We start a new decade with some more jazz in and around our fine city. Hey, if you're on Facebook, check out the Jazz@Rochester Facebook page and sign up. We add a few things over there (and hope that some of our friends will too).

Thursday, January 7, 2010

• Todd East @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Dawn Thomson & Special Guests @ Max at Eastman Place, 7:00 pm
• Deborah Magone @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:00 pm
• Hard Logic @ Pane Vino, 8:00 pm
• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Cafe, 8:00 pm

Friday, January 8, 2010

• Bobby Dibaudo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Bill Tiberio Band @ Fairport High School, 6:00 pm
• Tinted Image (opening at Richie Hayward Benefit) @ Water Street Music Hall, 7:00 pm (profile in City)
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Don Mancuso & Regi Hendrix @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• First Lindy Jam of 2010 (Groove Juice Swing) @ Tango Cafe, 9:00 pm

Saturday, January 9, 2010

• The Westview Project with Nick Brust @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes (Acoustic Alchemy / Tommy Emmanuel Review) @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:30 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Steve Greene Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, January 10, 2010

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Rick Holland Little Big Band @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm

Monday, January 11, 2010

• Annie Wells @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

• Jim Nugent Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ PaRe Bar and Grill, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Quintopus @ Boulder Coffee Co @ Brooks Landing, 8:00 pm

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

• Meta Accord @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Ann Mitchell Trio in a tribute to Judy Garland and "A Song IS BORN" (Music of MGM musicals and the silver screen) @ Strong National Museum of Play, 7:30 pm
• The Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 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 as Monk, January 29-30, 2010 at 8:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Cyrus Chestnut Trio @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, February 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents the Michael Musillami Trio @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St. in the Village Gate, February 19, 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
• Bop Arts presents The Mike Baggetta Group (featuring George Schuller, Eivind Opsvik and Jason Rigby) @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St. in the Village Gate, March 17, 2010 at 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
• Bop Arts presents Gebhard Ullman's Clarinet Trio @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St. in the Village Gate, April 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents Konk Pack (featuring Tim Hodgkinson, Thomas Lehn, & Roger Turner) @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St. in the Village Gate, April 12, 2010 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!