While you're out getting some of those last minute holiday presents (I'm VERY behind on my shopping), perhaps catch a bit of jazz in and around our fair city of Rochester? Nat's brother Freddy Cole is going to be bringing his holiday cheer in on Friday and Wings organist and other Fred (Costello) is bringing back his holiday show after a 4 year hiatus. Let me know if I've missed anything.... OK, I changed it after one of my readers pointed my celestial faux pas. Perhaps I put "equinox" for wishful thinking now that the snow has started to fly...?

Thursday, December 17, 2009

• Todd East @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Watkins and the Rapiers @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Fred Costello & Co. do the Holidays @ Abilene, 8:00 pm
• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:00 pm

Friday, December 18, 2009

• Bobby Dibaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Mike Allen, AKOS @ Starship Night Club, 6:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Tandoor Of India, 7:00 pm
• Jen Heiek @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• The Westview Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Freddy Cole "A Smile for Christmas" Holiday Show @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, 8:00 pm (Ron Netsky's profile in City)
• Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Mark Cassara Band @ Bistro 135, 9:00 pm
• The Meta Accord @ The Inn on the Lake, 770 S Main St, Canandaigua, 9:00 pm

Saturday, December 19, 2009

• Madeline Forster @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Tandoor Of India, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:30 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Starry Nites Cafe, 8:00 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Fred Stone Progressive Jazz Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm
• Filthy Funk Album Release Party with Gonculator @ Dub Land Underground, 10:00 pm

Sunday, December 20, 2009

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• The Brad Batz Nonet @ Lovin' Cup, 9:00 pm

Monday, December 21, 2009

• The White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

• Michael Sinicropi @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ PaRe Bar and Grill, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Tandoor Of India, 7:00 pm
• Chris Teal & Quintopus @ Boulder Coffee Co. @ Brooks Landing, 9:00 pm

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

• Mark Hadley Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• The Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm [Nov., except 11/18]
• Todd East @ Pub 511, 8:00 pm
• 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

• 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, 2010 at 8:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Jeremy Pelt Quintet @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, 4:00 pm matinee
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, March 12, 2010, 8:00 pm
• Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Sixth Annual Jazz for the Park benefit, Auditorium Theatre, March 22, 2010
• Exodus to Jazz presents Annie Sellick and Trio @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, Friday, April 2, 2010, 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!