Lots of live jazz in and around Rochester this coming week. Hang out with some lawyers while grooving to some great live jazz at the Jazz for Justice benefit on Friday at Harro East, check out trumpeter Cuong Vu at Eastman on Saturday, or bop on over to Bop Arts presentation of the ICP Orchestra on Tuesday...plus everything in between. Hope to see you out there some....
Thursday, March 31, 2011
- Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
- A. Giannavola @Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
- Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
- Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
- The Djangoners @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
Friday, April 1, 2011
- Stefan Love public lecture & dissertation defense, "On Phrase Rhythm in Jazz" @ Eastman School of Music, Room 209, 9:00 am
- Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 5:00 pm
- Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans-Eastway, 5:30 pm
- Bobby Dibaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Foundation of the Monroe County Bar 1st Jazz For Justice fundraiser @ Harro East, 6:00 to 10:00 pm
- The Jimmie Highsmith Jr. Smooth Jazz Trio @ Trinities Restaurant, 36 W Main St, downtown Rochester (Executive Building), 7:00 pm
- Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
- Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ The Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St, Williamson, 7:00 pm
- Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
- Cuong Vu Trio @ Kilbourn Hall, ESM, 8:00 pm (Ron Netsky short profile in City)
- University of Rochester Jazz Ensemble Spring Concert @ UofR Strong Auditorium, 8:00 pm
- Anat Cohen Quartet @ Cornell University’s Bailey Hall, 8:00 pm
- The Westview Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
- Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
- Fred Costello-Roger Eckers Duo @ Charlie Brown's, Penfield, 9:00 pm
Saturday, April 2, 2011
- The Westview Project with Ethan Helm @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
- Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
- Nikola Tomic recital (jazz trumpet) @ Eastman School of Music, Howard Hanson Hall, 7:00 pm
- Jazz Cafe @ Monty's Korner, 7:30 pm
- Take 6 @ Roberts Wesleyan College, Saturday, 7:30 p.m
- Cool Club Septet @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
- Fred Costello-Roger Eckers Duo @ Charlie Brown's, Penfield, 8:00 pm
- Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
- Fred Stone Quartet @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
- Joe Santora @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
- Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ Glengarry Inn, 4400 Nine Mile Point Rd, Fairport, 9:00 pm
- East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm
Sunday, April 3, 2011
- Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
- “Loose Change” Jazz Combo Concert @ Nazareth College-Wilmot Recital Hall, 3:00 pm
- Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:30 pm
- The Meta Accord @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm
Monday, April 4, 2011
- Simon Fletcher @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Brad Batz Band@ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
- Mark Viavattine @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Thomas Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
- Hard Logic Live Recording "Night of Fun & Funk" @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
- Bop Arts presents The ICP Orchestra @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, 8:00 pm
- Charles Pillow guests with Eastman Lab Band @ Kilbourn Hall, ESM, 8:00 pm
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
- Rick Holland @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Tony Gianavola @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:00 pm
- Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:30 pm
- Second Annual ECMS Jazz Performance Workshop Showcase (student groups of Bob Sneider, Mike Kaupa, and Chris Teal @ Tala Vera Cantina, 7:00 pm
- John Nyerges @ Jazz 90.1 Live Concert, 7:00 pm
- Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
- Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
Heads Up ... Look for these Jazz Gigs and Events in the Future
- Antonio Ciacca @ Casa Italiana at Nazareth College, Saturday, April 9th, 4:00 pm
- Exodus to Jazz presents Lynne Arriale Trio with J.D. Allen, Omer Avitel and Johnathan Blake @ Reformation Lutheran Church, Saturday, April 9th, 8:00 pm
- Mostly Other People Do the Killing @ Bug Jar, April 21st, 7:00 pm
- Nancy Kelly @ Tala Vera Cantina, April 23d, 9:00 pm
- Daniel Bennett Group @ "Relevent," the Honeoye Falls-Lima High School Alumni Art Exhibition, The Lower Mill, 61 North Main St., Honeoye Falls, 6:00-9:00 pm
- The Tom Rainey Trio with Mary Halvorson and Ingrid Laubrock @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, May 3rd, 8:00 pm
- Art Loves Jazz 2011, sixth annual gala fundraising event to benefit Jazz90.1 @ Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Road in Rochester, Thursday May 19, 2011 from 6:30-9:30 pm
We've compiled these listings from information obtained from the performing artists themselves and other sources. The aim is to give you a one stop place to find all your jazz in Rochester.The aim is to give you a one stop place to find all your jazz in Rochester. Only start times are listed, visit or call the venue for more details (the sites for many are in the right panel). Please forgive any discrepancies with reality and feel free to let me know what the problem is, and I'll get the corrections up on the site as soon as possible (click on the "Send an email to Jazz@Rochester" link). If you go out to hear a performance listed here, feel free to drop a comment to this post to let us know how it went. I want to hear from you!
Yeah, I'm getting sick of it, too (but couldnt' resist yet another snow/cold reference in the title...). But seriously, the Xerox Rochester Jazz Festival starts up June 10th and, based on the lineup announced yesterday, I'm stoked to begin planning my "playlist." While I haven't decided whether to change my approach, my usual gig is to do posts over time between now and XRIJF that set out who I'm planning on catching, a bit on why, and some additional information on the artists that I run across. These make for handy-dandy references during the festival. However, they are personal to my own very eclectic tastes, so may not be for everyone. One artist who will be here at least 5 of the 9 days is bassist Roberto Occhipinti (
For those of you following my Twitter feed or Jazz@Rochester on Facebook (or the post below), you might have seen that I was at the press conference this morning for the 10th Anniversary Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, which will run from June 10-18, 2011. Producers Marc Iacona and John Nugent announced the full lineup, which will be the largest festival to date, with more than 1000 artists performing at 285 concerts and a record 70-plus free concerts. Previously announced headliners are Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Natalie Cole, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones – The Original Lineup, The Fab Faux (a Beatles tribute band), "The Glorious Hodgepodge Show" with the Tangerine Crème Strings & The Hogtown Horns, k.d. lang and The Siss Boom Bang. Today, XRIJF added trumpeter Chris Botti to the headliners. As in the past, the lineup (which you can 
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Every week we try to pull together the live jazz gigs going on in and around Rochester from a number of sources to provide you with the most comprehensive listings. Artists, you can add your gigs to these by sending them to me by Wednesday afternoon for gigs occurring the following day through the next Wednesday. Check back as I add new listings I hear about after the fact.
But I hear tell there's some hot jazz around town to warm you up. I hope I can stop this winter motif soon. There's some new sounds at Bop Shop Atrium this week and smooting it out with Four80East at Exodus to Jazz. A wide variety abounds... Here are the listings for live jazz in and around Rochester, NY, for the next seven days. 
