Smalls Jazz Club located in the basement of 183 West 10th Street, New York City has, for several years, recorded performances taking place there and archived the recorded videos. With a subscription, the videos can be viewed on demand. Many musicians have participated in thousands of shows and the list continues to grow. Mezzrow is a sister club to Smalls in the same neighborhood and run by the same management.
Chris Byars has been involved with many shows starting in 2007. They are listed below and the list will be updated periodically. Byars is the leader unless otherwise noted. I have documented 3 of these in the discography and they are sets performed in 2010. But to include ALL of the sets would require a time commitment currently beyond my capability.
I encourage you to access these shows at the Smalls website. Doing so will not only allow you to enjoy some great music but also to support the Smalls Foundation and the performing musicians.
- 2007-10-12 Quintet
- 2007-10-13 Quintet
- 2008-01-25 Quartet
- 2008-01-26 Quartet
- 2008-04-11 Yaala Ballin Group
- 2008-10-03 Tentet
- 2008-10-04 Tentet
- 2009-03-27 Freddie Redd Sextet
- 2009-08-28 Brad Linde Ensemble
- 2009-10-30 Ari Roland Quintet
- 2009-10-31 Ari Roland Quintet
- 2009-04-09 Freddie Redd Sextet
- 2009-04-10 Freddie Redd Sextet
- 2010-06-22 John Mosca Quintet
- 2010-08-07 Ari Roland Quintet
- 2010-09-17 Octet
- 2010-09-18 Octet
- 2010-11-05 Octet
- 2010-11-06 Octet
- 2011-01-01 Ari Roland Quintet
- 2011-01-07 Quartet
- 2011-01-28 Octet
- 2011-12-17 Ari Roland Band
- 2011-12-23 Shawn Aileen Clark
- 2012-08-24 Quartet
- 2012-12-29 Quintet
- 2013-03-23 Quintet
- 2013-05-25 Quartet
- 2013-08-03 Sacha Perry Quartet
- 2013-09-14 Quartet
- 2013-11-02 Sextet
- 2014-01-11 Sextet
- 2014-04-19 Sextet
- 2014-09-13 Sextet
- 2014-11-20 Quintet
- 2015-02-11 Jamale Davis Quintet
- 2015-03-21 Sextet
- 2015-06-13 Septet
- 2015-11-28 Group
- 2016-03-19 Quintet
- 2017-01-28 Sextet
- 2017-04-07 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet
- 2017-04-15 Nonet
- 2017-09-22 Sextet
- 2017-09-23 Sextet
- 2018-01-05 John Marshall Quintet
- 2018-01-06 John Marshall Quintet
- 2018-02-02 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet
- 2018-03-11 Sextet
- 2018-04-29 Sacha Perry Trio
- 2018-05-13 Original Sextet
- 2018-05-27 Sacha Perry Trio
- 2018-07-01 Sextet
- 2018-07-29 Ai Murakami Trio Feat. Sacha Perry
- 2018-07-31 Sasha Dobson, Chris Byars, Dred Scott & Neal Miner
- 2018-08-09 Chris Byars, Chris Flory & Neal Miner
- 2018-09-23 Ai Murakami Quartet Feat. Sacha Perry
- 2019-01-20 Ari Roland, Pasquale Grasso, Chris Byars & Keith Balla
- 2019-02-14 Original Sextet
- 2019-02-18 Neal Miner, Chris Byars & Chris Flory
- 2019-04-08 Ari Roland
- 2019-04-28 Original Sextet
- 2019-05-26 Original Sextet
- 2019-07-28 Original Sextet
- 2019-08-21 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet
- 2019-08-25 Original Sextet
- 2020-01-26 Original Sextet
- 2020-02-10 Trio
- 2020-02-23 Original Sextet
- 2021-06-06 Quintet
- 2021-08-29 Original Sextet – Bird’s 101st
- 2021-10-04 Pasquale Grasso & Ari Roland
- 2021-11-28 Original Sextet
