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Fast BassIt's Wednesday and time again for listings for live jazz here in and around Rochester, New York. Hope you have a chance to get out and hear some....

Thursday, January 21, 2010

  • Todd East @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
  • Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
  • Dawn Thomson with Bob Sneider @ Max at Eastman Place, 7:00 pm
  • Mike Allen & the Avatars @ Beale Street Cafe, 7:00 pm
  • Deborah Magone @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
  • Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:00 pm
  • Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Cafe, 8:00 pm

Friday, January 22, 2010

  • Sofrito @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
  • Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
  • The Westview Project @ Pane Vino, 7:00 pm
  • Spotlight on Jazz Faculty Concert @ Hochstein Performance Hall, 8:00 7:30 pm
  • Tom Passamonte @ Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
  • Hard Logic @ Zaz's, 8:30 pm
  • Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff, 8:30 pm
  • Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
  • Don Mancuso & Regi Hendrix @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm

Saturday, January 23, 2010

  • Co-Existence @ House of Guitars, 6:00 pm
  • Michael Sinicropi Trio @ Bistro 135, 7:00
  • Tom Passamonte @ Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
  • Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff, 8:30 pm
  • Mike Kaupa 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 24, 2010

  • Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
  • Jazz Night @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm

Monday, January 25, 2010

  • Annie Wells @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
  • Eastman Chamber Jazz with Michael Weiss @ Kilbourn Hall, 8:00 pm

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

  • Brad Batz Group @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
  • Joe Santora & Emily Kirchoff @ PaRe Bar and Grill, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

  • Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
  • The Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
  • Todd East @ Pub 511, 8:00 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 (rescheduled)
  • Exodus to Jazz presents the Cyrus Chestnut Trio @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, February 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm
  • Cyrus Chestnut, and Herb Smith Quintet "A Time for Praise" Gospel Jazz Concert @ Mount Olivet Baptist Church, February 6, 2010 at 6:00 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!

This post was originally published on JazzRochester.

Comments

Hochstein Spotlight on Faculty with All That Classical Jazz is at 7:30 pm, not 8:00. Music of Claude Debussy,Scott Joplin, Erik Satie, Aaron Copland, Arthur Honegger, George Gershwin,Leonard Bernstein, and Benny Goodman.

Annie Sellick, who will be at Exodus to Jazz on April 2nd, has a brand new CD out featuring the Gerald Clayton and Jeff Hamilton Trios. It's called Street of Dreams and is her fifth solo project. It is delightful and great press reviews are coming in, too! Check out two tunes on her web site. www.anniesellick.com

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