Welcome to SmallsLIVE!  SmallsLIVE is the new live-performance recording label for Smalls Jazz Club.

Our focus at SmallsLIVE is to capture top notch jazz groups in live performances at the club.  Our goal is to take advantage of the wonderful acoustic qualities of the room and preserve the excitement of a live performance.  Artists are booked for two or three nights and recorded in an unobtrusive fashion.  The audience hardly knows that a recording is taking place!  The artists are given full control of the material and of the choice of the cuts.  The SmallsLIVE team of engineers, Ian Hendrickson-Smith and Glen Forrest, deliver the highest-level of sound quality, focusing on the strength of the room sound.  The digital masters are then transferred to analog tape and then back to digital to create and warm and natural sound.

Our projects already completed include:

The Ryan Kisor Quintet

* Ryan Kisor (trumpet) & Sherman Irby (alto) Quintet with Peter Zak (piano), Carlos Enriquez (bass) & Ali Jackson (drums)

The Kevin Hays Trio

* Kevin Hays (piano) Trio with Doug Weiss (bass) & Bill Stewart (drums)

The Dave Kikoski Trio

* Dave Kikoski (piano) Trio with Hans Glawishnig (bass) & Obed Calvaire (drums)

Peter Bernstein & "Cobb's Mobb"

* Peter Bernstein (guitar) with drum legend Jimmy Cobb, Richard Wyands (piano) & John Webber (bass)

The Steve Davis Quintet featuring Larry Willis

* Steve Davis (trombone) Quintet with piano legend Larry Willis, Mike DiRubbo (alto), Gerald Cannon (bass) & Willie Jones III (drums)

We hope to have an official launch for the label by the summer of 2009.  Please keep an eye on this page for updates about new projects and release dates.

For all inquiries, please email Spike Wilner at SmallsLIVE @gmail.com