Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective

05/06/2026

Join us May 16, 2026 for the Annual Betty Carter Birthday Celebration with Curtis Lundy Umoja and Dee Alexander!

Free and Open to the Public.

07/26/2025

We’ve added the “Jazz At Home” playlist to our website. Over 20 songs that highlight “Jazz Is Activism”! Thank you for an amazing week of extended programming!

Join us tomorrow from 2-8 for our 2nd week of the 30th Annual Pappy Martin Legacy Masten Jazz Festival featuring
JAMES CARTER ORGAN TRIO, CURTIS LUNDY UMOJA, Joey Gonzalez Collective, Love Supreme School of Music Faculty Band, and Trigger and the Sermon!

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07/18/2025

Just days away as we kickoff the 30th Annual Pappy Martin Legacy Masten Jazz Festival this Sunday July 20 from 2-8! We are proud to feature Ekep Nkwelle and Isaiah Collier “The World Is On Fire”! Also presenting A.I. The Anomaly, Carol McLaughlin and Friends and The Love Supreme School of Music Students!

Bring a lawn chair! Support our food vendors and merch!

JAZZ IS ACTIVISM!

More details about extended programming at our website!

07/11/2025

To celebrate 30 years of the Pappy Martin Legacy - Masten Jazz Festival, we have curated a week-long series of Jazz events to connect the two Sundays of the festival. Visit our website for full details on our extended programming! See you there!

03/28/2025

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The Sullivan Fortner Trio will headline an event to kick-off our annual celebration of International Jazz Day as well as honor Jazz Appreciation Month. Kush Abadey on drums and John Hebert on bass will accompany 2025 Grammy Award winning pianist Sullivan Fortner at a 7:00 pm free community event. Pr...

07/03/2024

Continuing the tradition, The 29th Annual Pappy Martin Legacy - Masten Jazz Festival will be held on the last two Sundays in July. The dates are July 21st and July 28th from 2pm-8pm...Free and open to the public. Here is this year’s line-up and schedule!

See you there!

06/28/2024

The 29th Annual Pappy Martin Legacy Masten Jazz Festival returns on July 21 and July 28 with a stellar line-up including The Kenny Garrett and Sounds From The Ancestors, Louis Hayes, Curtis Lundy, Carmen Lundy, Giveton Gelin, Shenel Johns, The All-Star Band, Drea d’Nur, Karen Saxon and the Love Supreme School of Music Faculty Band and Student Ensemble!

Special thanks to The City of Buffalo, The John R. Oshei Foundation, NYS Office of Mental Health / Reimagine: I Am The Change and more for helping to make this possible!

This festival is free to the public.

05/16/2024

Join us for Betty Carter Birthday Celebration featuring Curtis Lundy, Christie Dashiell, Haadiyah Habeeb and more! FREE! This Saturday!

05/14/2024