Lots of heat out there and some of it ain't coming from the weather. Check out the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester. I'd also like to add another reminder that we'd love to know what you thought about this year's Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. If you came out even one night, click on the link to take the Jazz@Rochester 2010 XRIJF survey. I'll be keeping it up there until the end of the month. We'll share your thoughts with the folks at XRIJF and on this blog. No personally identifiable information is being recorded, by the way...

Thursday, July 15, 2010

• Bending & Breaking @ Granite Mills Park, High Falls, 12:15 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Trio East @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:00 pm
• Mike Allen @ Lemoncello, 8:30 pm
• The Meta Accord @ Sully"s Pub, 9:00 pm

Friday, July 16, 2010

• Bobby Dibaudo and Doug Stone @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Jack Allen Big Band @ Henrietta Senior Center, 6:30 pm
• Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes, with Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb @ Carey Lake Banquet Center, 959 Penfield Road (Route 441), Walworth, 6:30 pm
• Footnote @ “Firefly Concert Series”,6380 Route 21, Williamson, 7:00 pm
• Whitney Marchelle and Andy Calabreese (Uptown Jazz) @ Jack's Place, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Margaret Explosion @ Benefit for Oscar at Opening Part of the Arena Art Group Exhibit at the NTID Dyer Arts Center's Williams Gallery, 7:00 pm
• Mike Allen, AKOS' Avatars @ Beale Street Cafe--Webster, 8:00 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Mike Kaupa Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione's New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• Mark Viavattine Quartet @ Tavern 58 at Gibbs, 9:00 pm

Saturday, July 17, 2010

• Hard Logic, Footnote and Perry Plyter @ Pultneyville Homecoming Wine & Jazz Festival, 12:00 pm
• Rochester Metrolpolitan Jazz Orchestra @ Veterans' Memorial Park, 3100 Atlantic Ave, Penfield, 7:00 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:30 pm
• Bob Sneider Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Terrance Bruce @ McArdle's, 1355 Fairport Rd, Fairport, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione's New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, July 18, 2010

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Mindi Abair with Bill Tiberio Band @ Glenora Wine  Cellars, Dundee, 2:00 pm
• Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:00 pm
• Music on the Canal:Brockport Jazz Band @ Spencerport Canal Park, Downtown Spencerport, 6:30 pm
• The Gerry Nasca Quartet @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Water Street Music Hall, 8:00 pm

Monday, July 19, 2010

• Ed Clute's Dixie Five Plus @ Green Lantern Inn, One East Church St, Fairport, 6:30 pm
• The White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

• Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Ensemble @ Norton Neighborhood Service Center, 500 Norton St., 6:30 pm
• The Rod Blumenau Swingtet @ Veterans' Memorial Park, 3100 Atlantic Ave, Penfield, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

• Kurt Johnson Duo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Najee, Tom Browne, Roy Ayers, and Jimmie Highsmith Jr. in “Sax in the City” @ moved to Waterstreet Music Hall 204 N Water Street Rochester NY, 14604. Doors open at 7:00 pm show starts at 8:00 pm
• Geneva Lakefront Concerts: Andy Stobie & The Greater Finger Lakes Jazz Orchestra @ Lakefront Park Gazebo, 1 Lakefront Drive, Geneva, 7:00 pm
• Stringplicity @ 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

• Dave Tull Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, July 23-24, 8:30 pm
• Jay Leonhart Trio @ The Grill at Strathallan, July 30-31, 8:30 pm
• John Marshall Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, August 13-14, 8:30 pm
• The Rippingtons @ Glenora Wine Cellars, Dundee, 2:00 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!