Thursday, January 12, 2023

• Mike Pappert @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Jazz90.1 University: Ska-Jazz: How Jamaica Spiced Up The Jazz World @ Jazz90.1 Studios (Greece Olympia School), 1139 Maiden Lane (Greece), 6:30 pm
• Gian Carlo Cervone spins 20s through 50s jazz and blues on original 78 rpm records @ The Spirit Room (State Street, downtown), 6:30-9:00 pm
• Mike Pullano @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• Steve Grills and the Roadmasters with special guest Jason Moynihan (Buddy Guy's saxophonist) @ Blues Fusion dance, The French Quarter, 8:00 pm

Friday, January 13, 2023

• Chris Ott Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Sons of Monk @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Uptown Groove @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:30 pm

Saturday, January 14, 2023

• Ralph DeBergalis @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Mel Henderson,Gerry Youngman, Lucas Santana @ Jazzboline’s, 5010 Main S. (Amherst), 6:00 pm
• Fallopian Grooves @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Red Shift with Paul Deloria @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm

Sunday, January 15, 2023

• Poetry and Jazz, featuring Sarah Freleigh @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm

Monday, January 16, 2023

• Ann Mitchell Jazz @ Live on Jazz90.1, 7:00 pm
• Monday Jazz at the UUU @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:30 pm (doors open at 8:00, jam starts at 10:30 pm)

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

• No jazz for you?  

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

• Paradigm Shift @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• CMD @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm

Looking ahead to live jazz around ROC ....

January

• 19th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 19th: Jazz90.1 Presents Greater Finger Lakes Jazz Orchestra @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road (Greece), 7:00 pm
• 19th: Andy Calabrese Jazz Trio @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 20th: Connie Fredericks-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 20th: The Occasional Saints @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 20th: Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra @ 75 Stutson Street (Charlotte), 8:00 pm (tickets)
• 20th: Einstein’s Dreams @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:30 pm
• 21st: Jazz Generation @ Penfield Library, 2:00 pm
• 21st: Mike Sidotti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 21st: Annie Wells Band @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 21st: RPO: Gershwin, Berlin & Friends with Byron Stripling and Sydney McSweeney @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 23rd: Tyler Westcott Residency: Banjo Juice Jazz Band @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 25th: ROC City Jazz @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 25th: Paradigm Shift @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 26th: Mike Kaupa/Bob Sneider Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 26th: Jimmie Highsmith (solo) @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 27th: Ann Mitchell @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 27th: Annie Wells @ Ferona Bar & Kitchen (Canandaigua), 6:00 pm
• 27th: Eastman Wind Ensemble @ ESM, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 7:30 pm
• 28th: Mel Henderson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 28th: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• 28th: Bob Sneider Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 31st: Relax: Music, Movement and Mindfulness jazz and dance, with Greg Woodsbie, Kyle Vock, Aaron Staebell and John Fetter on violin accompanying dancers Mariah Maloney, Sarah Jacobs, and Andre Primus @ Theater at Innovation Square, 7:30 pm (tickets)

February

• 1st: Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 1st: Nyerges, Lake & Smith @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• 2nd: Jazz90.1 Presents Jon Seiger and The All-Stars @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road, 7:00 pm
• 2nd: Jazz Generation @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 3rd: Jim Nugent @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 3rd: Meghan Kehrer Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 3rd: Jazz Generation World Jazz @ Argyle Grill At Eagle Vale Golf Club (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 3rd: Paradigm Shift @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 4th: Jazz Generation @ Pittsford Library, 2:00 pm
• 4th: Indigo Breeze @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 5th: Art of Jazz Series: Elio Villafranca and the Chick Corea Afro-Caribbean Experience @ Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle (Buffalo), 3:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 8th: Soul Chameleon @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 8th: Hanna PK Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• 9th: Jazz90.1 University: Big Bands & Film with Otto Bruno, 6:30 pm
• 9th: Mel Henderson and Joe Chiappone @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 10th: The 19th Annual Hilton Evening of Jazz with guest artists The Dave Weckl/Tom Kennedy Project @ Hilton High School, 400 East Ave. (Hilton), 7:00 pm (tickets)
• 14th: Mel Henderson & Friends @ Club 86, 86 Ave. E (Geneva), 5:30 pm 
• 14th: Eastman Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 15th: ROC City Jazz @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 15th: Brad Batz Group @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• 15th: Eastman New Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 16th: Bangers and Mash @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 16th: Chris and Korea Duo @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 17th: Sons of Monk @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 17th: Rich Thompson "Generations" Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 18th: Fallopian Grooves @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 18th: Frank Vignola and Gary Mazzaroppi's Jazz Stories @ Trumansburg Conservatory for Fine Arts, 8:00 pm (more info and tickets)
• 19th: Mel Henderson @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 19th: Mambo Kings @ Theater at Innovation Square, 7:00 pm
• 22nd: Don Sakulprasertying Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 22nd: Andy Calabrese Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• 23rd: David Tamarin @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Schoen Place, Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 24th: Hanna PK and Friends @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 25th: The Archive Ravens @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 25th: Dave Wright's Band of Opportunity @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm

Further out ...

• March 12th: Art of Jazz Series: Miguel Zenón Quartet @ Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle (Buffalo), 3:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• March 18th: Stanley Jordan (solo) @ Fort Hill Performing Arts Center (Canandaigua), 7:30 pm (tickets)
• March 23rd-28th: FLX Music 24/7 and FLIMA Productions proudly present the first annual Geneva Jazz Festival (more details later)
• March 27th: Geneva Jazz Fest presents Steve Davis @ Ventosa Vineyards, 3440 New York 96A (Geneva), 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• March 28th: 6th Annual Scott LaFaro Day Celebration Concert with Christian McBride’s New Jawn @ Smith Opera House, 82 Seneca St. (Geneva), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• April 14th: Art of Jazz Series: Marquis Hill, New Gospel Revisited @ Kleinhans Music Hall, 3 Symphony Circle (Buffalo), 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• April 16th: Cornell Concert Series: Snarky Puppy @ Cornell University, Bailey Hall (Ithaca), 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)

We compile these gig and event listings from information obtained from our own knowledge of the jazz scene in and around Rochester, the performing musicians and bands 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, or check out the venue's website in the right panel if there. Only music start times are listed, call the venue or visit their website for more details about when the doors open, how long the band will be playing, etc. If tickets are required there is usually a link to buy. Let me know if I have missed anything or have something wrong. If you're out at a venue, make sure they know about the site.