Christmas at The Comet

The Comet is a tiny, century-old bar in Cincinnati’s eclectic neighborhood of Northside where every December since 2002 local keyboardist Steve Schmidt holds his “Christmas Extravaganza.”  For decades, Schmidt has been a Cincinnati jazz fixture on the piano, but for this event, he puts his C-3 Hammond organ in the Christmas spirit.  Most years, Chicago saxophonist Scott Burns and drummer Mark Wolfley (both pictured) have joined the packed festivities. The annual extravaganza has its origins with Schmidt’s CD “Merry Christmas Baby.”