As the snow flies outside the window, I'm warm inside with some jazz on the stereo and our sickly cat on my lap setting up these listings for you, my readers. Life is good...well, OK, I could do without the snow. Get out and hear some live music!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

• Alana Cahoon @ Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 5:00 pm
• Lindsey Holland with the Rick Holland Qt. @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• DjanGoners @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Eastman Jazz Ensemble @ Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, 8:00 pm
• Racketstra @ Tommy's, Newark, 8:30 pm

Friday, December 3, 2010

• Bobby Dibaudo & Jon Seiger @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• The Westview Project @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:30 pm
• Artisan Jazz Trio @ Lilian's Restaurant & Party House, 2200 Penfield Rd., Penfield, 8:00 pm
Cool Club Trio @ Phelps Wine Bar, Phelps, 8:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ The Brighton Restaurant, 8:00 pm
• Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• Don Mancuso & Regi Hendrix @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Adam Niewood Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Roger Eckers/Fred Costello Duo @ Luna Piena Bistro, 9:00 pm

Saturday, December 4, 2010

• Jazz Cafe @ Monty's Korner, 7:30 pm
• Frank's Rat Pack @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• The Westview Project @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:30 pm
• Quintopus @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
• Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• Stringplicity @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Adam Niewood @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, December 5, 2010

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• The Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies presents Dariusz Terefenko "Jazz Impressions on Chopin" @ Strong Auditorium, UR River Campus, 3:00 pm
• The Moho Collective @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm
• Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:30 pm

Monday, December 6, 2010

• Tommy Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Ensemble @ Finger Lakes Community College, 4355 Lakeshore Dr Canandaigua, 7:00 pm
• Brad Batz Group @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Quinn Lawrence & Anna Reguero (jazz and dance instruction) @ Flat Iron Cafe, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

• Karl Stabnau Quartet @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Boone & Oscar join Miz Marty & Steve @ Rongovian Embassy, Trumansburg, 7:00 pm
• Jazz Ensemble @ Finger Lakes Community College, 4355 Lakeshore Dr Canandaigua, 7:00 pm
• Mike Allen @ Lemoncello, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

• Jim Nugent Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:30 pm
• Simply Jazz @ Ciao Baby's BBQ Steak & Seafood, 421 River St., 7:00 pm
• The Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• New Jazz Ensemble @ Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, 8:00 pm
• Rick Holland Quintet @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm

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

• Exodus to Jazz presents the Tamir Hendelman Trio @ Lutheran Church of the Reformation, January 9, 6:00 pm (two 1-hour sets)
• Pat Bianchi B3 Trio CD Release Party @ The Grill at Strathallan, December 10 & 11, 8:30 pm
• Esperanza Spalding @ Buffalo State Performing Arts Center, Saturday, December 11 at 8:00 p.m
• Charles Lloyd New Quartet (with Jason Moran, Reuban Rogers, and Eric Harland) @ Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, Sunday, January 30, 3:00 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!