Jazz Around Town: Even the Hot Jazz Around Roc Won't Melt 100+ Inches of Snow!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

• Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 6:00 pm
• A Giannavola @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Funknut @ The Honors House, 4340 Lakeshore Dr, Canandaigua, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Jazz and Bluz Cruz @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
• Mark Cassara @ Pane Vino, 8:00 pm
• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock (E. Rochester), 9:00 pm

Friday, February 25, 2011

• Live Jazz Jam with ESM Students @ Triple Deuces Bar & Grill, 5:00 pm
• Bobby Dibaudo @ Bistro 135, 5:30 pm
• Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Geneseo Wind Ensemble/Jazz Ensemble @ Wadsworth Auditorium, SUNY Geneseo, 8:00 pm
• Soul Express @ Bistro 135, 8:00 pm
• Rick Holland Quartet @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Adrian DeMeteo @ Grill at the Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Gap Mangione & the New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm

Saturday, February 26, 2011

• Simon Fletcher Trio @ Tala Vera Cantina, 6;00 pm
• Stephane Wrembel with Prime Time Funk @ Lovin' Cup, 6:00 pm
• Westview Project @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Gap Mangione @ Pier 45, 6:30 pm
• Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ Sully's Pub, 7:30 pm
• Jazz Cafe @ Monty's Korner, 7:30 pm
• Cool Club @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
• Funk Nut @ Dub Land Underground, 9:00 pm
• East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, February 27, 2011

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• The Swooners @ Lovin' Cup, 7:00 pm
• Troup Street Jazz Jam Session @ Beale Street Cafe, 6:30 pm

Monday, February 28, 2011

• Ted Nicolosi & Shared Genes @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Annie Wells @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

• Thomas Gravino @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm
• Mark Viavattine @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• New Jazz Ensemble Plays Music of Bob Brookmeyer @ Kilbourn Hall, ESM, Tuesday, March 1st, 8:00 pm

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

• Soul Express @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
• Robert Chevrier @ Brio Wine Bar & Grill, 6:30 pm
• Rick Holland Quartet @ Tala Vera Cantina, 8:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro's Grill & Wine Bar, 8:00 pm

Heads Up ... Look for these Jazz Gigs and Events in the Future

• Bop Arts presents Rozanne Levine & Chakra Tuning @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Thursday, March 3rd, 8:00 pm
• Eastman Studio Orchestra, Bill Dobbins conducting, with guest artists Bill Holman & Bob Brookmeyer @ Eastman Theatre, Kodak Hall, Friday, March 4, 8:00 pm
• Exodus to Jazz presents Four80East @ Reformation Lutheran Church, March 5th, 8:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents Ravish Momin @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, March 8th, 8:00 pm
• Jazz90.1 Presents First-Ever Pancake Breakfast @ Greece Olympia High School Cafeteria, 1139 Maiden Lane, Greece, Saturday, March 12 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
• Robert Glasper @ Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, March 20th, 3:00 pm
• Victor Wooten Band and Stanley Clarke Trio @ Water Street Music Hall, Monday, March 21st, 7:00 pm
• Al Di Meola New World Sinfonia @ Buffalo State Performing Arts Center, Saturday, March 26th
• Bop Arts presents Eugene Chadbourne & Tatsuy Nakatani @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Monday, March 28th, 8:00 pm
• Foundation of the Monroe County Bar 1st Jazz For Justice fundraiser @ Harro East, Friday, April 1, 6:00 to 10:00 pm.
• Cuong Vu Trio @ Kilbourn Hall, Friday, April 1st, 8:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents The ICP Orchestra @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, April 5th, 8:00 pm
• Antonio Ciacca @ Casa Italiana at Nazareth College, April 9th, 4:00 pm
• Mostly Other People Do the Killing @ Bug Jar, April 21st, 7:00 pm
• The Tom Rainey Trio with Mary Halvorson and Ingrid Laubrock @ Bop Shop Atrium, Village Gate Square, Tuesday, May 3rd, 8:00 pm

We've compiled these listings from information obtained from the performing artists themselves and other sources. The aim is to give you a one stop place to find all your jazz in Rochester.The aim is to give you a one stop place to find all your jazz in Rochester. Only start times are listed, visit or call the venue for more details (the sites for many are in the right panel). Please forgive me for any discrepancies with reality and feel free to let me know what the problem is, and I'll get the corrections up on the site as soon as possible (click on the “Send an email to Jazz@Rochester" link). If you go out to hear a performance listed here, feel free to drop a comment to this post about how it went. I want to hear from you!