Peggy Farrell – “Who Could Ask For Anything More?” and more!

Peggy, the Grande Dame of Buffalo jazz vocalists enchanted the near capacity audience last

August 13. She returns on November 7th with a program that highlights the compositions of

George and Ira Gershwin and that will also include eclectic selections ranging from 1800s Irish

folklore to Willie Nelson inspired gypsy melodies, and her own compositions.

She hails from a large musical family, started singing early on. During the 60s she performed in

NYC, often in famed Greenwich Village at clubs where Bob Dylan could be found. Upon

returning to Buffalo she worked as a nurse at Millard Fillmore while raising her children and

earned accolades when she worked and recorded with the legendary Al Tinney over an 18 year

period.

Peggy will be accompanied by Pausa alumni Stu Weissman on guitar, John Bacon on drums,

and Avery Weissman on upright bass. John and Stu, both multiple winners of their respective

JazzBuffalo Poll categories first met in the mid-80s as members of the Buffalo Jazz Workshop

performing for the Albright Knox Summer Jazz Series. This ongoing series first began in 1978

under the direction of Phil Dire but was continued because of Stu’s initiative.

This will be an intimate and charming presentation in an ambiance that only Pausa Art House

can provide.

Doors open 6pm