Thursday, March 2019
Donny Frauenhofer Acoustic|Electric Trio LIVE at Pausa 3/28
The Donny Frauenhofer Trio is a musical chameleon that focuses on modern jazz funk, taking inspiration from the thick history of American music while looking forward. Join us for a night of acoustic and electric jazz trio music! Each set will feature original compositions as well as arrangements Set I: acoustic instruments Set II: solo piano/keyboards Set III: electric instruments Concert at 7:30 pm Admission: $10 / $8 students with ID Donny Frauenhofer - piano/keyboards/compositions/arrangements James Benders - upright bass/electric…
Find out more »JazzBuffalo Presents E.S.P. Modern 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…
Find out more »Trumpeter Derrick Gardner
Jazz trumpeter, Derrick Gardner, inspired by the finest hard-blowing funky bop bands of the 1960‟s, is working to extend that great tradition as a composer, arranger, performer, leader, and educator. He began a top-flight career that has taken him around the world performing internationally with the Count Basie Orchestra, (1991-present), Frank Foster‟s Loud Minority Band, Harry Connick Jr.‟s Big Band, The Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and Swiss tenor player Roman Schwaller‟s European Sextet. Over the last 18 years, Derrick has…
Find out more »Wednesday, April 2019
JazzBuffalo Presents Sax Giant Jerry Weldon
A special Wednesday appearance on his way to Toronto, Jerry makes a stop at PAUSA. And, JazzBuffalo couldn't be more excited to present this giant of a sax man once again! Internationally renowned veteran sax man Jerry Weldon has been a player on the jazz scene for more than 35 years. With eight CD’s as a leader and more sideman sides than even he can count…or remember, this native New Yorker’s performance/recording résumé reflects his venerable tenor tenure and reads…
Find out more »Friday, May 2019
Tony Zambito’s Midnight Jazz Ensemble
Tony Zambito of JazzBuffalo and percussionist brings together an outstanding acoustic jazz ensemble featuring saxophone/flute extraordinaire Dave Schiavone, the JazzBuffalo Poll 2018 winner for tenor saxophone and 2017 John Hunt Jazz Artist of the Year. Joining Dave Schiavone are JazzBuffalo Poll 2019 winners Lisa Hasselback on piano and George Kane on guitar. Rounding out the ensemble is bassist Bud Fadale, a consistent JazzBuffalo Poll nominee and considered one of the area’s best bassists for the past few decades. The ensemble…
Find out more »Friday, June 2019
JazzBuffalo Presents Jazz Vocalist Steven Taetz
Vintage pop, swing, and jazz singer and composer/lyricist Steven Taetz is based in Toronto. He has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Bitter End and Rockwood Music Hall (NY), The Rogers Centre (Toronto), Blue Room (Korea), Capital Pride (Wash DC), Hotel Café (LA), World Pride, House of Jazz (Montreal), Ironwood (Calgary), and Toronto landmark venues including Jazz Bistro, The Rex Jazz & Blues Bar, Hugh’s Room, Koerner Hall Galleria for Sinatra’s 100th, and leading music festivals. As a…
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