SmallsLIVE/Mezzrow Newsletter - Â Spiritus Animalis

SmallsLIVE Newsletter
7/24/17

Dear Friends:

Smalls has always been a haven for all creatures. Besides jazz musicians, poets, painters, late-night dwellers, addicts, neurotics and unusual humans there has also been some "Spiritus Animalis" who have found their home in our basement. Those of you who can remember back to the original days of Smalls will remember the wonderful Snow, a pure white Simoyan, who was the clubs first mascot. Snow was incredibly intelligent and would confidently walk through the club making sure everything was ok. She would patiently let everyone pet (and praise) her and then would take her place at the top of the steps to sit proudly with Mitch at the front door - guardian, host and protecting being. After Snow passed away (a sad day in our club history) there was a long gap before another Spiritus Animalis found us. The successor to Snow ended up being a cat of great beauty - Minnow the Maine Coon. She was an unworldly spirit - like a princess trapped in a tower, she tolerated the common rabble and would, like a diva, jump on the piano (particularly when I was playing) and steal the spotlight. She was (and still is) stunningly beautiful and kept guard over our club for nearly 5 years before finally retiring from her duties. She now lives in my apartment sunning herself on the window sill and barely tolerating my other two cats. Now, out of the blue, comes Bix. He's a young white tomcat who survived the harrowing ordeal of living on the streets of New York, hiding in a car and being abused. One day for some reason, he showed up at our club's front door. We let him in and he now he acts as if he's been there his whole life. He may very well be a reincarnated jazz musicians from some other era finding his most comfortable home. But he is a hit - a most amiable kitty, eager to be touched and held, much to the delight of the audience. Welcome home, Bix. Let the mice tremble with fear.

I'm psyched to announce that we have finally changed our live streaming platform to UStream, a really great streaming company run by IBM. We're hoping that this will solidify our transmissions and eliminate any of the issues that people have been having with FLASH compatibility. Please let us know how this system is working for you and if there's any issues.

I wish everyone an excellent week and hope to see you at the clubs for one of our great shows.

Regards,

Spike

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Monday - 7/24
The Jon Davis Trio
Sets at 7:30 PM & 9 PM
with Jon Davis - Piano, Peter Slavov - Bass, Eric McPherson - Drums

Monday - 7/24
The Jonathan Barber Group &
After-hours Jam Session
Sets at 10:30 PM & 12 AM
with Jonathan Barber - Drums, Godwin Louis - Alto Sax, Taber Gable - Piano

Tuesday - 7/25
The Lucas Pino Nonet
Sets at 7:30 PM & 9 PM
with Lucas Pino - Tenor Sax, Philip Dizack - Trumpet, Alex LoRe - Alto Sax, Robert Edwards - Trombone, Ron Blake - Baritone Sax, Alex Wintz - Guitar, Mike King - Piano, Desmond White - Piano, Jimmy MacBride - Drums

Tuesday - 7/25
The Spike Wilner Quintet
Sets at 10:30 PM & 12 AM
with Spike Wilner - piano, Joe Magnarelli - tpt, Joel Frahm - tnr, Tyler Mitchell - bs, Anthony Pinciotti - drm

Wednesday - 7/26
Adam Kolker "Reflections" Quartet
Sets at 7:30 PM & 9 PM
with Adam Kolker - Tenor Sax, Russ Lossing - Piano, Billy Mintz - Drums

Wednesday - 7/26
The Tim Hegarty Quintet
Sets at 10:30 PM & 12 AM
with Tim Hegarty - Tenor Sax, Ben Rosenblum - Piano, Vince Dupont - Bass, Charlie Sigler - Guitar, Winard Harper - Drums

Thursday - 7/27
The Nick Hempton Band
Sets at 7:30 PM & 9 PM
with Nick Hempton - Tenor Sax, Alexander Claffy - Bass, Michael Weiss - Piano

Thursday - 7/27
The Uptown Jazz Tentet
Sets at 10:30 PM & 12 AM
with James Burton III - Trombone, Brandon Lee - Trumpet, Willie Applewhite - Trombone, Tatum Greenblatt - Trumpet, Jon Irabagon - Tenor Sax, William Anderson - Alto Sax, Carl Maraghi - Baritone Sax, Tom McEvoy - Piano, Clovis Nicolas - Bass, Peter Van Nostrand - Drums

Friday - 7/28
The Matt Chertkoff Quintet
Sets at 7:30 PM & 9 PM
with Matt Chertkoff - Guitar, Craig Handy - Tenor Sax, Peter Zak - Pino, Chris Berger - Bass, Chris Beck - Drums

Saturday - 7/29
The Billy Mintz Septet
Sets at 7:30 PM & 9 PM
with Billy Mintz - Drums, John Gross - Tenor Sax, Tony Malaby - Tenor Sax, Hilliard Green - Bass, Rufus Reid - Bass, Adam Kolker - Tenor Sax, Roberta Piket - Piano

Friday & Saturday - 7/28-29
The Donald Edwards Quintet
Sets at 10:30 PM & 12 AM
$20 for this show
with Donald Edwards - Drums, David Gilmore - Guitar, Mark Shim - Tenor Sax, Victor Gould - Piano, Ben Wolfe - Bass

Sunday - 7/30
The Johnny O'Neal Trio
Sets 7:30 PM to 9 PM
with Johnny O'Neal - Piano, Ben Rubens - Bass, Itay Morchi - Drums

Sunday - 7/30
The Alex Norris Quintet
Sets at 10:30 PM & 12 AM
with Alex Norris - Trumpet, Ari Ambrose - Tenor Sax, Miki Yamanaka - Piano, Paul Gill - Bass, Brian Floody - Drums