The Jazz Passengers at Ki Smith Gallery

Gig Alerts | May 19, 2023

Jazz Passengers at Ki Smith Gallery
May 24. $25.63. 8:30PM. 

The Jazz Passengers – despite the name – don’t just play jazz. Founded in 1987 and still led by sax player Roy Nathanson and trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, the band has worked with spoken word artists, rock stars like Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry, and theatrical elements that have an almost modernist vaudeville flavor. It’s been six years since the band’s last record, but Nathanson and Fowlkes are getting the band back together for an exploration of the Jazz Passengers 30 year’s worth of songs. The 8-piece band performs on May 24 at the Ki Smith Gallery in the East Village. 

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