- 2022-02-20 Original Sextet
- 2022-03-07 Pasquale Grasso Quartet
- 2022-05-04 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet
- 2022-06-26 Original Sextet
- 2022-12-11 Original Sextet
- 2023-01-10 Trio with John Merrill and Neal Miner (Mezzrow)
- 2023-01-15 Ai Murakami Quintet
- 2023-02-28 Trio with John Merrill and Neal Miner (Mezzrow)
- 2023-03-28 Quartet with Pasquale Grasso – CD Release Party (Mezzrow)
- 2023-04-11 Quartet (Mezzrow)
- 2023-05-09 Trio with John Merrill and Neal Miner (Mezzrow)
- 2023-05-28 Sextet
- 2023-07-04 Trio with Chris Flory, Ari Roland (Mezzrow)
- 2023-08-24 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet
- 2023-08-27 Ai Murakami Quartet
- 2023-09-19 Trio with Neal Miner and Jason Tiemann (Mezzrow)
- 2023-11-26 With John Lang Earotica Ensemble
- 2023-12-24 Quintet with Margi Gianquinto, Sameer Shankar, JinJoo Yoo, Masahiro Sakuma
- 2023-12-26 Neal Miner trio with Chris Byars and Jason Tiemann (Mezzrow)
- 2024-02-04 Original Sextet
- 2024-02-06 Trio with David Pearl and Ari Roland (Mezzrow)
- 2024-02-20 Trio with Neal Miner and Jason Tiemann (Mezzrow)
- 2024-03-19 Trio with Neal Miner and Jason Tiemann (Mezzrow)
- 2024-04-10 Quintet with John Mosca, Zaid Nasser, Ari Roland, Keith Balla
- 2024-04-23 Quartet with Anaïs Reno, Konrad Paszkudzki, Sameer Shankar (Mezzrow)
- 2024-05-14 Neal Miner Trio with Chris Byars and Jason Tiemann (Mezzrow)
- 2024-07-09 Neal Miner Trio with Chris Byars and Jason Tiemann (Mezzrow)
- 2024-07-23 Quartet with Anais Reno, Konrad Paszkudski, Sameer Shankar (Mezzrow)
- 2024-08-13 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2024-10-06 Original Sextet
- 2024-10-29 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2024-12-17 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2025-01-21 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2025-03-18 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2025-05-06 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2025-05-15 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet with Chris Byars and Eliot Zigmund
- 2025-06-10 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2025-08-05 Jade Synstelien Quartet with Chris Byars, Clovis Nicholas and Michael Camacho
- 2025-08-12 Chris Byars, Neal Miner (leader), Jason Tiemann Trio (Mezzrow)
- 2025-09-14 Octet
- 2025-10-14 Neal Miner Trio (Chris Byars, Jason Tiemann) (Mezzrow)
- 2025-11-04 Neal Miner Trio (Chris Byars, Jason Tiemann) (Mezzrow)
- 2025-11-28 Octet (6 P.M. set Gigi Gryce Centennial celebration)
- 2025-11-29 Octet (6 P.M. set Gigi Gryce Centennial celebration)
- 2025-12-01 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet (with Chris Byars, Eliot Zigmund)
- 2026-01-06 Neal Miner Trio (Chris Byars, Jason Tiemann) (Mezzrow)
- 2026-01-25 Octet
- 2026-03-10 Neal Miner Trio (Chris Byars, Jason Tiemann) (Mezzrow)
- 2026-03-29 Octet
- 2026-05-05 Ben Meigners Quartet
- 2026-05-26 Neal Miner Trio (Chris Byars, Jason Tiemann) (Mezzrow)
- 2026-06-11 Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet
- 2026-08-10 Neal Miner Trio (Chris Byars, Jason Tiemann) (Mezzrow)
- 2026-08-23 Sextet