Achoo, sniff, scratch, scratch... damn thing about being in the Flower City is the bloomin allergies! As I get older they seem to be getting worse. Here at Jazz@Rochester, we'll try to get some inside line on live jazz at the various festivals as they are made known to us. Sorry about forgetting about the jazz at the Lilac Festival during the week up to now, but they get their information out pretty well themselves (and it has been raining a bit anyway...). 

Here's the live gigs I found in and around Rochester over the next 7 days, plus some things coming up in the near future:

Thursday, May 16, 2013

• The Moho Collective @ Lilac Festival, Highland Park, 4:00 pm
• Jon Seiger All-Stars Trio @ Market Cafe at Wegmans on Calkins Road, 5:30 pm
• The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
• John Palocy Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Deborah Branch @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Roncones, 6:00 pm
• Mike Kaupa Duo Project @ Monroe's, 6:30 pm
• John Nyerges Quartet Live @ WGMC Jazz 90.1, 7:00 to 8:00 pm
• Djangoners @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• The Joe Santora Trio with Cabo Frio's Curtis Kendrick & Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:30 pm
• John Akers & Erik Welsh @ Pane Vino Ristorante, 8:00 pm

Friday, May 17, 2013

• Bobby DiBaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 5:30 pm
• The Music of Ferrante & Furioso @ Yummy Garden Hot Pot (Brighton), 5:30 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Hedges Restaurant, 6:30 pm
• Marco Amadio @ Pane Vino Ristorante, 6:30 pm
• Aleks & Ted @ Pultneyville Grill (Williamson), call for info
• NiteFall @ Lemoncello, 7:00 pm 

Saturday, May 18, 2013

• Celebration of National Tap Dance Day (free Lecture/Demonstration featuring the Hochstein Jazz Ensemble directed by Richard Delaney and guest artist Bill Evans of Bill Evans Dance) @ Hochstein Performance Hall, School of Music & Dance, 1:30 pm
• The Music of Ferrante & Furioso @ Yummy Garden Hot Pot (Brighton), 5:30 pm
• Bob Sneider @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• White Hots @ Pultneyville Grill (Williamson), 6:30 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Fusion (Webster), 6:30 pm
• Brent Bond @ Pane Vino Ristorante, 6:30 pm
• Ryan T. Carey/Tony Padilla Duo @ Pomodoro (Monroe Avenue), 7:00 pm
• Day Break @ Lemoncello, 7:00 pm
• Special Blend @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Annie Wells @ Litttle Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Upward Groove with Kneptune @ Lovin Cup, 9:00 pm
• Family Funktion and the Sitar Jams @ Abilene Bar & Lounge, 9:30 pm

Sunday, May 19, 2013

• Scott Bradley @ The Rabbit Room (Honeoye Falls), 12:00 pm
• Live Music & Tap Dance Jam Session @ Tango Cafe, 2:30 pm
• Prime Time Funk @ The Lilac Festival, Highland Park, 5:30 pm
• Bill Slater @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, call for info

Monday, May 20, 2013

• Alphonso Williams @ Bistro 135, 5:30 pm
• JazzHappens Band @ Green Lantern Inn (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• The Bowties @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

• Tinted Image @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
• Jim Nugent @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Charlie Mitchell Group @ Flipside Bar & Grill (Rochester), 8:00 pm

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

• Big Band Dance Spring Series @ Charlotte Beach, Roger Robach Community Center, 6:00 to 9:00 pm
• Jim E Leggs @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• ECMS Spring Festival with the New Horizons Vintage Jazz Ensemble and New Horizons Big Band @ Kilbourn Hall, ESM, 7:00 pm
• Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• John Pizzarelli with Williamsville East High School Jazz Orchestra and local jazz musicians @ Williamsville East High School, 7:30 pm 
• Vince Ercolamento & Joe Chiappone Jazz Quartet @ Murph's, 705 Titus Ave., Irondequoit, 8:00 pm

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

• Art Loves Jazz (Benefit for WGMC Jazz 90.1) @ Artisan Works, Thursday, May 23rd, 6:30-9:30 pm (tickets)
• Retrospective Exhibit of Photos from Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival Opens @ Center at High Falls Gallery, 60 Brown's Race, Rochester, Thursday, May 23rd (Gallery is open Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday from 12 noon to 5:30 p.m. and Sunday 1-5 p.m; closed Monday and Tuesday)
• Bop Arts presents The Mack Goldsbury Quartet @ Lovin' Cup Brews & Bistro, Sunday, June 2d, 8:00 pm 
• International Society of Bassists Convention @ Eastman School of Music (in addition to the concerts below, there may be others open to the public, so check the schedule)
• International Society of Bassists Concert: Eastman alumni Brett Shurtliffe, Yung-Chiao Wei, and Ron Carter with Russell Malone & Donald Vega @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Tuesday, June 4th, 8:00 pm
• International Society of Bassists Concert: Thomas Martin; Jazz Bass Supergroup “Talking Hands” with John Clayton, Rufus Reid, Lynn Seaton and Martin Wind @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Wednesday, June 5th, 8:00 pm 
• International Society of Bassists Concert:  Diana Gannett performs new works; Chuck Israels, bassist with the Bill Evans Trio, pays tribute to a master of bebop with “Oscar Pettiford Octet and Beyond” @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Thursday, June 6th, 8:00 pm 
• International Society of Bassists Concert:  Orchestral and chamber music bassist Szymon Marciniak and Grammy-winning Dave Holland @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Friday, June 7th, 8:00 pm 
• Michael Formanek Quartet with Tim Berne, Craig Taborn and Gerald Cleaver @ Bernunzio Uptown Music, 122 East Ave., Rochester, Friday, June 7th, 10:30 pm 
• International Society of Bassists Concert: Joel Quarrington, new principal bassist of the London Symphony Orchestra, and Victor Wooten, acclaimed soloist and bassist for Bela Fleck and the Flecktones @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Saturday, June 8th, 8:00 pm 
• Groove Juice Swing presents Stompology Swing Dances with the The Careless Lovers (Seattle, WA), Friday, June 7th, 8:00 pm; The Low Down Sires (Asheville, NC), Saturday, June 8th, 8:30 pm and June 9th, 7:30 pm
• Tessa Souter with John Nyerges Trio @ Lovin Cup, Saturday, June 8th, 9:00 pm
• Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, Friday, June 21st to Saturday, June 29th

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