Black Cat's Upcoming Shows

Tickets: $20 , $40 , $50 , $60

(price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee)

7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00

9:30 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:45

Joe Farnsworth, born in 1968 in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is a highly respected jazz drummer shaped by mentors Alan Dawson and Arthur Taylor. A graduate of William Paterson University, he quickly established himself on the New York scene and has since performed and recorded with legends including Benny Golson, Diana Krall, Pharoah Sanders, and McCoy Tyner. With over 500 recordings and a career defined by long-standing collaborations, Farnsworth is also a bandleader, educator at William Paterson, and an internationally recognized clinician.

Joe’s latest album The Big Room is out now on all streaming platforms. It’s most definitely #timetoswing

Band Lineup:

Joe Farnsworth, Drums

Eric Alexander, Sax

Michael Zisman, Bass

Matt Clark, Piano

Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50

(price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee)

7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00

9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30

Joe Farnsworth, born in 1968 in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is a highly respected jazz drummer shaped by mentors Alan Dawson and Arthur Taylor. A graduate of William Paterson University, he quickly established himself on the New York scene and has since performed and recorded with legends including Benny Golson, Diana Krall, Pharoah Sanders, and McCoy Tyner. With over 500 recordings and a career defined by long-standing collaborations, Farnsworth is also a bandleader, educator at William Paterson, and an internationally recognized clinician.

Joe’s latest album The Big Room is out now on all streaming platforms. It’s most definitely #timetoswing

Band Lineup:

Joe Farnsworth, Drums

Eric Alexander, Sax

Michael Zisman, Bass

Matt Clark, Piano

Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50

(price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee)

7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00

Eloise Carter is a NYC-based jazz singer and actress. Born and raised in the Bay Area, she’s thrilled for this “homecoming" show at Black Cat. She’s a recent graduate from the Tribeca Jazz Institute, where she studied with Lucy Yeghaizaryan, Michael Kanan, Tardo Hammer, and Vanisha Gould. In November 2025, she released her debut EP “Eloise: Live From Monks.” An emerging artist in both the acting and music fields, her Shakespeare adaptation Gents Can’t Measure was workshopped by Fiasco Theater in May and she has just returned from her first European tour with stops in London, The Netherlands, and Paris.

Band Lineup:

Eloise Carter, vocals

Adam Schulman, piano

Brian Fishler, drums

Tickets: $20 , $30 , $40 , $50

(price includes $5.50 processing and ticketing fee)

7:00 show: Doors @ 6:00

9:15 show: Bar @ 6:00, Doors @ 8:30

Black Cat presents a rare convergence of two major voices in modern jazz, each shaped by the towering legacy of John Coltrane yet speaking in distinct musical languages of their own.

Grammy Award-winning saxophonist Wayne Escoffery brings a sound critics have called a "contemporary mix of Coltrane, Shorter and Henderson influences,” powerful, passionate, and unmistakably his own. A two-time Downbeat Critics Poll winner, Escoffery has spent decades at the center of the jazz world: a member of Tom Harrell's quintet for over a decade, a musical director of the Mingus Big Band, and leader of his own acclaimed quartet. His 2024 release Alone, featuring Gerald Clayton, Ron Carter, and Carl Allen, earned 5 stars in the London Times and was hailed as one of the year's finest jazz statements.

Sharing the stage is Miami-based pianist Tal Cohen, a Grammy-winning artist whose playing weaves folk melodies and classical influence into deeply personal, modern jazz harmony. Winner of the Barry Harris National Piano Competition and the Freedman Fellowship, Cohen has toured the globe alongside Terence Blanchard, Joe Lovano, and Greg Osby, earning praise for the "passion, focus and creativity" of his playing.

Together, Escoffery and Cohen trace two divergent paths from a shared source, a saxophonist whose sound channels Coltrane's fire, and a pianist whose harmonic palette reflects Coltrane's restless search for new musical languages. 

Band Lineup:

Wayne Escoffery, Tenor Saxophone

Tal Cohen, Piano 

Giulio Xavier Cetto, Bass 

Malachi Whitson, Drums