Lynne Arriale was fantastic on Saturday at Exodus to Jazz with her killing group of Omer Avital, Johnathan Blake and JD Allen (image). Other than Mr. Gordon with the RPO, we're all local this week. So here are the live jazz listings for the next seven days.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

• Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
• A. Giannavola @Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Roberts Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble @ Roberts Wesleyan Cultural Life Center, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• The Djangoners @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Friday, April 15, 2011

• Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 5:00 pm
• Bobby Dibaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ The Pultneyville Grill, 4135 Mill St., Williamson, 6:00 pm
• Gap Mangione @ Pier 45, 6:30 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
• Evening of Jazz with the Jimmie Highsmith Jr., Smooth Jazz Trio @ Trinities Restaurant (near Main & State downtown), 7:00 pm
• Marc Schwartz recital (jazz saxophone) @ Eastman School of Music, 7:00 pm
• Wycliffe Gordon and the RPO present "The Gospel According to Jazz" @ Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre, 8:00 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Miche Fambro @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Jeffrey McLeod recital (jazz piano) @ Eastman School of Music, 9:00 pm
• Cinnamon Jones @ Tala Vera, 9:00 pm
• Jive Street Five @ Lemoncello, 9:30 pm

Saturday, April 16, 2011

• Record Store Day @ Bop Shop, Record Archive, all day
• John Britton Trio @ Tala Vera Cantina, 6:00 pm
• Gap Mangione @ Pier 45, 6:30 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Russell Fielder & Jim Rhody @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Jazz Cafe @ Monty's Korner, 7:30 pm
• Wycliffe Gordon and the RPO present "The Gospel According to Jazz" @ Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre, 8:00 pm
• Fred Stone Quartet @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Fred Costello Band @ Lemoncello, 9:00 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, April 17, 2011

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• Whitney Marchelle with Katie Ernst @ George Eastman House, 3:00 pm
• Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Fred Costello @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm

Monday, April 18, 2011

• Brad Batz @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Dixieland Evening with Dave Thomas'Lock 52 Jazz Band @ Green Lantern Inn, One East Church St, Fairport, 6:30 pm
• Pro-Am Jam @ Abilene, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

• Karl Stabnau @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Thomas Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

• Shades of Gray @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:30 pm
• Nostalgic Reunion Orchestra @ Ontario Beach Park, 7:15 pm
• Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Rick Holland-Evan Dobbins Little Big Band @ 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

• Mostly Other People Do the Killing @ Bug Jar, Thursday, April 21st, 7:00 pm
• Nancy Kelly @ Tala Vera Cantina, Saturday, April 23d, 9:00 pm
• Daniel Bennett Group @ "Relevent," the Honeoye Falls-Lima High School Alumni Art Exhibition, The Lower Mill, 61 North Main St., Honeoye Falls, Saturday, April 23rd, 6:00-9:00 pm
• RIT Performing Artists Concert Series presents the "The History of Ragtime" @ Ingle Auditorium, Rochester Institute of Technology-Student Alumni Union, Friday, April 29, 8:00 pm
• 50th Record Show and Sale @ The Bop Shop in the Village Gate Square, 274 N. Goodman St., Sunday, May 1st, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
• The Tom Rainey Trio with Mary Halvorson and Ingrid Laubrock @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, May 3rd, 8:00 pm
• Art Loves Jazz 2011, sixth annual gala fundraising event to benefit Jazz90.1 @ Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Road in Rochester, Thursday May 19, 2011 from 6:30-9:30 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 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 to let us know how it went. I want to hear from you!