Thursday, October 19, 2023

• Mike Pullano  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Mel Henderson, Lucas Santana, and Gerry Youngman @ Jazzbolines (Buffalo), 6:00 pm
• Ann Mitchell Trio with John Gabriele & Kyle Vock @ Penfield Public Library, 7:00 pm
• Bop Shop Records presents: Eric Vloeimans & Will Holshouser @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info)

Friday, October 20, 2023

• Connie Fredericks-Malone  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Chris Ott @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm

Saturday, October 21, 2023

• Michael Sidoti  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Ryan Johnson Duo @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm

Sunday, October 22, 2023

• No jazz for you?

Monday, October 23, 2023

• Omega's 3 @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Faculty Artist Series: Charles Pillow @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

• Jazz 90.1 Fundraiser with Derrick Lucas spinning the best of jazz @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• Student Degree Recital: Reginald Bowens, jazz piano @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 6:30 pm
• Monday Night Jazz @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:00 pm
• Student Degree Recital: Steven Hardy, jazz saxophone @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 9:30 pm

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

• Chris Ott Trio @ My Wine & Cheese Bar Too (Fairport), 6:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• Dean Keller's Soul Jazz Joint @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm

Live Jazz for the rest of October ...

• 26th: Mike Kaupa  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 26th: Sound Logic @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 26th: Bob Vosteen/ Melvin Henderson Duo @ Zambistro’s (Medina), 6:00 pm
• 27th: Ann Mitchell  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 27th: Foundation of the Monroe County Bar Jazz for Justice benefit @ The Commissary at Sibley Square, 250 E. Main Street (Downtown), 5:30-8:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 27th: Evan DeSmitt & Michael Bunne @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
• 27th: Indigo Breeze @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 27th: Mel & Friends @ Via Girasole (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 28th: Trouvaille Quintet @ My Wine & Cheese Bar Too, 400 Packetts Landing (Fairport), 2:00 pm
• 28th: Mel Henderson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 28th: Ann Mitchell Duo @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
• 28th: Bob Sneider Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 28th: Jon Greeno/Mel Henderson Duo @ Via Girasole (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 28th: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters: Halloween Bash! @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• 29th: Alex Bugnon with Bill Tiberio Band @ Theater at Innovation Square, 6:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 30th: The Rita Monahan Quartet @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 30th: Chamber Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm

Live Jazz coming in November ...

• 1st: Brad Batz Group @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 1st: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Backroom Lounge at The Record Archive, 6:00 pm
• 1st: The Djangoners @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 2nd: Red Shift with Paul Deloria @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 2nd: Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 3rd: Jim Nugent @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 3rd: Adam Aronesty & Leon Hsu @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
• 4th: Mel Henderson Duo @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
• 4th: Laura Dubin Trio @ Aircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 4th: Max Robbins Group @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 4th: Einstein's Dreams @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:30 pm
• 4th: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell featuring Lauren and The Good Souls @ The Geneseo Riviera, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets) (just helping Lauren Faggiano out because she asked, I know it's not jazz, although her music was often jazz adjacent...). 
• 4th: The Bop Shop presents New Origin Trio featuring Joe Fonda, Harvey Sorgen & Christophe Rocher @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info)
• 5th: Sofrito @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 5:30 pm
• 5th: Simon Ribas Trio Live on The Night Cap @ Live Online at WAYO 104.3 FM, 11:00 pm 
• 6th: Eastman Jazz Ensemble & Eastman New Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 8th: Dean Keller Soul Jazz Joint @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 8th: Gen X Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• 8th: Bossa Nova Bradley Brothers @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 9th: Sound Logic @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 9th: Nyerges, Smith & Lake @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 9th: Vijay Iyer Trio @ Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 10th: Mel Henderson Duo @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
• 10th: Laura Dubin Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 10th: Gary Smulyan "Tadd's All, Folks" with Pete Malinverni, David Wong and Matt Wilson, and featuring Anaïs Reno @ Buffalo AKG Art Museum, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 10th: A Tribute to Joni Mitchell featuring Lauren and The Good Souls @ Theater at Innovation Square, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets) (just helping Lauren Faggiano out because she asked, I know it's not jazz, although her music was often jazz adjacent...) 
• 10th: The Bop Shop presents Jim Yanda & Regional Cookin' with Drew Gress & Phil Haynes @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info)
• 11th: Mel Henderson Duo @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
• 11th: Frank Vignola and Tessa Lark @ Cornell Concert Series, Cornell University (Ithaca), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 11th: Kirk Whalum @ Performing Arts Center at Buffalo State (Buffalo), 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 11th: The Bop Shop presents Jim Yanda's Empathy Gene with Herb Robertson & Phil Haynes @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info)
• 12th: Daniel King Band @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 5:30 pm
• 12th: Swordfish Trio with Eric Heveron Smith @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 13th: Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 14th: Saxology @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
• 15th: Simon Fletcher Modern Jazz Trio @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 15th: Brad Batz Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• 15th: Eastman Jazz Lab Band @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 16th: New Horizons Jazz Ensemble Live @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road (Greece), 7:00 pm
• 16th: Hanna PK Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 17th: Daniel King Band @ Via Girasole, 7:00 pm
• 17th: Trio East @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 17th: Jazz90.1  50th Anniversary Gala featuring Ann Hampton Callaway singing the Peggy Lee Songbook @ Max at Eastman Place, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 17th: Amanda King in Ella, the Early Years @ Fort Hill Performing Arts Center (Canandaigua), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 18th: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ Essex (new venue), 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 18th: Occasional Saints @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 18th: Annie Wells Band @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 18th: The Bop Shop presents Joel Harrison @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info)
• 19th: Eshaan Sood Quintet @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 22nd: Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 23rd: Brad Batz Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 29th: Paradigm Shift @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 29th: Trialogue +1 @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 30th: Sound Logic @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 30th: The Fallopian Grooves @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm

Looking for jazz later than November? Here's what we're starting to hear about  in December: 

• 2nd: Bob Sneider Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 2nd: NYSSMA All-State Instrumental & Vocal Jazz Ensembles @ Theater at Innovation Square, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 4th: Eastman Jazz Ensemble featuring Dafnis Prieto @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 7th: Simon Fletcher Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 10th: Ted Perry/Bill Tiberio Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 11th: Eastman New Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 14th: Bobby DiBaudo Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 15th: The Bop Shop presents the Ember Trio featuring Caleb Wheeler Curtis, Noah Garabedian, and Vinnie Sperrazza @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 17th: Nancy Kelly @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 20th:  The Bop Shop presents The Levin Brothers @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm
• 21st: Christmas Jazz with Nyerges, Smith & Lake @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 30th: Bangers & Mash @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm

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 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. 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.