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Kendrick Scott Quintet at SMOKE by Margret Echeverria

The first piece, Monk's Dream (Thelonious Monk), Scott starts with a beat that feels out the space and brings us in.  Hays takes over the lead in a skillful melodious syncopation - like new butterfly wings - of happy sound.  Then Stephens comes to the melody playfully rolling the sequence on tenor sax for a while.  Archer is having a ball on bass occasionally bouncing his body with excitement.   Moulli…

SOURCE: The Front Row Center at 11:33AM on April 13, 2026

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