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Making My Way Through Day 8 of the Rochester International Jazz Festival

June 19, 2011

The Kenny Barron Trio brought the hall down at Kilbourn during the first set with a mixture of standards and his own compositions. In addition to bassist Kiyoshi Kitagowa, Barron completed his trio with drummer Johnathan Blake, who I've seen perform here before with Joe Locke in 2008, and more recently at Exodus to Jazz with ...

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Keeping It Light, at Least Until Tonight ... Day 7 at the XRIJF

June 18, 2011

Started the evening out with the third Rochester Jazz Festival appearance of Bill Frisell. Here with his “Beautiful Dreamers" project with Rudy Royston on drums and Eyvind Kang on violin, Frisell was what I always expect when I hear Bill Frisell ... unexpected. The opening number of the first set “began" when I noticed that Frisell ...

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"Other" Jazz Around Town: The Next Seven Days of Live Jazz Other Than XRIJF

June 16, 2011

Thursday, June 16, 2011 Jimmie Highsmith Jr. with Steve Curry, Dave Spinner @ Trinities Restaurant and Music Cafe, 6:00 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Burlone, Nichols & Griffith @ Star Alley (South Wedge, Rochester), 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm Tinted Image @ Grill at ...

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Short, but Sweet... Day Five of the Rochester International Jazz Festival

June 16, 2011

I'm focusing on being a responsible adult (for a couple of days at least) and Tuesday (and today) I am limiting my schedule at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. That doesn't mean you have to, so go jazz amongst yourselves...On Tuesday, I managed to get out to hear a few things. Started out with The Trio ...

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Still at It After All These Days... Day 4 of the XRIJF

June 15, 2011

My feared illness was a no show, instead most likely the result of a local tree spewing forth its pollen, so feeling better I ventured out into the venues of the XRIJF on Monday, although decidedly subdued in consumption of beer and street meat. Started out with the subtle mastery of guitarist Jim Hall. I loved ...

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From a Trio of Trios to 2 Trios and a Quintet of Trios... Second Night of the XRIJF

June 13, 2011

As I thought, on the second evening of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, my path diverged from that I set before, but it was for a good cause—just enjoying the music where I was at too much to leave. A satisfying (and much more relaxed) evening throughout, I started out at the Bill Charlap Trio's ...

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Day One of XRIJF...Haven't Learned to Relax Yet...

June 12, 2011

Great first day of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Weather was great. Managed to hear Kevin Eubanks, some of Mark Murphy's and Soweto Kinch's second sets, and Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts. Have to say that Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts will be one of my highlights from this festival (as it was the last time ...

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Jazz Around Town: Where to Find Live Jazz Around Town Other Than (or in Addition to) XRIJF

June 9, 2011

Thursday, June 9, 2011 Dave Chisolm Trio @ Tala Vera Cantina, 6:00 pm Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, 7:00 pm The Jimmie Highsmith Jr., Experience @ Carribean Chateua (104 Platt St., High Falls District, 7:00 pm Jim ...

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Finding My Way Through Thursday, June 16th at the XRIJF

June 7, 2011

My Thursday of the XRIJF finds me starting out with an artist who has returned to Rochester quite a few times and ends with one who is about to leave Rochester, with some Finns, a Norwegian and Canadians in between to get my international jazz thing on. The links below on the artists' name in bold ...

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It is About Who You Don't Know on June 15th of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (Well Mostly...)

June 6, 2011

Wednesday's artists (at least those who are not active on the local and regional scene) at the Rochester jazz festival are, for the most part, squarely in the “who I don't know" part of festival music director's John Nugent's “It's not who you know, it's who you don't know" catchphrase for the XRIJF.However, that does not ...