But I hear tell there's some hot jazz around town to warm you up. I hope I can stop this winter motif soon. There's some new sounds at Bop Shop Atrium this week and smooting it out with Four80East at Exodus to Jazz. A wide variety abounds...  Here are the listings for live jazz in and around Rochester, NY, for the next seven days. 

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Thursday, March 3, 2011

• Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Artizan Jazz Trio @ Lemoncello, 7:00 pm
• Djangoners @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Bop Arts presents Rozanne Levine & Chakra Tuning @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, 8:00 pm
• Eastman Studio Orchestra, Bill Dobbins conducting, with guest artists Bill Holman & Bob Brookmeyer @ Eastman Theatre, Kodak Hall, Friday, March 4, 8:00 pm

Friday, March 4, 2011

• Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 5:00 pm
• Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans-Eastway, 5:30 pm
• Kyle Vock Trio @ Tala Vera Cantina, 6:00 pm
• Bobby Dibaudo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St, Williamson, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Dave Monte Jazz Trio @ Lemoncello, 8:00 pm
• Westview Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
• Rick Holland Quartet @ Tala Vera Cantina, 9:00 pm
• Mark Cassara Band @ Bistro 135, 9:00 pm

Saturday, March 5, 2011

• Simon Fletcher Trio @ Tala Vera, 6:00 pm
• Bob Sneider Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Jazz Cafe @ Monty's Korner, 7:30 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents Four80East @ Reformation Lutheran Church, March 5th, 8:00 pm
• GVOC On Broadway with Dave Mancini Trio @ Midvale Country Club, 2387 Baird Road, Penfield, 8:00 pm
• Westview Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• The Westview Project with Doug Stone @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, March 6, 2011

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Ithaca Jazz Ensemble with guest composer Chris Jentsch's "Cycles Suite," Jentsch on guitar and trumpet soloist Mike Kaupa @ Ford Hall, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, Sunday, March 6 8:15 pm
• Gerry Nasca Quartet @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm
• Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:30 pm

Monday, March 7, 2011

• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Brad Batz Group @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

• Karl Stabnau @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• ReaZon @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents Ravish Momin @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, 8:00 pm

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

• Quintopus @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:30 pm
• Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Rick Holland Quartet @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm
• Rick Holland-Evan Dobbins Little Big Band @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm

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

• Jazz90.1 Presents First-Ever Pancake Breakfast @ Greece Olympia High School Cafeteria, 1139 Maiden Lane, Greece, Saturday, March 12 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Robert Glasper @ Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, March 20th, 3:00 pm
• Victor Wooten Band and Stanley Clarke Trio @ Water Street Music Hall, Monday, March 21st, 7:00 pm
• The Roberto Occhipinti Quartet (with Hilario Duran & Dafnis Prieto) @ Jazz Day at SUNY Brockport, 7:30 pm (also free Master Class at 4:30 pm)
• Al Di Meola New World Sinfonia @ Buffalo State Performing Arts Center, Saturday, March 26th
• Bop Arts presents Eugene Chadbourne & Tatsuy Nakatani @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Monday, March 28th, 8:00 pm
• Foundation of the Monroe County Bar 1st Jazz For Justice fundraiser @ Harro East, Friday, April 1st, 6:00 to 10:00 pm.
• Cuong Vu Trio @ Kilbourn Hall, Friday, April 1st, 8:00 pm
• Take 6 @ Roberts Wesleyan College, Saturday, April 2d, 7:30 p.m
• Bop Arts presents The ICP Orchestra @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, April 5th, 8:00 pm
• Antonio Ciacca @ Casa Italiana at Nazareth College, Saturday, April 9th, 4:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents Lynne Arriale Trio with J.D. Allen @ Reformation Lutheran Church, Saturday, April 9th, 8:00 pm
• Mostly Other People Do the Killing @ Bug Jar, April 21st, 7:00 pm
• The Tom Rainey Trio with Mary Halvorson and Ingrid Laubrock @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, May 3rd, 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!