenger. The members of this all-star ensemble are all former Messengers, too, with trumpeter Brian Lynch, alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, trombonist Robin Eubanks, pianist Benny Green, and bassist Peter Washington. Individually, these musicians embody the spirit of Blakey with their virtuosity and fire, but together they are transcendent.