Buffalo Jazz Festival | 2025

Under a blazing 90-degree Buffalo summer afternoon, the John Troy performance at the Buffalo Jazz Festival 2025 brought the heat both on and off stage. Tappo was packed—sun, sweat, sunglasses, cold drinks, and a crowd ready for a party.

The set leaned heavy into NOLA funk energy, pushing grooves thick enough to move the entire patio. Horns cut through the air like brass sirens, with lines that danced between traditional street-funk swagger and modern edge.

A standout moment of the show:
John’s effects-pedal saxophone, bending tone, stacking texture, and launching into wild, expressive sonic territory—part New Orleans parade, part modern festival fire.

The crowd stayed locked in the entire set, cheering, clapping, dancing, and riding the rhythm right alongside the band. Heat or no heat—the music won.

Buffalo showed up, and the band delivered.

A sweaty, joyful, high-octane blast of summer jazz.