Although I'm coming off a week long bout with a cold, which kept me from getting out last week. Really looking forward to the Portrait in Seven Shades tour of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis which is coming in for the annual Jazz for the Park benefit for Commencement Park at the Auditorium. There are still tickets left. The Commencement Park is a great asset to this community and needs its support (just click on the image). Hope to see you there!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Dawn Thomson & Special Guests @ Max at Eastman Place, 7:00 pm
• Mike Allen & the Avatars @ Beale Street Cafe, 7:00 pm
• DjanGoners @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:00 pm
• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Cafe (E. Rochester), 8:00 pm

Friday, March 19, 2010

• Bobby Dibaudo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• The Westview Project @ Pane Vino, 7:00 pm
• Miche Fambro @ Jazz at Immanuel Baptist Church (Park Ave.), 7:00 pm
• Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• The Bowties @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• Mark Cassara Band @ Bistro 135, 9:00 pm

Saturday, March 20, 2010

• Hard Logic @ Bistro 135, 7:30 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:30 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Fred Stone Progressive Jazz Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, March 21, 2010

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Ann Mitchell Trio @ Trinity Episcopal Church (3450 Ridge Rd. W., Greece), 2:00 pm
• The New Energy Jazz Orchestra @ Ingle Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology, 3:00 pm
• Reilly Taylor-Cook & Hershel Mikel @ High Falls Fine Art Gallery, 3:00 pm
• Jazz Night with Moondance @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm

Monday, March 22, 2010

• The White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (Portrait in Seven Shades Tour) @ The Sixth Annual Jazz for the Park benefit, Auditorium Theater, 8:00 pm

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

• Ben Thomas Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Quintopus @ Boulder Coffee Co-Brooks Landing, 8:00 pm

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

• Todd East @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• AMP @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 7:00 pm

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

• David Glasser Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, March 26-27, 2010, 8:30 pm
• 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
• Giacomo Gates @ The Grill at Strathallan, April 9-10, 2010, 8:30 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!