The scene was set at the Nichols Flickinger Performing Arts Center and the excitement permeated the befitting venue shining a light on next-generation jazz stars. The Emmet Cohen Trio, featuring Emmet Cohen on piano, Yasushi Nakamura on bass, and Bryan Carter on drums riveted the audience to its seats in a rousing opening number. Putting […]
This weekend, Buffalo gets a visit from a quartet of next-generation jazz stars currently making waves and news in the jazz world. Veronica Swift, one of the most vibrant female jazz vocalist on the scene will be backed by the award-winning pianist Emmet Cohen. Joined by Yasushi Nakamura on bass and Bryan Carter on drums. […]
As summer begins, so does the multitude of summer jazz events! Back-to-back featured events at Pausa Art House this weekend plus many more jazz events can be found in upcoming events at JazzBuffalo.org. Read on… Featured Events JazzBuffalo Presents Jazz Vocalist Steven Taetz Friday, June 21 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Pausa Art House, 19 Wadsworth StreetBuffalo, NY 14201 United […]
(The following appeared in the IndyStar in April 2019 shortly after Emmet Cohen won the 2019 American Pianists Award. The story is authored by Domenica Bongiovanni and the featured photos are by Mark Sheldon.) Emmet Cohen has won the 2019 American Pianists Awards, one of the world’s major jazz piano competitions. And that means a serious, up-and-coming […]
Veronica Swift has nothing against melisma, the vocal technique in which a single syllable is stretched out and crammed with as many notes as the human larynx and lungs will allow. She just doesn’t do it. Instead, the 24-year-old singer, who will appear with the Emmet Cohen Trio at the Nichols Flickinger Performing Arts Center […]
Since JazzBuffalo announced the upcoming concert featuring jazz vocalist Veronica Swift with the award-winning jazz pianist Emmet Cohen, as well as, the JazzBuffalo Premier Jazz Series to be held at the Nichols Flickinger Performing Arts Center, we received plenty of questions. Such questions as: Where is the Glenn and Awdry Flickinger Performing Arts Center located? […]
2019 is shaping up to be an exciting year for jazz. A new generation of jazz stars are beginning to forge new paths. Reinventing and reinvigorating jazz while at the same respecting and refreshing the sounds of jazz rooted in history. Two such artists blazing new trails and having a meteoric rise in recognition are […]
This weekend we celebrate Father’s Day and the musical jazz swing of summer begins to become more evident. Read on… Featured Events Thomas Marinaro Quartet Friday, June 14 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Pausa Art House, 19 Wadsworth StreetBuffalo,NY14201 United States+ Google Map $10 It is hard to watch a gig that Thomas Marinaro is on and not […]
JazzBuffalo announces a lineup of four concerts to feature award-winning jazz artists. Tickets for each concert are now available online at JazzBuffalo.org and on Eventbrite. The new four-concert series attempts to continue to bring sought-after jazz artists to the Greater Buffalo Region. JazzBuffalo is partnering with Nichols to make use of its stand-alone performing arts […]
The following is a reprint of a preview by Desert News author, Jeff Metcalf, for a concert by Veronica Swift. Veronica Swift performed in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Capital Theater on March 25th of this year with the legendary jazz pianist Benny Green. Read more on what Benny Green has to say and […]
