On March 15, 2020, just before the city went into a pandemic-induced lockdown, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Al Foster took the stage at the Smoke Jazz Club on the Upper West Side. The men, both over ...

Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), SMOKE Jazz Club ends 2023 with an exciting line-up in December. The month begins with a rare solo piano doubleheader by Brad Mehldau (Dec 1-2) ...

SMOKE Jazz Club today announced its exciting December 2025 line-up featuring the annual Coltrane Festival – one of the musical highlights of the holiday season. Over the course of four weeks (Dec 10 – ...

The last in-house show at Smoke Jazz Club on the Upper West Side has lingered in co-owner Paul Stache's mind for a long time now. It took place on March 15th, 2020 – just a few days before all ...

One of New York City’s premier live music venues, Smoke Jazz Club, today announced its long-awaited reopening. After two years spent reorienting to the pandemic with modified operations including ...

New York City jazz hotspot Smoke begins its twenty-sixth year in 2025. As founder/owner Paul Stache points out many clubs come and go in a few years. So, what does Stache attribute Smoke’s impressive ...

SMOKE Jazz Club will present today's leading artists in April aka Jazz Appreciation Month. The lauded tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III begins the month with a five-night run (Apr 2-6) at the helm of ...