Thursday, February 3, 2022

• Pickle Mafia Jazz Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Sally Louise Duo @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Bobby DiBaudo Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm

Friday, February 4, 2022

• Alexendra Hine @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Slight Pandemonium Productions presents Zahyia in "DivaZ", an evening of music featuring Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Tina Turner @ 75 Stutson Street, 6:30 pm (tickets)
• Hassan Zaman Quartet @ Jackrabbit Club, 40 Anderson Avenue (NOTA, Rochester), 7:00 pm
• 2022 Penfield Jazz Fundraiser Concerts with Guest Trombone Artist Michael Dease @ Penfield HS Auditorium, 7:00 pm (more info)
• Laura Dubin Trio @ Brockport Fine Arts Center (SUNY Brockport), 7:30 pm (tickets) Postponed due to weather (you should check on all of these!)
• The Rita Collective @ Nazareth College of Rochester, Wilmott Hall, 7:30 pm

Saturday, February 5, 2022

• Moondance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Sally Louise @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Steve Grills & the Roadmasters @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 2022 Penfield Jazz Fundraiser Concerts with Guest Trombone Artist Michael Dease @ Penfield HS Auditorium, 7:00 pm (more info)

Sunday,  February 6, 2022

• Art of Jazz with The Campbell Brothers Present John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme @ Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle (Buffalo), 3:00 pm (more info and tickets)

Monday, February 7, 2022

• Monday Jazz at the UUU hosted by Jordan Lerner @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:30 pm, jam starts @ 10:00 pm

Tuesday, February 8, 2022

• No jazz for you?

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

• Mel Henderson & Greg Wachala @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Jazz 90.1 presents Live Studio Concert Series with The Cool Club and The Lipker Sisters @ WGMC Jazz 90.1 Studios, 7:00 pm (live and live-streamed)
• Dino Lost with Mike Melito @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm

Looking ahead to jazz in February and into March...

February

• 10th: Mike Pappert @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 10th: Riverside Soul @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 10th: Indigo Breeze @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 11th: Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 11th: Jordon Lerner Solar Energy Group @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 12th: Steve Grills & the Roadmasters @ Steuben Brewing Co. (Hammondsport), 4:00 pm
• 12th: Ralph De Bergalis @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 12th Laura Dubin Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 13th: Bop Arts presents Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ Bop Shop Records, 7:00 pm
• 14th: Ralph De Bergalis @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 16th: Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 16th: Nancy Kelly @ The Lounge at Colloca Estate Winery, 6:30 pm (tickets)
• 16th: A Taste of Jazz with Ralph De Bergalis @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 17th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm'
• 17th: Andy Calabrese Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 18th: Roger Eckert & Andy Calabrese @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 18th: Trio East @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 19th: Chris & Korie Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 19th: Stephane Wrembel performs Django L'Impressionniste @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• 21st: Bop Arts presents Mostly Other People Do The Killing @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm
• 23rd: Jazz 90.1 presents Bob Sneider Trio @ Greece Baptist Church, 7:00 pm
• 23rd: Laura Dubin Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 24th: Mike Kaupa/Gordon Webster Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 24th: Rich Thompson Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 25th: Ann Mitchell Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 25th: Trio East @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 25th: Mel Henderson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 26th: Jazz90.1 Mardi Gras Party @ Barnard Restaurant & Party House, 360 Maiden Ln., 6:00-10:00 pm
• 26th: Hanna and the Blue Hearts @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm

March

• 2nd:  Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 3rd:  ESM Jazz Faculty & Students @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 3rd: Nightfall @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 4th: Jim Nugent Duo @ Lemoncello, East Rochester, 6:00 pm
• 4th: Hassan Zaman @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 4th: Bob Holz and A Vision Forward @ 75 Stutson Street, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 5th: Laura Dubin Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 10th: Jazz 90.1 presents Greece Jazz Band @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road, 7:00 pm
• 10th: Mike Pullano @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 10th: Bop Arts presents The White Hots @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm
• 16th: Kinloch Nelson @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 17th: Sean Pfeiffer Quartet @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 p
• 20th: Rich Thompson Trio Generations @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 24th: Dean Keller's Soul Jazz Joint @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 24th: Bop Arts presents AfroHORN Project @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• 24th: Mel Henderson and Joe Chiappone @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 25th: The White Hots @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 25th: Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm
• 26th: Laura Dubin Quintet presents: Tribute to the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 6:30 pm
• 26th: Hanna and the Blue Hearts @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 28th: Bop Arts presents Michael Formanek Drome Trio with Chet Doxas and Vinnie Sperrazza @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm
• 30th: Diana Krall @ Auditorium Theatre, 7:30 pm (tickets)
• 31st: Bop Arts presents Stick Men @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets) (also on April 1st)
• 31st: Andy Calabrese Trio @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm

We've compiled these gig and event listings from information obtained from our own knowledge of the jazz scene in and around Rochester, the performing artists themselves and other sources. The aim is to give you a one-stop place to find all your live jazz in and around Rochester. Click on the links where available in the post for more information on the gig or tickets where needed. Only music start times are listed, so visit or call the venue for more details about when the doors open, etc. (the websites for many of the venues are in the right panel).