Sending you your Rochester jazz listings this week from somewhere in the Flint Hills east of Wichita, Kansas (OK, here). No jazz here, but hope to catch some when I return after the holiday. Hope you and yours have a great "Turkey Day"!

Thursday, November 26, 2009

• Go eat some turkey and dressing...no jazz here!

Friday, November 27, 2009

• Bobby Dibaudo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Mike Allen, AKOS @ Starship Night Club, 6:00 pm
• An Evening of Expression w/Jimmie Highsmith, Jr. and Victor Antonetti, Jr. @ School of the Arts, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Artisan Jazz Trio @ Starry Nites Cafe, 8:00 pm
• Kevin DeHond @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Mike Kaupa Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm

Saturday, November 28, 2009

• Jimmie Highsmith Jr. & Funkbox (live recording) @ Record Archive, 5:00 pm
• Sofrito @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Tandoor Of India, 7:00 pm
• Jon Seiger @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:30 pm
• Mike Kaupa Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Kinloch Nelson Jazz Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Eclipse @ California Brew Haus, 9:00 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, November 29, 2009

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am

Monday, November 30, 2009

• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Tandoor Of India, 7:00 pm
• The White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Epilogue @ Boulder Coffee Co., 8:00 pm

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

• SoWhat? @ Digital Rochester's Festivus at the RMSC, 5:30 pm
• Todd East @ Bistro 135, 5:30 pm (Bistro Anniversary Party 5:00)

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

• Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Dave Rempis/Frank Rosaly Duo @ Bop Arts Presents at the Bop Shop Atrium, 8:00pm
• Bob Brookmeyer @ Kilbourn Hall, ESM, 8:00 pm (see Ron Netsky's profile in City)
• Mel Henderson and T.S. Trio @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
• Open Jazz Jam Session with Cinnamon Jones @ Clarissa's, 9:00 pm

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

• Dave Rivello live recording session with Bob Brookmeyer @ Village Rock Cafe, Thursday, December 3 at 9:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Freddy Cole "A Smile for Christmas" Holiday Show, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, 8:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents Monk—The Play by Laurence Holder, featuring Rome Neal, Artistic Director of the Nuyorican Poets' Theatre Cafe, January 29-30, 2010 at 8:00 pm (rescheduled)
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Cyrus Chestnut Trio @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, February 5, 2009 at 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!