Eric Alexander and Harold Mabern

Catch the Trane into the new year as Smoke runs out the calendar with its annual John Coltrane festival. Here, tenorist and Smoke mainstay Eric Alexander and his mentor, veteran pianist Harold Mabern, colead a quartet featuring drum master Louis Hayes (Dec 23–25), followed by a sextet with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and saxist Vincent Herring (Dec 26 through Jan 1). Note that special prices apply on Dec 31.