Da Lion’s den at Da Milio

Join another electrifying installment of The Smoking Jacket Series with a piano cutting session honoring Will “Da Lion” Smith. Brennen Ernst, Drew Nugent, Jon Thomas, Jesse Gelber, and the legendary Terry Waldo go head-to-head, hyping each other up and throwing down fearless Harlem stride style fireworks. Expect not-for-the-faint-of-heart challenges like Fingerbusters, Pearls, Carolina Shout, Polonaise, Rippling Waters, Alligator Crawl, and other hits by Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, and Eubie Blake—celebrating the centennial of the stride style that swept NYC and laid the foundations of jazz.

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