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Dave King Trio At Buffalo’s Art Of Jazz
by Frank Housh
Dave King Trio Buffalo Akg Art Museum Art Of Jazz Buffalo, NY May 17, 2026 A sunny, 75° day greeted Buffalo jazz lovers as we queued up for the final of four “Art Of Jazz" concerts at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. A near-capacity crowd heard Dave King Trio reduce six jazz ...
Cécile McLorin Salvant At Buffalo’s Art Of Jazz
by Frank Housh
Cecile McLorin Salvant with Sullivan Fortner Buffalo Akg Art Museum Art Of Jazz Buffalo April 19, 2026 Thick, bright, layered pellets of snow, raised from Lake Erie's surface and chilled in a cold, early spring wind pelted the faces of Buffalo jazz lovers as we entered Buffalo Akg Art Museum's Lipsey Auditorium for ...
Vadim Neselovskyi: The Beauty Of Music And The Scourge Of War
by Frank Housh
Ukrainian-born, Brooklyn-based pianist and composer Vadim Neselovskyi's art emerged from a fairly traditional path. He was classically trained at conservatories in his native Odessa and Germany, then received a scholarship to Berklee School of Music where he developed a distinct, sophisticated style that bridges jazz and classical music. His compositions have been performed by Randy Brecker, Antonio ...
Edwin Corne: Spruce and Maple
by Frank Housh
Guitarist Edwin Corne 's Spruce And Maple features the American Songbook peppered with eastern harmonies, befitting an Australian-Chinese musician raised in Shanghai and based in New York City. Corne's jazz guitar trio recording continues an ensemble tradition that began with Jim Hall and continued through Barney Kessel, Joe Pass, and Pat Metheny. It is alive and well in Spruce ...
Brandon Woody And UPENDO At The Buffalo AKG Museum’s Art Of Jazz Series
by Frank Housh
Brandon Woody And UPENDO Buffalo AKG Art Museum Auditorium Art Of Jazz Series Buffalo, NY February 1, 2026 The afternoon sun was fading on a cold Buffalo Sunday as a sold-out crowd made its way into the Buffalo AKG Art Museum's Auditorium for the first of four concerts in the ...
Frank Housh's Favorite Jazz Albums Of 2025
by Frank Housh
2025 was a great year for jazz. Below are my reviews for the year, from established artists like Brad Mehldau, John Scofield, and Celine McLorin Salvant to rising talents like Christian Pabst and Jo-Yu Chen. The first two album reviews are of artists that did more than simply demonstrate superior artistry, they spoke powerfully about the ...
Amaury Faye: A French Jazz Composer Returns To The Source
by Frank Housh
Amaury Faye was a child in Toulouse when he began his unlikely love affair with American jazz. A piano teacher exposed him to ragtime which led to Art Tatum, which led him to Ahmad Jamal and the great jazz trios. He released trio recordings in 2016, 2017, and 2018 and a solo album, Buran (L'Esprit du ...
John Scofield & Dave Holland: Memories Of Home
by Frank Housh
John Scofield and Dave Holland have about a century of combined experience making jazz. They have played with everybody and created deep bodies of work that span bebop to today. “Memories of Home" sounds like an intimate reflection on two musical lives. Scofield and Holland each spent time with Miles Davis' band. They played ...
RIP Jack DeJohnette
by Frank Housh
The great Jack DeJohnette passed away on October 26, 2025. His epic career is matched only by Miles Davis, whom DeJohnette began playing with in 1969 and later introduced to fusion in 1999's Bitches Brew (Sony Records, 1970). He played with everybody, from Miles to Pat Metheny. One of my favorites was his work ...
Franck Amsallem: A Jazz Life From New York To Paris
by Frank Housh
Franck Amsallem is a Paris-based pianist, singer, and composer educated in the United States. His debut recording, Out A Day (OMD, 1992) with Gary Peacock and Bill Stewart was recently reissued and remastered (streaming only), and his most recent album The Summer Knows (Un été 42) was released May 10, 2025. The Summer Knows ...
