Joe Farnsworth Quintet feat. Emmet Cohen “The Big Room” Record Release

Sat, Sep 06

*PLEASE NOTE: All 7PM and 9PM shows at Smoke are Dinner Shows $35.00 / $40.00 / $45.00 / $50.00 -- Wed & Thu $35.00 / $40.00 / $50.00 / $55.00 -- Fri & Sun $35.00 / $50.00 / $60.00 / $65.00 -- Sat Jeremy Pelt – trumpet Sarah Hanahan – alto saxophone Emmet Cohen – piano Yasushi Nakamura – bass Joe Farnsworth – drums “This most swinging of percussionists can spark any band with his perfect time and unwavering attention to detail.” – The New Yorker Renowned drummer (also rapidly gaining a reputation as a preeminent bandleader) Joe Farnsworth celebrates the release of his exciting new album “The Big Room” with an energetic and rewarding quintet featuring pianist Emmet Cohen and an all-star lineup with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt, saxophonist Sarah Hanahan, and bassist Yasushi Nakamura. Glide Magazine calls him “One of the premiere straight-ahead drummers of his generation,” while Broadway World adds that he “is known for his blazing speed, precision, and melodic playing.” After 30-plus years working alongside such seminal artists as George Coleman, Benny Golson, Pharaoh Sanders, Cedar Walton, Harold Mabern, and McCoy Tyner, Farnsworth steps into the spotlight with The Big Room—aiming for “a place where all of the discipline, rules, and language that a musician spends a lifetime mastering suddenly fade, and pure, transcendent creation can occur.”