If you're looking for Xerox Rochester Jazz Festival listings, look in the right panel or click on the XRIJF image in the middle panel to go to their site. These are listings for the live jazz being played around town by those who ply their jazz trade throughout the year or have already played their XRIJF gig and are back to business as usual. If you can't get out to see them, like me, during the festival, come back on Wednesdays and I'll let you know where you can hear them in the future.

Thursday, June 16, 2011

• Jimmie Highsmith Jr. with Steve Curry, Dave Spinner @ Trinities Restaurant and Music Cafe, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Burlone, Nichols & Griffith @ Star Alley (South Wedge, Rochester), 6:30 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Tinted Image @ Grill at Strathallan, 7:00 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Meta Accord @ Decibel Lounge, 7:30 pm
• Sonny Miles B-3 Organ Jazz @ The Kitchen Keg, Abbotts, 72 St. Paul St., Downtown, 8:00 pm
• East End Jazz @ Havana Moes, 8:00 pm

Friday, June 17, 2011

• Groove Juice Swing and Stompology present Authentic Solo Jazz Dance Weekend with Crescent City Connection on Friday night and Gordon's Grand Street Stompers from New York City on Saturday night, Friday to Sunday, June 17-19.
• Johnny Matt Band w/Jon Seiger @ Wegmans-Eastway, 5:30 pm
• Bobby DiBaudo Duo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• John Britton @ Tala Vera Cantina, 6:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Adrian DiMatteo @ Hogan's Hideaway, 7:00 pm
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Pier 45, 7:00 pm
• Barry Tee Jazz Trio @ Pomodoro Grill & Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• Hard Logic @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Soul Express @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ Glengarry Inn at Eagle Vale, 4400 Nine Mile Point Road, Rt 250, Fairport, 7:00 pm
• Nate Rawls @ Trinities Restaurant and Music Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Sonny Miles B-3 Organ Jazz @ The Kitchen Keg, Abbotts, 72 St. Paul St., Downtown, 8:00 pm
• Amanda Ashley @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Mark Viavattine Quartet @ Tavern58 at Gibbs, 9:00 pm
• Christian Scott Band @ XRIJF Jazz Films at The Little (WXXI), 9:00 pm
• James Moody @ XRIJF Jazz Films at The Little (WXXI), 10:15 pm

Saturday, June 18, 2011

• Groove Juice Swing and Stompology present Authentic Solo Jazz Dance Weekend with Crescent City Connection on Friday night and Gordon's Grand Street Stompers from New York City on Saturday night, Friday to Sunday, June 17-19.
• Steve Greene Trio @ Bernunzio Uptown Music, 6:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ TC Hooligans-Webster, 6:00 pm
• Jon Seiger & The Allstars with Special Guest Juan Klappenbach from Argentina @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Simon Fletcher Trio @ Tala Vera Cantina, 6:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Jazz Sessions with David Lee Rad @ Decibel Lounge, 7:30 pm
• Sonny Miles B-3 Organ Jazz @ The Kitchen Keg, Abbotts, 72 St. Paul St., Downtown, 8:00 pm
• Connie Deming @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Jimmie Highsmith Jr. @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione & The New Blues Band, The Lodge at Woodcliff, 8:30 pm
• Las Vegas Nights @ Lemoncello, 9:00 pm
• Catherine Russell @ XRIJF Jazz Films at The Little (WXXI), 10:15 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm
• The Bad Plus @ XRIJF Jazz Films at The Little (WXXI), 10:15 pm

Sunday, June 19, 2011

• Groove Juice Swing and Stompology present Authentic Solo Jazz Dance Weekend with Crescent City Connection on Friday night and Gordon's Grand Street Stompers from New York City on Saturday night, Friday to Sunday, June 17-19.
• Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:30 pm

Monday, June 20, 2011

• Jim Nugent @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Jon Greeno Trio @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
• Joe Cavallaro's Dixieland Band @ Green Lantern Inn, 6:00 pm
• The Uptown Groove @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

• Barry Tee Jazz Trio @ Wegmans-Pittsford, 5:30 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Thomas Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

• Bob Sneider Duo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift with RIJF alumni @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 7:30 pm
• The Bowties @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• The Artie Shaw Orchestra @ Smith Opera House, Geneva, 7:00 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 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 "Contact Us" button above). 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!