Just because the Rochester International Jazz Festival is right around the corner doesn't mean that there won't be jazz around the clubs (and in the parks) until then. The music that's here all year long isn't somewhere else during the festival—it's just more concentrated around Gibbs Street.

Thursday, June 5th

• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 6:00 pm
• RPO Jazz Ensemble @ RPO Symphony Showhouse, 6:00 pm
• Bob Sneider Trio featuring John Nugent (Jazz at Immanuel Series) @ Immanuel Baptist Church, 7:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Rabbit Room (Honeoye Falls), 7:00 pm
• Perinton Concert Band @ Fairport Public Library Gazebo, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Trio East @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Salsa Dance Lessons @ Tapas 177, 9:30pm

Friday, June 6th

• Brad Batz Group @ Pomodoro's, contact venue for time
• Jazz Happy Hour with Bob Sneider / Paul Hofmann Duo @ Grill at Strathallan, 5:00 pm
• John Nyerges Quartet (“Summer Jazz Series On The Patio”) @ Wegmans Market Café, 345 Eastern Blvd (Rt 5&20), Canandaigua, NY, 5:00 pm
• Shared Genes @ TC Hooligan's at Webster Woods, 5:30 pm
• Gap Mangione @ Fairport Canal Days, 6:00 pm
• Kinetik-Flo @ Club Network, 6:30 pm
• Bobby DiBaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Tom Passamonte and Special Blend @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Bodhi's Café & Lounge, 8:00 pm
• Mike Kaupa Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Fred Stone Jazz Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Filthy Funk with DJ Silly Cutty and DJ Freshfingaz @ Bug Jar, 10:00 pm

Saturday, June 7th

• Shared Genes @ Fairport Canal Days, 11:00 am
• Madeline Forster @ Fairport Canal Days, 4:00 pm
• The Westview Project @ Bodhi's Café & Lounge, 6:30 pm
• Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Squeaky Chair Jazz @ Bistro 135, 7:30pm
• Tom Passamonte and Special Blend @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Steve Greene Trio featuring Tina Albright @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30pm
• Dan Drohan Quartet @ Flat Iron Cafe, 9:00 pm
• East End Boys @ Havana Moes (East Ave.), 9:30 pm

Sunday, June 8th

• After Hours Jam Session with the Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Flat Iron Cafe, 12:00 am
• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Musicale Sundays (Dave Mancini Jazz Quartet) @ Artisan Works, 1:30 pm
• Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Clarrisa's, 9:00 pm

Monday, June 9th

• The White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Rick Holland Quartet @ Tasteology, 7:30 pm (starting with these shows, Jazz 90.1 is going to start broadcasting live once a month from Tasteology).
• Rick Holland Evan Dobbins Little Big Band @ Tasteology, 8:30 pm
• Big Apple Mondays Swing Dance Class and Live Jazz @ Flat Iron Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Clarrisa's, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, June 10th

• Nostalgic Reunion Jazz Ensemble @ Fairport Car Cruz Night, 6:00 pm
• Music Makers Big Band @ Canal Park (Spencerport), 6:30 pm
• Joe Santora @ Emily Kirchoff @ Virtú, 6:30 pm
• Dubblestuff @ Boulder Coffee Company, 8:00 pm

Wednesday, June 11th

• The Westview Project @ 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. 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!