A fall jazz festival featuring Cyrille Aimée and guests from New York City and upstate New York make appearances in Buffalo this week. Read on…
Featured Events
CMC International JazzFest October 11-13
The CMC JazzFest this years moves to a weekend in October. A line up featuring Cyrille Aimee is planned. OCTOBER 11, 2019 Friday, October 11th, 2019 VENUE: Historic Colored Musicians Club “CMC Jazz Opening VIP Mixer” CMC Festival Kick-off Cocktail Hour 6:00pm- 7:30pm SHOW Friday, October 11th, 2019 8:00pm- George Spanos Trio VENUE: Historic Colored Musicians Club Series: CMC Living Legends George Spanos (b. 1979), originally from Greece, is an internationally acclaimed drummer and composer who is based in New York.…
Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen
Dan Willis, a WNY native turned Grammy Award-winning NYC Saxophonist, kicks off his North American tour at Pausa. He brings with him the Downbeat Critics pick Jazz-Fusion Quintet (Pete McCann-Guitar, Ron Oswanski-B-3/Accordion, Evan Gregor-Bass, and special guest, Buffalo’s own Joe Goretti-Drums who are touring in support of The Monk Project (Belle Ave Records), their 5th album recording. Wide-open to a variety of music influences, the group’s focus now is the music of Theolonius Monk but with a twist, filled with…
E.S.P Jazz Quartet
E.S.P. is a tasteful jazz quartet whose 2009 album Time’s Up! (SPIDER RECORDS) was featured in JAZZIZ magazine. In 2010, the record won a Syracuse Area Music Award (Sammy) for best jazz and continues to receive airplay in more than 120 cities worldwide. In 2012, E.S.P. was voted “Best Jazz Group” in the Syracuse New Times annual reader’s poll. Their 2011 release, Reach (SPIDER RECORDS), was produced by the Grammy Award-winning bassist of The Yellowjackets, Jimmy Haslip, and features three…
Upcoming Jazz Events On JazzBuffalo.org
Hotel Henry Jazz Concert Series
What a great night of JazzBuffalo and SwingBuffalo coming together for a night of jazz and swing dancing. We have a very special evening coming up next with this New York City-based swinging jazz collective that are the hits of jazz clubs and jazz festivals. Read on…
Svetlana and The New York Swing Collective at the Hotel Henry Jazz Concert Series
The November date for the Hotel Henry Jazz Concert Series brings us a special concert and a special visitor. You will not want to miss it! “Sophisti-pop”… Exuberant, foot-stompin’ music that combines swing with pop-singer/songwriter sensibilities”. (WPIX11 News) “Breakfast at Tiffany’s meets Some Like it Hot” (Lucid Culture) “Outstanding band…. Exceptional vocalist and songwriter” (Will Friedwald, Wall Street Journal) “New York City’s darling” (Time Out NY) Russian-by-birth American-by-Music Svetlana is “Astrud Gilberto in New York via Moscow” (Guy Eckstine), “erudite, purist torchy…
Art of Jazz Returns To AKG For One More
Before the Albright-Knox Art Gallery closes its grounds to the public for the transformation, there will be one more Art of Jazz Series concert at this location! This concert is almost sold out so if you have delayed up to this point – do not delay anymore!!
The Bill Charlap Trio at Art of Jazz Series
One of the world’s premier jazz pianists and a master of the Great American Songbook, Bill Charlap has performed and recorded with many of the leading artists of our time, ranging from jazz masters Gerry Mulligan, Phil Woods, and Wynton Marsalis, to singers Barbra Streisand and Tony Bennett. He shared a Grammy award with Bennett for their recent duo album The Silver Lining. Since 1997 he has led the Bill Charlap Trio with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington. The group is now…
JazzBuffalo Premier Jazz Series at Nichols Flickinger PAC
Regrettably, due to extenuating circumstances, the Allison Au Quartet concert scheduled for Saturday, October 19 is postponed until further notice. Refunds or exchanges for future concerts will be offered. We regret any disappointments or inconveniences. The next concert, however, will feature 3 times Grammy nominee and Juno Award Winner Jane Bunnett and Maqueque. Tentative plans call for a documentary film shooting of the event so be a part of film history. Read on and get tickets soon!
Jane Bunnett and Maqueque – A Latin Jazz Christmas (3 times Grammy® Nominee)
JazzBuffalo is excited to present 3 times Grammy® Nominee for Best Latin Jazz Album, Jane Bunnett, and Maqueque. In the past few years, the groundbreaking all women band, Jane Bunnett and Maqueque have forged a path in presented the sounds of Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz to the world. The band consists of an ensemble of Cuban female performers creating a vibrant sound made magical by the soprano saxophone of Jane Bunnett. The ensemble received a Grammy® for their latest highly-acclaimed…
Weekend Jazz, Dinner, and Brunch
This weekend you can mae dinner reservations or visit the bar at both JazzBoline and The Terrace at Delaware Park. On Thursday at JazzBoline checkout the Savoy Trio featuring Tim Clarke with Nick Weiser and Paul Zapalowski. At the Terrace, check out the Hot Club Express on Friday, Elliot Scozzaro Duo on Saturday, and Mary McMahon Project for Sunday brunch.
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Art of Jazz Series Finds New Home In The Mary Seaton Room At Kleinhans Music Hall
With the impending two-year hiatus of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery for expansion, the museum’s long-running Art of Jazz series will find a temporary new home in 2020 in the Mary Seaton Room at Kleinhans Music Hall. The series will be rechristened as the Art of Jazz at the Philharmonic series. During the past two decades, […]
