Rochester and the Finger Lakes area is full of talented jazz musicians and groups. Check out their sites and find out more about them or hear their music before you go out to hear them live, or hire them for your venue or event:
- Bob Bennett
- Al Biles
- The Biltmore Commandos
- Cabo Frio
- Andy Calabrese
- Mark Cassara
- Chet Catallo
- Dave Chisholm
- Cool Club and the Lipker Sisters
- Fred Costello
- Mitchell Danis
- Adrian DiMatteo
- Laura Dubin
- El Rojo Jazz
- Vince Ercolamento
- E.S.P.
- Fallopian Grooves
- Paul Farrell (PaulofCreation)
- Simon Fletcher
- Four on the Floor Jazz
- Greater Finger Lakes Jazz Orchestra
- Jon Greeno
- Gregory Street Vagabonds
- Andrew Greider's Cats & a Sax
- Hard Logic
- The Heart Throbs String Band
- Mel Henderson
- Eric Heveron-Smith
- Jimmie Highsmith Jr.
- Rick Holland
- Bob Holz
- Indigo Breeze
- Jazz Generation
- Sean Jefferson
- Clay Jenkins
- Christine Jensen
- Ryan Johnson
- Mike Kaupa
- Nancy Kelly
- Taylor Kelly
- Mike Kornrich
- Kristin Shiner McGuire
- Gap Mangione
- Margaret Explosion
- Mike Melito
- Melody Masters Big Band
- Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet
- Ben Miller
- Ann Mitchell
- The Moho Collective
- Music Makers Band
- Nate Rawls Band
- Erik Nielsen
- Nostalgic Reunion Jazz Ensemble
- Jim Nugent
- John Nyerges
- The Occasional Saints
- Chris Ott
- Paradigm Shift
- Ted Perry
- The Rita Collective
- Dave Rivello
- Rochester Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra
- Russell Scarbrough
- Judah Sealy
- Smugtown Stompers
- Bob Sneider
- Craig Snyder Group
- Aaron Staebell
- The Swooners
- Dariusz Terefenko
- Deepak Thettu
- Rich Thompson
- Bill Tiberio Band
- Frank Torchio
- Boots Tosti
- The Uptown Groove
- Jacobo Vega-Albela
- Mark Viavattine
- John Viviani
- Kyle Vock
- The Westview Project
- Mary Wojciechowski
- Dave Wright and the Band of Opportunity
- Jamall Youngblood and Soul of the City
- Gerry Youngman
If you're a local jazz artist or group and would like to add a link to your online presence, send me an email. If someone is missing from the list, let me know the same way.
This post was originally published on JazzRochester.