Fresh live jazz around Rochester for the week of December 19-25, 2024 (and beyond...)
December 18, 2024
One of my favorite jazz holiday albums is 1997's Blue Note release Yule Be Boppin' (Spotify/Apple Music). What are your favorites? Let us know in the comments. We wish you a happy holiday season! Please note that this time of year, the live jazz around town gets a bit harder to find
JazzRochester aims at providing you with the most comprehensive listings for live jazz gigs in and around Rochester, New York. To help you find some live jazz to hear in and around our fair city, I've gathered listings for the next seven days immediately below, with the rest of December and what I have for January to follow, and a growing number of gigs beyond that.
Help me fill these listings in! It's not lost on me that January is looking pretty bleak... Let me know if you've heard about any gigs that I've may have missed here or if I have anything wrong below (see the Contact Us link above to send an email if that's how you roll). Tell your jazz-loving friends about the site so they can join us here or on our other channels.
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Marco Amadio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Gordon Webster Jazz @ Studio Lounge, 5:30 pm
Friday, December 20, 2024
- GateSwingers Big Band @ Gates Town Hall, 2:00 pm
- Kate & Dave @ Brewery Ardennes (Geneva), 5:00 pm
- Connie Fredericks-Malone @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- CroonTunes with Rich Greene @ Flight Wine Bar (Downtown), 6:30 pm
- Jimmie Grillo's Big Band @ Three Heads Brewing, 7:00 pm
- Dave Wright and the Band of Opportunity @ Vine & Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 7:00 pm
- Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 21, 2024
- Mike Sidoti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- Marvin Dolly & Mel Henderson @ Flight Wine Bar (Downtown), 5:30 pm
- Indigo Breeze Trio @ Lemoncello's (East Rochester), 6:30 pm
- Craig Snyder Trio @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 22, 2024
- Jazz Christmas Brunch with George Collichio @ Vine & Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 11:15 am to 2:00 pm
Monday, December 23, 2024
- No jazz for you?
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
- Perhaps leave some jazz on with the cookies and milk for the fat bearded man in the funny red suit?
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
- Really?
Looking for live jazz later in December?
- 26th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 26th: The Swooners @ Studio Lounge, 5:30 pm
- 27th: Ann Mitchell @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 27th: Ben Miller (solo piano) @ Spritz 146 (East Rochester), 6:00 pm
- 27th: Mike Kaupa & Noah Shumway @ Flight Wine Bar (Downtown), 6:30 pm
- 27th: The Quintessentials @ Vine & Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 7:00 pm
- 27th: Chet Catallo & the Cats Celebrating our 40th Anniversary (and Spyro Gyra's 50th) @ Water Street Music Hall, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 28th: Mel Henderson @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
- 28th: Dave Wright & Jon Randall @ Flight Wine Bar (Downtown), 6:30 pm
- 28th: Mike Melito @ Vine & Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 7:00 pm
- 28th: Indigo Breeze Sextet+ @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
- 28th: Rich Thompson Trio with Mike Kaupa and Zach Walgren @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
- 29th: Jazz Brunch with the Daryl Parker Trio @ Vine & Tap Wine Bar (Charlotte), 11:15 am to 2:00 pm
- 29th: Bob Holz and Friends Holiday Jam @ Sportsmens Tavern (Buffalo), 5:00 pm
- 29th: Mel Henderson & Gerry Youngman @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
- 30th: A Very Early NYE with Bob Sneider Trio @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
- 31st: Special Blend Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 4:30-8:30 pm
- 31st: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters present: NYE in New Orleans! @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 6:00 pm
- 31st: NYE with Bob Sneider and Danny Vitale @ Amore Restaurant, Wegmans East Avenue, 6:oo pm
- 31st: New Years Eve with Andy Stobie, Angie Bemus and Covers Exposed @ Geneva On the Lake (Geneva). 9:00 to 12:30 am, reservations recommended)
Looking for live jazz in January 2025?
- 4th: C.M.D. (Common. Music. Different.) @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
- 4th: Laura Dubin and Antonio Guerrero @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
- 7th: Bop Arts and Jenny Scheinman present All Species Parade featuring Carmen Staaf, Steve Cardenas, Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 8th: Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
- 13th: Tyler Westcott & Dr. Jazz (Traditional Jazz, blues, and swing) @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
- 17th: Bob Holz Fusion Collaborative @ 75 Stutson Street, 8:00 pm
- 17th & 18th: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra: All That Satchmo--Smooth Sounds of New Orleans with Byron Stripling & Carmen Bradford @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 18th: The Moho Collective@ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
- 20th: Very Hairy January Residency with Tyler Westcott & Bobby Henrie (Django Reinhardt, Gypsy Jazz & Swing) @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
- 23rd: Jazz 90.1 presents Duo Scambio at Greece Baptist Church @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road (Greece), 7:00 pm
- 24th: Bob Sneider and Christine Jensen @ Flight Wine Bar (Downtown), 6:30 pm
- 25th: Bop Arts presents Dan Atkinson Small Band @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- 31st: Trio East @ The Little Theatre, 7:00 pm
Early notices for live jazz in 2025
- February 2nd: Dena DeRose @ Art of Jazz at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, 3:00 pm
- February 2nd: Bop Arts presents Kenny Foster's Game Night Quartet @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- February 5th: Faculty Artist Series: Christine Jensen @ ESM, Hatch Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
- February 6th: Jazz 90.1 presents Stewie Evans Trio @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road (Greece), 7:00 pm
- February 10th: Jazz90.1 University presents Louis Armstrong: The Pops of Jazz @ Jazz90.1 Studios (Greece Olympia School), 1139 Maiden Lane, 6:30 pm
- February 10th: Bop Arts presents Ethnic Heritage Ensemble @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- February 11th: Eastman Jazz Ensemble @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 7:30 pm
- February 12th: Live! Presents: The Bad Plus, Complex Emotions Release Tour @ The Little Theatre (more info & tickets)
- February 13th: Kilbourn Concert Series: Kevin Hays Trio @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
- February 18th: Eastman New Jazz Ensemble @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 7:30 pm
- March 5th: Bop Arts presents The Fully Celebrated Orchestra @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- March 7th: Cornell Concert Series: Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly known as Christian Scott) @ Cornell Concert Series, Bailey Hall, Cornell University (Ithaca), 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
- March 9th: Joe Alterman Plays the Music of Les McCann: Big Mo & Little Joe @ Art of Jazz at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, 3:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- May 4th: Live! Presents: An Evening with the Branford Marsalis Quartet @ Hochstein Performance Hall, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
- May 10th: Julius Rodriguez @ Smith Opera House, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets, which go on sale on 12/20)
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. For the most part only start times for the gigs 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, please tell them about the site.
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