Although I'll have to miss it as I'm writing to you from the fields of Kansas, there's some jazz out there in Rochester over the next seven days.

Thursday, May 1st

• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 6:00 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Pane Vino, 7:00 pm
• Lumiere @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Cafe (E. Rochester), 9:00 pm
• Dave Spinner @ The Rabbit Room (Honeoye Falls), no time given

Friday, May 2nd

• Bob Sneider and Paul Hofmann @ The Grill at Strathallan, 5:00 pm
• Kinetik-Flo @ Club Network (420 Central Ave., Rochester), 6:30 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 7:30 pm
• Ted Piltzecker (vibes) with Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Filthy Funk @ Bohdi's Cafe, 10:00 pm
• Noa Bursie @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Joan Matthews w/ Jim Rhody @ Starry Nites Cafe, 8:00 pm

Saturday, May 3rd

• Chris Ziemba @ The Grill at Strathallan, 5:00 pm
• Ralph Scicchitano @ Flat Iron Cafe, 6:00 pm
• Westview Project @ Bohdi's Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Horizons at the Lodge at Woodcliff, 7:30 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Ted Piltzecker with Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Tinted Image @ Flat Iron Cafe, 9:00 pm
• East End Boys @ Havana Moes (East Ave.), 9:30 pm
• After Hours Jam Session with the Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Flat Iron Cafe, 12:00 am

Sunday, May 4th

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Musicale Sundays @ Artisan Works, 12:00 pm (call or check out their website for artists)
• Tom Pesciotta Quartet (with John Nyerges, Dave Arenius and Mike Montalbano) @ Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church (131 Main Street, Webster), 7:00 pm

Monday, May 5th

• The Rick Holland Evan Dobbins Little Big Band, Tasteology, 8:00 pm
• Big Apple Mondays Swing Dance Class and Live Jazz with Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Flat Iron Cafe, 8:30 pm

Tuesday, May 6th

• Joe Santora and Emily Kirchoff @ Virtu, 6:30 pm
• The White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, May 7th

• Nate Rawls Big Band @ Roger Robach Community Center Ontario Beach Park, 7:15 pm
• Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

We've compiled these listings from information obtained from the performing artists themselves and from other sources. Please forgive me for any discrepancies with reality; feel free to let me know what the problem is, and I'll get the corrections up on the site as soon as possible. Any list items that contain an Added image or struck-through text reflect corrections implemented after initial publication of this post. Email subscribers should check the listings post online for updates or revisions before making decisions based on the information in this post. For additional information regarding a particular performance (where I haven't previewed it in a separate post in advance), you may want to check the artist or venue web sites listed in the right panel of this weblog. If you go out to hear a performance listed here, feel free to drop a comment to this post about how it went.  I want to hear from you!