Jazz Around Town: 2011 Anyone?
December 29, 2010
Now, on to the listings. If there's a big jazz thing out there for New Year's Eve, no one has bothered to let the only jazz blog in town know about it. Let me know if I missed something and I'll add it tomorrow.
So Happy New Year!!! I'm going to be here at home, listening to music and spending NYE with my lovely wife. See you in 2011! Here's what I was able to find for jazz over the next seven days:
Thursday, December 30, 2010
- Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
- Lumiere @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
- Whitney Marchelle & Uptown Jazz @ Memorial Art Gallery, 7:30 pm
Friday, December 31, 2010 (Happy New Year!)
- Westview Project @ Bistro 135, 5:30 pm
- Jim Lane & Tommy Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
- Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St, Williamson, 6:00 pm
- Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
- Mark Cassara Band @ Pane Vino, 8:00 pm
- Don Mancuso & Jeff Cosco @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
- Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm (reservations only!)
- Expecting to see The Grill at Strathallan here? We're hearing that Bob Sneider has decided to check out of the Strathallan (or at least in programming the music there). Ron Netsky recently let us know. No Strath for you, at least not in the listings I've accessed
- Roger Eckers/Fred Costello Duo @ Luna Piena Bistro, 9:00 pm
- New Year's Eve Midnight Brunch (Free to all TNT Members and Sponsors $30.00 Non-TNT Members Brunch Menu includes: Waffles & Fried chicken, Bacon & Beef Sausage, Eggs w/toppings, Grits, Salmon Patties, Mac & Cheese, String Beans & Potatoes, Biscuits, and a Mimosa Toast Featuring Jimmie Highsmith Jr., from 9:30pm – Midnight Come before church, after church or if you don't go to church) @ Trinities, 36 West Main Street, Rochester, 9:00pm to 2:00am
- Allegro @ Bistro 135, 9:30 pm
Saturday, January 1, 2011
- Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
- Jimmie Highsmith Jr., with Dave Spinner @ LJ's Restaurant, 360 Thurston Road, Rochester, 7:00 pm
- Jazz Cafe @ Monty's Korner, 7:30 pm
- Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:30 pm
- Meta Accord @ Canandaigua Inn On The Lake, 9:00 pm
Sunday, January 2, 2011
- Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
- Westside Jazz Quartet @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm
- Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:30 pm
Monday, January 3, 2011
- Brad Batz @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Tommy Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
- Mark Viavattine @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Bending and Breaking @ Tala Vera Cantina, 7:00 pm
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
- Jim Nugent Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:30 pm
- Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
Heads Up ... Look for these Jazz Gigs and Events in the Future
- NYC Winter Jazz Fest @ Various Venues in in the Village, NYC, January 7th & 8th>
- Tamir Hendelman Trio, Sunday, January 9th, 6:00 pm (profile in City by Ron Netsky)
- Jake Shimabukuro @ Annual Penfield Jazz Fund Raiser Concerts, Penfield High School Auditorium, February 4-5, 7:30 pm
- Charles Lloyd Quartet @ Albright-Knox Gallery, January 30, 4:00 pm
- Gerald Clayton Trio, Saturday, February 12th, 8:00 pm
- Four80East, Saturday, March 5th, 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.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!
Sorry about the delay. Could be that the holiday spirit overtook me or I was shopping. Whatever, I didn't get to the post until this morning. Good thing I took a day off work so I can work on the post this morning. Not too much going on due to the aforementioned holidays, so I'll just finish this up (I started on Tuesday) and get it up on the site.... I hope you and yours are having a great holiday season!
I can't give you gifts for the holidays, so I'll share some links. I've looked in the pile of links I've gathered over the past months and came up with a few for you. 
Isn't JANUARY the snowiest month usually? We're on track to get 60" in December. In this week before Christmas, isn't that the last thing we need for our last minute holiday scurrying? Oh well, get out of the snow and hear some jazz over the next seven days....
Spent the day at an RIT symposium about social media of which blogs are but one example, but rushed home from the "after party" to do my own social media here on Jazz@Rochester. Here are the jazz gigs for the next seven days, at least those I know of....
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!