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Jazz 90.1 (WGMC) started its Spring Pledge Drive on March 10th. So get out there and make your pledge for this public jazz station and help keep them around.  

By this time next week, we'll know the schedule for the Club Pass gigs at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Looking out my window at the snow blowing sideways I am finding that hard to believe... but it's true.  I hope to start taking a look at them soon after.

Is there live jazz in and around ROC for the next seven days?  Of course there is...:

Thursday, March 13, 2014

• The David Detweiler Trio @ The Next Door Bar & Grill (Pittsford), 5:00 pm
• Jon Seiger and the All-Stars @ Market Cafe at Wegmans, Calkins Road in Henrietta, 5:30 pm
• The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
• John Palocy Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Roncones Italian Restaurant, 6:00 pm
• Ryan from El Rojo Jazz @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
• Bossa Nova Jazz Thursdays with the Charles Mitchell Group @ Espada Brazilian Steak, Village Gate, Rochester, 6:00 pm
• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Cafe, 9:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio @ Michael's Valley Grill (Penfield), no time given

Friday, March 14, 2014

• Matthew Sieber Ford Trio @ Tapas 177, 4:30 pm
• Soul Express @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
• Vanessa Mangione Quartet @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Roses & Revolutions @ Pane Vino Ristorante, 6:30 pm
• Jive Street Five @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 6:30 pm
• Beau Ryan @ Lemoncello, 7:00 pm
• The Rod Blumenau Quartet (with Gabe Condon, Jeff Campbell & John Beck) Plays “It’s Jazz, by George: The Music of George Gershwin” @ Immanuel Baptist Church, 815 Park Ave., 7:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Pultneyville Grill (Williamson), 7:00 pm
• Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo @ Charley Brown's (Penfield), 7:30 pm
• The David Detweiler Trio @ The Next Door Bar & Grill (Pittsford), 8:00 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Back Nine Grill (Pittsford), 8:30 pm
• Annie Wells @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Joe Santora Trio @ Michael's Valley Grill (Penfield), no time given

Saturday, March 15, 2014

• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ School of the Arts, 45 Prince St. (Rochester), 4:00 pm
• Bob Sneider Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Jasmine's Asian Kitchen, 6:30 pm
• Marco Amadio @ Lemoncello, 7:00 pm
• Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo @ Charley Brown's, 1675 Penfield Rd., 7:30 pm
• The David Detweiler Trio @ The Next Door Bar & Grill (Pittsford), 8:00 pm
• Chris Botti and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra @ Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo), Saturday, March 15th at 8:00 pm
• Prime Time Funk 18th Birthday with Todd East (so no minor keys ... it's a lawyer joke, sort of) @ Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, 10:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio @ Michael's Valley Grill (Penfield), no time given

Sunday, March 16, 2014

• Bop Arts presents Brandon Terzic Xalam Project @ Bop Shop Records, Sunday, March 16th, 8:00 pm

Monday, March 17, 2014

• Alan Murphy @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Flower City Jazz Society presents Dixieland with Bourbon Street Parade @ Glendoveers, 2328 Old Browncroft Blvd, 6:30pm

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

• Roses & Revolutions @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

• Roses & Revolutions @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• The Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

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

• Jim Pugh @ Eastman School of Music’s Jazz Café Series, Friday, March 21st, 10:00 pm 
• Fourth Annual Jazz For Justice (Foundation of the Monroe County Bar Association) @ Harro East Ballroom, Friday, March 21st, 5:30 pm
• Rachelle Ferrell @ The Tralf (Buffalo), Saturday, March 22nd, 8:00 & 10:00 pm
• Ambrose Akinmusire @ Art of Jazz Series, Albright-Knox Gallery (Buffalo), Sunday, March 23rd, 3:00 pm
• Jazz 90.1 Meet the Artist Concert Series with Bonerama @ Olympia High School Auditorium, Wednesday March 26th, 7:00 pm
• Jazz 90.1 Meet the Artist Concert Series with Lou Donaldson Quartet @ at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, Thursday, April 3 at 7:30 pm
• Jimmie Greene @ Eastman School of Music’s Jazz Café Series, Friday, April 11th, 10:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet @ Hochstein Performance Hall, Friday, April 11th, 8:00 pm
• Delfeayo Marsalis @ Honeoye Central School, Tuesday, April 22, 8:00 pm
• Roby Lakatos Ensemble @ Cornell Concert Series, Bailey Hall, Thursday, April 24th, 8:00 pm
• Cécil McLorin Salvant @ Art of Jazz Series, Albright-Knox Gallery (Buffalo), Saturday, April 26th, 8:00 pm
• Laurenzi/Ernst/Green (yes, that would be bassist Katie Ernst...) @ Bop Shop Records, Friday, May 9th, 8:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents the Helen Sung Quintet Release Concert for "Anthem for a New Day" CD, Friday, May 16th, 8:00 pm
• Jimmy Bennington's Colour & Sound @ The Bop Shop, Friday, March 23rd, 9:00 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. Only start times are listed, visit or call the venue for more details (the websites for many of the venues 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!