I'm still trying to get back into the swing of things and post some more, but my day job and other concerns continue to make that an aspiration rather than a reality.

Thursday, October 2nd

• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 6:30 pm
• The Jazz Merchants @ Cafe Vas, 6:30 pm
• Madeline Forster @ PaRe Restaurant & Lounge, 7:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Nate Rawls Band w/ Dilynda Cassoni @ Triphammer Grill, 7:00 pm
• Lumiere @ Little Theatre Café, 7:30 pm
• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Café (E. Rochester), 9:00 pm

Friday, October 3rd

• Jazz in the Park (prelude to Jazz for the Park) w/Ulysses S. Owens and Paradigm Shift (see my earlier post for details), 3:30 pm
• Bob Sneider & Paul Hofmann Jazz Happy Houro @ The Grill at Strathallan, 5:00 pm
• Kinetik-Flo (Free Flow Friday) @ Club Network, 6:30 pm
• Shared Genes @ PaRe Restaurant & Lounge, 7:00 pm
• Bobby DiBaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @  Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Ulysses Owens & The USO Project (Exodus to Jazz) @ Clarion Riverside Hotel, 8:00 & 10:00 pm (doors open at 7:00) (check out D&C article on USO)
• Frank Tiberi with Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Deep Blue Dream @ Shamrock Jack's, 9:00 pm
• Bill Tiberio Band @ The Village Landing Bar and Grille (at 30 Village Landing, Fairport), 10:00 pm
• Filthy Funk @ University of Rochester-Wilson Commons, 10:00 pm

Saturday, October 4th

• Andy Stobie and the Greater Finger Lakes Jazz Orchestra @ Downtown Commons Park, Canandaigua, NY, 2:00 pm
• Shared Genes @ Triphammer Grill, 6:30 pm
• Pete Patall Trio @ PaRe Restaurant & Lounge, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @  Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Jennifer Heieck @ Bistro 135, 7:30 pm
• Shared Genes @ Pane Vino Ristorante, 8:00 pm
• Steve Greene Trio featuring Tina Albright @ Little Theatre Café, 8:30 pm
• Frank Tiberi with Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Mike Allen @ The Mez, 9:30 pm
• East End Boys @ Havana Moes (East Ave.), 9:30 pm

Sunday, October 5th

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Paul Smoker Trio @ Wilmot Recital Hall, Nazareth College Arts Center, 3:00 pm
• Paul Smoker Trio @ The Bop Shop Atrium (Village Gate), 8:00 pm

Monday, October 6th

• Madeline Forster @ Gala fundraiser fot the Little Theater Film Society (Memorial Art Gallery), 6:00 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 Café, 8:30 pm

Tuesday, October 7th

• Jim Nugent Trio @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, October 8th

• Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra w/The Al Bruno Trio featuring Tom Monte @ Roger Robach Community Center, 6:00 pm
• A.M.P. Trio (1940s style blues and jazz) @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Little Theatre Café, 7:30 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. Please forgive me for 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 about how it went. I want to hear from you!