Jazz Articles about Joshua Smith

Obsolescence Quartet at The Treelawn Social Club

by John Chacona
January 21, 2026

Obsolescence QuartetThe Treelawn Social Club Cleveland, OH January 11, 2026 An evening of completely improvised music by top-level players is not an everyday thing in Cleveland. So the Sunday evening set by the cheekily named Obsolescence Quartet (an oblique reference to the effects on human creators of artificial intelligence) was self-recommending. Chalk that up to the eminence of the musicians. On the front line, tenor saxophonist Joshua Smith, making an intermittent visit ...