As we slide into the winter months, try to keep the heat up with some live jazz music at the restaurants and clubs in and around Rochester. It's kind of interesting. The "wordle" on the right is from last year, same week, and the words are not too dissimilar from what they would be if I had created it tonight!

Are you on Facebook? Have you checked out Jazz@Rochester's page there? Hoping that readers will use it to have discussions about jazz in Rochester. I try to send some stuff that way as well.

Thursday, October 22, 2009

• Todd East @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi with Greg Townson, John Akers, and Julia Nunes @ Lovin Cup Bistro, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Dawn Thomson & Friends @ Max at Eastman Place, 7:00 pm
• Trio East @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Russell Fielder Quintet @ Merchants Grill, 8:00 pm
• Soulive @ Water Street Music Hall, 8:00 pm (now with our friends Paradigm Shift's opening goodness...)

Friday, October 23, 2009

• Mike Allen, AKOS @ Starship Night Club, 6:00 pm
• Bobby DiBaudo and Jon Seiger @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Tambau @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Filthy Funk Trio @ Pazzo Cuccina, 8:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents Johnny O’Neal @ Radisson Riverside Hotel, 8:00 & 10:00 pm
• Artisan Jazz Trio @ Starry Nites Cafe, 8:00 pm
• Tom Passamonte @ Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
• Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Deborah Magone @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm

Saturday, October 24, 2009

• Todd East @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra (benefit for the Rochester Area Interfaith Hospitality Network and the Hurricane Relief Fund) @ United Church of Christ, 644 Titus Ave (across from the House of Guitars), 7:00 pm
• Artisan Jazz Trio @ Towpath Cafe, Fairport, 8:00 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Fred Stone Progressive Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, October 25, 2009

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Glenn Miller Orchestra @ Athena Performing Arts Center, 3:00 pm
• Moondance Jazz Band @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm

Monday, October 26, 2009

• Watkins & the Rapiers @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

• Jim Nugent Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ PaRe Bar and Grill, 7:00 pm
• Chris Teal & Quintopus @ Boulder Coffee, Brooks Landing, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

• Dave Mancini Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• The Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Todd East @ Pub 511, 8:00 pm
• Rick Holland's Uptown Classic Swing Orchestra @ Lovin Cup, 8:30 pm
• Open Jazz Jam Session with Cinnamon Jones @ Clarissa's, 9:00 pm

Heads Up ... Look for these Jazz Gigs in the Future

• Canada Day (led by Harris Eisenstadt) presented by Bop Arts @ Bop Shop Atrium, October 29th, 8:00 pm
• "Jazz Day" at SUNY Brockport with The Dave Rivello Ensemble and Symposium “It Starts with a Note: Composing and Arranging for a Contemporary Big Band,” and concert at Tower Fine Arts Center Mainstage, October 30th, 7:30 pm (Event on Facebook)
• Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra @ Bailey Hall, Cornell University, November 4th, 8:00 pm
• Cabo Frio 30th Anniversary Celebration @ Clarissa's, November 6th, 8:00pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents Paradigm Shift with Bobby Militello, November 19th, 8:00 and 10:00 pm
• Steve Davis @ Strathallan Hotel, November 21st, 8:30 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents Monk—The Play by Laurence Holder, featuring Rome Neal, Artistic Director of the Nuyorican Poets' Theatre Cafe, December 11th & 12th, 8:00 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!