Jazz Around Town: As the summer wanes, there still some jazz in Rochester
August 31, 2011
We dodged the Irene bullet and I hope your loved ones east of here fared well....
A holiday weekend means a bit more barbequing, traveling and what not, but not as much jazz around town (although you can see there is something every night).
You can still vote for Jazz@Rochester in City's Best of 2011. Vote early, but contrary to my Chicago background, not often...Have a great Labor Day weekend!
Thursday, September 1, 2011
- Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
- The John Palocy Trio (Jazz Dawgs) @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
- Uptown Jazz Rochester with Whitney Marchelle, Andy Calabrese and John Montgomery @ The Grill at Strathallan, 7:00 pm
- Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
- Fred Costello & Co. @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
- Boone Ra Racketstra @ Tommy’s, Railroad Ave, Newark, 8:30 pm
Friday, September 2, 2011
- Johnny Matt Band @ Seebreeze, 12:00 pm
- Johnny Matt Band with Jon Seiger @ Wegmans (Empire and Bay Rd), 5:30 pm
- Bobby Dibaudo Duo @ Bistro 135, 5:30 pm
- Bop Shop's 14 Fridays ends with The Margaret Explosion @ Courtyard, Village Gate, 6:00 pm
- Ryan T Carey @ 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
- Julie Ketchum Duo @ Bistro 135, 7:30
- The Shawn Williams Quintet @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
- The Westview Project @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
- Gap Mangione & The New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
- Mark Cassara @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
Saturday, September 3, 2011
- Whitney Marchello Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- The Westview Project with Doug Stone @ Pomodoro's on University, 7:00 pm
- Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
- Joe Kozlowski Group @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
- Bending and Breaking CD Release with Wooden Cities and Quintopus @ The Bug Jar, 8:00 pm
- Swooners @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
- Gap Mangione & The New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
- East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm
Sunday, September 4, 2011
- Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:00 pm
- Art Release Party with the Moho Collective @ Lovin' Cup, 6:00 pm
Monday, September 5, 2011
- Happy Hour with Brad Batz @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
- Mark Viavattine Duo @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Thomas Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
- Soul Express @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
- Tony Gianavola @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:00 pm
- The Gateswingers with The Al Bruno Trio & Tom Monte @ Ontario Beach Park, 6:00 pm
- Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar (University Ave.), 7:30 pm
- The Margaret Explosion @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
Heads Up ... Look for these Jazz Gigs and Events in the Future
- Fifth Annual Evening of Wine and Jazz gala fundraiser to benefit Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM @ Waterside Room, Pier 45 in the Port of Rochester, Thursday, September 15, 6:30–9:30 p.m (Tickets now on sale)
- Reuben Allen Jazz Piano Trio, Dat Dere Trio+1, Company B and Holy Smith (and many others) @ Greentopia Festival, September 17-18, 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (check website for days and times)
- Exodus to Jazz presents the Kenny Garrett Quartet @ Hochstein School of Music, Saturday, September 24, 2011, 8:00 pm (two one-hour sets)
- Michael Berkowitz with the New Gene Krupa Orchestra and vocalist Tony Babino re-creating Sinatra's first live album in 1966 with Count Basie: "Sinatra at the Sands." @ Roberts Wesleyan College, Cultural Life Center, October 1st, 7:30 pm
- Exodus to Jazz presents TIZER Featuring Karen Briggs @ Lutheran Church of the Reformation, 8:00 pm (two one-hour sets)
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!
Here are the next seven days of jazz in Rochester and its environs... at least those I could locate. If you know of something I missed, let me know through an email.
As we head into the last few weeks of summer and the coming end of Festapalooza, things are a bit light this week. However, you can see the great Hammond B-3 organist Joey Defrancesco on Sunday AND eat Abbott's frozen custard ... now that's livin! Check out the listing below. 
I arrived back in ROC this afternoon and almost need a sweater today (quite a jolt after over 7 days in 100+ degree weather in Kansas. Here are the jazz listings for in and around Rochester for the next seven days. Unfortunately, my DNS issues with City's site have come back and I'm too tired from travel to mess with it, so watch this page later in the week and get any updates (and musicians, please let me know if I've missed anything).