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The lilacs are in bloom and jazz is in the air . . .

Jazz ClubWhile the lilacs are in bloom the evening of the Lilac Festival that is dedicated to jazz is not until next week's post. Nonetheless, there IS a lot of live jazz music. Here is what I've found for the next seven days.

Thursday, May 8th

  • Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 6:00 pm
  • Lumiere @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
  • The Russell Fielder Quintet @ Merchants Grill, 8:00 pm
  • Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Café (E. Rochester), 9:00 pm
  • Julie Ketchum @ The Rabbit Room (Honeoye Falls), no time given

Friday, May 9th

  • Bob Sneider/Paul Hofmann Duo @ The Grill at Strathallan, 5:00 pm
  • John Nyerges/Vince Ercolamento Duo @ Wegmans Market Café (345 Eastern Blvd (Rt 5&20), Canandaigua, NY), 5:00 pm
  • "Night of Hot Jazz and Cool Art" to benefit the Advocacy Center with Wycliffe Gordon, Jimmie Highsmith Jr. and Tyler Owens with Filthy Funk, Kenwood Anderson and Paul Boutté @ Memorial Art Gallery, 7:00 pm
  • Fred Vine @ Bohdi's Café, 7:00 pm
  • Kinetik-Flo @ Pazzo Cucina, 7:00 pm
  • Penfield High School Monday-Wednesday Jazz Ensemble @ the Bop Shop Atriumin the Village Gate, 7:30 pm
  • Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 7:30 pm
  • Swing Dance w/Tom Knight & the Blue Moon @ Rochester Museum and Science Center, 8:00 pm
  • Mike Kaupa/Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm

Saturday, May 10th

  • Paul Hofmann Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 5:00 pm
  • Ralph Scicchitano @ Flat Iron Café, 6:00 pm
  • Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 7:30 pm
  • Jim Nugent Trio @ Little Theatre Café, 8:30 pm
  • Paul Hofmann Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
  • East End Boys @ Havana Moe's (East Ave.), 9:30 pm
  • After Hours Jam Session with the Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Flat Iron Café, 12:00 am

Sunday, May 11th

  • Dave Spinner @ The Rabbit Room (Honeoye Falls), 10:30 am
  • Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
  • Musicale Sundays @ Artisan Works, 12:00 pm (call or check out their website for artists)
  • Footnote @ Lilac Festival (Main Stage), 2:30 pm Added image
  • Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Flat Iron Café, 3:00 pm (Anniversary Weekend)
  • Herb Smith Quartet @ Flat Iron Café, 6:00 pm (Anniversary Weekend)

Monday, May 12th

  • The Rick Holland Evan Dobbins Little Big Band, Tasteology, 8:00 pm
  • The White Hots @ Little Theatre Café, 7:30 pm
  • Big Apple Mondays Swing Dance Class and Live Jazz with Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Flat Iron Cafe, 8:30 pm

Tuesday, May 13th

  • Rhythm Six @ Lilac Festival (Main Stage), 2:30 pm Added image
  • Mambo Kings @ Lilac Festival (Main Stage), 5:30 pm Added image
  • Dubblestuff @ Boulder Coffee Co., 8:00 pm
  • Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ Virtu, no time given

Wednesday, May 14th

  • Jimmie Highsmith Jr. & Friends @ Lilac Festival (Main Stage), 2:30 pm Added image
  • Nostalgic Reunion Jazz Ensemble @ Ontario Beach Park, 7:00 pm
  • The Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Café, 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!

This post was originally published on JazzRochester.

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