COUNTDOWN 2025 – COLTRANE FESTIVAL: Ravi Coltrane featuring Gadi Lehavi and Elé Salif Howell

Thu, Dec 12

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $40|$55|$60 Ravi Coltrane – saxophones Gadi Lehavi – piano Elé Salif Howell – drums “A worthy heir to his father, jazz legend John Coltrane.” 
– The Telegraph (UK) Critically acclaimed, Grammy-nominated saxophonist and composer Ravi Coltrane makes a highly anticipated Smoke Jazz Club debut with his inspired trio featuring 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."