Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series featuring jazz pianist Pamela York of the acclaimed Affinity Trio. We dive into their new 2025 release New Outlook, the trio’s origins, their long-running weekly residency, live shows, and much more.

Four years into their steady gig at Milwaukee’s historic Mason Street Grill, trumpeter Eric Jacobson, bassist Clay Schaub, and Pamela York have shaped a dynamic, natural, and beautifully cohesive group aesthetic. This drumless trio has built a strong identity through consistent performing, touring, and recording. Individually, each member has collaborated with some of jazz’s most notable names, including Benny Golson, Phil Woods, Jeff Hamilton, John Clayton, Bruce Barth, Brian Lynch, Greg Tardy, and Frank Morgan.

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Joe Dimino has been writing & creating in a variety of capacities since his college days at the University of Missouri-Kansas City somewhere around 1993. If you are keeping score, that would be about 29 years+. It all began at UMKCs University News as a Sports Writer & turned into a myriad of expressive avenues. Inventing poems, art, video & audio has always been in the proverbial cards.