Performatist
    Jazz

    Jerome Gillespie Quintet

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    Monday, April 27, 2026

    9:00 PM

    Smalls Jazz Club

    183 W 10th St, New York, NY 10014

    Scheduled

    About This Event

    Jerome Gillespie Quintet appears at Smalls Jazz Club alongside New York–based Rico Jones and his quartet. Jones’s playing, often heard in Smalls’s close quarters, favors structure over showmanship: tight ensemble conversation, patient solo development, and an emphasis on time, dynamics and the rhythm section’s role in shaping the narrative.

    About the Artists

    Rico Jones

    Rico Jones

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    Rico Jones is a New York City–based jazz musician whose work is often heard in the close quarters of Smalls Jazz Club. He leads the Rico Jones Quartet, a working unit built around small-group interplay and clear, unhurried phrasing.

    Rico Jones Quartet

    Rico Jones Quartet is a jazz group heard in New York City rooms such as Smalls Jazz Club, where the set list often keeps close to the bandstand tradition of working tunes into new shapes. Led by Rico Jones, the quartet draws on his experience performing alongside a range of collaborators under his own name.