Thursday, February 24, 2022

• Mike Kaupa/Gordon Webster Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant & Jazz Bar (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Rich Thompson Generations Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm

Friday, February 25, 2022

• Ann Mitchell Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• Trio East @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm

Saturday, February 26, 2022

• Mel Henderson/Bob Vosteen Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• A Sparkling Night At The Smith: A Midwinter Masquerade (and benefit for the Smith) @ Smith Center for the Arts, 6:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• Jazz90.1 Mardi Gras Party @ Barnard Restaurant & Party House, 360 Maiden Ln., 6:00-10:00 pm
• Hanna and the Blue Hearts @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm

Sunday,  February 27, 2022

• Craig Snyder & Collective Force @ Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, 20 Fort Hill Ave (Canandaigua), 1:00 pm

Monday, February 28, 2022

• Student Degree Recital: Isaiah Keith, jazz drums @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 1:30 pm
• Student Degree Recital: Steven Hardy, jazz saxophone @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:00 pm
• Monday Jazz at the UUU @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:00 to 11:00 pm
• Student Degree Recital: Rebecca Coupe Franks, jazz trumpet @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 9:00 pm

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

• No jazz for you?

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

• Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm 
• Eastman Jazz Lab Band/Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble (part of the Eastman Centennial celebration) @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm

Looking ahead to jazz through March...

March

• 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 @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 4th: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• 4th: Hassan Zaman @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 4th: Eastman Studio Orchestra (Bill Dobbins, Dir.) (part of the Eastman Centennial celebration) @ Eastman Theatre at Kodak Hall, 7:30 
• 4th: Bob Holz and A Vision Forward @ 75 Stutson Street, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 5th: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• 5th: Laura Dubin Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 6th: Anat Cohen Quartetinho @ Art of Jazz at the Philharmonic, Klienhans Music Hall (Buffalo), 3:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 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
• 11th: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• 12th: Mel Henderson @ Ventosa Vineyards, 3440 NY-96A (Geneva), 5:30 pm
• 12th: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• 15th: RIJF presents Catherine Russell @ Theater at Innovation Square, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 16th: Kinloch Nelson @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 17th: Robert Varon & Gavin Gray Jazz Duo @ Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 6:00 pm
• 17th: Sean Pfeiffer Quartet @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 18th: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• 18th: Bob Sneider Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 18th: The Uptown Groove Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• 18th: Faculty Artist Series: Rich Thompson and The Art of the Trio x 2 (part of the Eastman Centennial celebration) @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30 pm (postponed)
• 18th: The Remy Le Boeuf Quartet @ Seneca One Theater (Buffalo), 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 19th: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• 20th: Ann Mitchell presents the music of Judy Garland in "Judy! A Song is Born," with Andy Calabrese @ Cabaret at Studio B (Albion), 2:00 pm
• 20th: Rich Thompson Trio "Generations" @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 23rd: Happy Hour with The Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ The Backroom Lounge at The Record Archive, 5:00 pm
• 23rd: Hanna PK Trio @ Faircraft Brauhouse (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 24th: Kaupa/Webster Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 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: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• 25th: The White Hots @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 25th: Ann Mitchell @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 25th: Jim Nugent Trio @ Hedges 9 Mile Point Restaurant, 6:30 pm
• 25th: Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm
• 26th: Mel Henderson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 26th: Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 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
• 26th: Jim Nugent & Kyle Vock @ Lemoncello (E. Rochester), 6:30 pm
• 28th: Bop Arts presents Michael Formanek Drome Trio with Chet Doxas and Vinnie Sperrazza @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 30th: Fred Costello & Roger Eckers Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 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
• 31st: Jim Nugent Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 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).