At the 2025 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, J.C. Newman unveiled the LeRoy Neiman Collector’s Edition 2025 “Jazz Horns.” This is the second installment of J.C. Newman’s LeRoy Neiman Collector’s Edition series, an annual series that pays homage to the artworks of LeRoy Neiman. The project is being done in collaboration with the Neiman family and the LeRoy and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation. As part of this initiative, J.C. Newman and the Foundation donate all profits to support arts education in Tampa’s public schools.
“This year’s edition features LeRoy’s painting, ‘Jazz Horns,’ a beautiful image depicting the spontaneous energy and sounds of jazz,” said Drew Newman, of J.C. Newman. “We chose this image because of the return of our annual trade show to New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz.”
“Jazz was always fuel for LeRoy Neiman’s creativity,” said Tara Zabor, LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation Executive Director. “LeRoy spent many nights in clubs drawing live performances and hobnobbing with the greats like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. He had a passion for improvisation that was unique to the genre, which he mimicked in his own painting practice. Down the hall from his New York City studio, you could frequently hear jazz standards belting out of the speaker while the aromas of a freshly lit cigar wafted throughout the space. In Jazz Horns, one can sense we are in the midst of peak harmonization in the brass section or in full swing amid the musicians, where LeRoy felt right at home.”
Produced at J.C. Newman’s El Reloj cigar factory in Tampa, Florida, the Collector’s 2025 edition features a 6 1/4″ x 52 Torpedo format. It is crafted with a Havana Rosado wrapper, a Florida Sun Grown binder, and a blend of aged filler tobaccos sourced from Latin America. The production of the Collector’s Edition 2025 is limited to 750 units of 20 cigars each, totaling 15,000 cigars. The pricing is set at $22.00 per cigar.
Each cabinet contains an authentic lithograph of “Jazz Horns,” which is also wrapped around each cigar. The bottom of each cabinet showcases a print of Neiman’s paint-splattered New York City studio floor. Vrijdag Premium Printing printed the packaging in Holland.
“We’ve placed this lithograph inside our cigar cabinets to welcome aficionados into LeRoy’s cherished world,” added Zabor. “Every time someone opens the cabinet, they’re getting not just a great cigar, but a piece of LeRoy’s legacy. It’s our way of honoring his life and sharing the joy that he put into every brushstroke.”
LeRoy Neiman Collector’s Edition 2025 is targeted to ship in the fall.
Photo Credit: Erron Nielsen for Cigar Coop
April 16, 2025 @ 10:33 pm
What a gorgeous line and concept. J.C. Newman is pure class.