There is some seriously good . . . Live jazz around Rochester, November 9-15
November 08, 2023
Click on the link below and you will find the listings I've gathered for live jazz in and around Rochester for the next seven days, plus listings through the rest of November, December and even a few in 2024.
Please let me know when you hear about any gigs that I've missed here (see the Contact Us link above). Please share JazzRochester with the people you know who love live jazz...
Thursday, November 9, 2023
- Ryan Johnson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Sound Logic @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- Gian Carlo Cervone spinning old blues and jazz 78 rpm discs @ Spirit Room, 6:30 to 9:00 pm
- Vijay Iyer Trio @ Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
Friday, November 10, 2023
- Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Marvin Dolly & Mel Henderson @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- Laura Dubin Trio @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 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)
- 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...)
- The Bop Shop presents Jim Yanda & Regional Cookin' with Drew Gress & Phil Haynes @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info)
Saturday, November 11, 2023
- Ralph DeBergalis @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Paradigm Shift @ Rhythm of Freedom Gala, proceeds to benefit Ukraine Homeless, Laguna’s, 60 Browns Race, Rochester, 6:00 pm (tickets)
- Oliver Gomez & Rob Varon @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- Frank Vignola and Tessa Lark @ Cornell Concert Series, Cornell University (Ithaca), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
- Kirk Whalum @ Performing Arts Center at Buffalo State (Buffalo), 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- The Bop Shop presents Jim Yanda's Empathy Gene with Herb Robertson & Phil Haynes @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info)
Sunday, November 12, 2023
- Daniel King Band @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 5:30 pm
Monday, November 13, 2023
- Eastman Jazz Lab Band @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
- Monday Night Jazz @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:00 pm (Jam at 9:00 pm)
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
- Saxology @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
- Simon Fletcher Modern Jazz Trio @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- Brad Batz Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
- Eastman Jazz Workshop Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
Live Jazz coming up later in November ...
- 16th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 16th: Chris Ott Trio @ Rohrbach Railroad Street Beer Hall, 6:00 pm
- 16th: Joey Gonzalez, Gerry Youngman and, Mel Henderson @ Jazzboline, 5010 Main St. (Amherst), 6:00 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: Connie Fredericks-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 17th: Jaesic Wade Duo @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 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)
- 17th: Paradigm Shift @ Linden Street Social Club (Geneva), 8:00 pm
- 18th: Mike Sidoti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 18th: Jazz Generation @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 18th: Hypnotic Brass Ensemble @ Essex (new venue), 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 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
- 24th: Ann Mitchell Jazz Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 24th: Nathan Davenport @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 25th: Mel Henderson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 25th: Annie Wells @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown, 6:30 pm
- 25th: Bob Sneider Quartet @ 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
- 29th: Jazz Generation @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 29th: Faculty Artist Series: Clay Jenkins, jazz trumpet @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- 30th: Moon Dance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 30th: Sound Logic @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- 30th: The Fallopian Grooves @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
Here's what we're starting to hear about in December...
- 1st: Jim Nugent @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 2nd: Connie Fredericks-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 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
- 5th: Brad Batz Group @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- 6th: Dan & Eric's Dynamic Duo @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
- 7th: Mike Sidoti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 7th: Dean Keller's Soul Jazz Joint @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- 8th: Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 9th: Ralph DeBergalis @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 9th: Chris Ott Trio @ Jazz Brunch at Rohrbach Railroad Street Beer Hall, 11:00 am
- 9th: Frank Torchio's Christmas in Vegas @ Kodak Studio Theatre on the Ridge,, 7:00 pm
- 10th: Rich Thompson's Trio Generations @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
- 11th: Eastman New Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
- 13th: Simon Fletcher Trio @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- 13th: Rich Thompson's Trio Generations @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
- 14th: Eastman@Washington Square: Holiday Jazz @ First Universalist Church of Rochester, 12:15 pm
- 14th: Ryan Johnson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 14th: Sound Logic @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- 15th: Connie Fredericks-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 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)
- 16th: Mike Sidoti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 16th: Jazzy Winter Warm Up featuring Jimmie Highsmith Jr. and Friends, with The Next Gen Trio @ The French Quarter Restaurant, 534 W Ridge Rd. (Rochester), 7:00 pm (doors at 6:30 pm) (more info on Facebook)
- 16th: Laura Dubin Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 20th: Game Night Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 6:30 pm
- 20th: The Bop Shop presents The Levin Brothers @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm
- 21st: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 21st: Christmas Jazz with Nyerges, Smith & Lake @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 22nd: Ann Mitchell @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 22nd: Indigo Breeze @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 23rd: Mel Henderson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 23rd: Bob Sneider Quartet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 24th: Christmas Eve with Ralph DeBergalis @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 27th: Paradigm Shift @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- 27th: Jon Randall Octet @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 28th: Mike Kaupa @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 28th: Sound Logic @ The Studio Lounge, 6:00 pm
- 29th: Moon Dance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 30th: Ryan Johnson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 30th: Bangers & Mash @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 31st: NYE with Special Blend Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
Looking for jazz later than December?
- February 12th: The Bop Shop presents the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- February 29th: The Bop Shop presents Stick Men @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- March 3rd: The Bop Shop presents the Remedy Trio @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- March 18th: The Bop Shop presents Anna Webber's Shimmer Wince @ Bop Shop Records, 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 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.
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