Just because the line up for the 2009 Rochester International Jazz Festival has been announced doesn't mean that you have to save it up until June. Lot's of music to listen to hear between now and then. Here's the jazz listings for the next seven days.

Thursday, March 26th

• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 7:30 pm
• Trio East @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Friday, March 27th

• Bobby DiBaudo @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• The Westview Project @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• "Sung with Words", Helen Sung Trio with Carolyn Leonhart (Exodus to Jazz) @ Clarion Riverside Hotel (now the Radisson), 8:00 pm
• Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Little Theatre Cafe 8:30 pm
• The Mark Cassara Band @ Argyle Grill @ Eagle Vale Golf Club, 8:30 pm
• Franks Rat Pack @ PaRe Bar and Grill, 9:00 pm

Saturday, March 28th

• Mambo Kings @ Barnes & Noble (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• Steve Greene & Tina Albright @ Bodhi's Cafe & Lounge, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• The Westview Project @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:30 pm
• Down by the Riverside: The Blind Boys of Alabama, Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ State Theater, Ithaca, 8:00 pm
• Brad Batz Quartet @ Pane Vino, 8:00 pm
• Kinloch Nelson Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Nick Finzer Trio @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion (657 Ridge Rd., Webster), 8:30 pm
• Hard Logic @ Bistro 135, 9:00 pm
• Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes (East Ave.), 9:30 pm

Sunday, March 29th

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Nazareth College Jazz Combo w/Paul Smoker/Director @ Nazareth College-Wilmot Recital Hall, 3:00 pm
• Ted Nash @ Albright Knox Art Gallery, 3:00 pm
• Jazz Night Westview Project with saxophonist Nick Brust @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm

Monday, March 30th

• The Bowties @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, March 31st

• Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ PaRe Bar and Grill, 7:00 pm
• Stardust Ballroom Dance Series: Joe Pera @ Edgerton Community Center, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, April 1st

• Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Jazz Jam Session with Mike Allen & Troup Street @ Clarissa's, 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. 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!