OK, I've given up on the wrap up post for the 2010 XRIJF. Too much on the plate, so I'm going to do something better. Soon I'll put up a link to a short survey so we can hear what YOU think. I'll add my 2 cents at some point, but I think it's best I just move on. You probably don't lose much sleep not knowing what I think about the jazz festival anyway...

Until then, here are some listings for you for live jazz in and around Rochester for the next seven days. Enjoy your July 4th Holiday!

Thursday, July 1, 2010

• Mambo Kings @ Granite Mills Park, High Falls, 12:15 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Mike Allen, AKOS' Avatars @ Beale Street Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 7:30 pm
• Bob Sneider @ Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, 7:30 pm
• Bop Arts presents Paul Smoker Notet @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N. Goodman St, Rochester, 8:00 pm
• Filthy Funk with Sophistafunk @ Dub Land Underground, 10:00 pm

Friday, July 2, 2010

• Sofrito @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Bop Shop presents 14 Fridays with the Mambo Kings @ In the courtyard of the Village Gate, 274 N Goodman, Rochester, 6:00 pm
• Bill Dobbins Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione and New Blues Band @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 8:30 pm

Saturday, July 3, 2010

• Dan White Quartet @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• The Marcus Roberts Trio with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in "Red, White & Boom" @ CMAC, 7:30 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:30 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione and New Blues Band @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, July 4, 2010

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Gap Mangione Big Band @ Sodus Bay Lighthouse Museum, 7606 N. Ontario St., Sodus Point, NY, 2:00 pm
• Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:00 pm
• Mike Allen @ Lemoncello, 9:00 pm

Monday, July 5, 2010

• John Nyerges @ Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, 7:30 pm
• White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Quinn Lawrence & Anna Reguero (jazz and swing dance instruction) @ Flat Iron Cafe, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

• Michael Sinicroppi @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Nostalgic Jazz Reunion @ Summer Concert Series, Ferris Hills at WestLake, Canandaigua, NY, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

• Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm

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

• Jazz on the Pond with Chaka Khan, Rick Braun, Graham Keir, Chris Ziemba and Trio Slaye, Mark Stephens, Dwight Sills @ Cranberry Pond, NY, July 10, 3:00 pm
• Najee, Tom Browne, Roy Ayers, and Jimmie Highsmith Jr. in “Sax in the City” @ Riverside Festival Site, Gates, July 21, 5:00 pm, Music, 7:00 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.The aim is to give you a one stop place to find all your jazz in Rochester. Only start times are listed, visit or call the venue for more details (the sites for many are in the right panel). 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!