2019-09-25 22:25
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Share us with your friends and family who love live jazz. Chec… Read More
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2019-09-18 22:07
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Share us with your friends and family who love live jazz. Chec… Read More
2019-09-11 21:57
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Share us with your friends and family who love live jazz. Chec… Read More
2019-09-04 20:43
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Share us with your friends and family who love live jazz. Chec… Read More
2019-08-28 21:56
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Share us with your friends and family who love live jazz. Chec… Read More
2019-08-21 20:45
It's light this week. Check back later in case I hear about some more...
Congratulations to WGMC Jazz 90.1, Rob, Derrick and all the staff for being named JazzWeek's Station of the Yea… Read More
2019-08-14 21:42
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every wee… Read More
2019-08-07 20:54
Jazz artists need vacations, too! I'm sure there is more out there, but this is what's been sent in or I found elsewhere.... Check out the upcoming events at the end as there are some great… Read More
2019-07-31 22:03
I can't believe the Park Avenue Arts Festival is this weekend! This summer is slipping by so fast and us ROCites often measure the summer months by its festivals. I've tried to p… Read More
2019-07-24 21:31
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-07-17 21:34
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-07-10 21:30
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-07-06 20:18
After a bit of rest and reflection, I thought I'd add some thoughts about the 2019 Rochester International Jazz Festival. Just a few bullets with my reflections. I encourage you to use… Read More
2019-07-03 20:34
The Rochester International Jazz Festival is over until June 19-27 next year. Now that we've had some time to rest and recharge, there is live jazz out there to hear until then. It is still… Read More
2019-06-30 19:00
Me and my ears were all over on the last night of the RIJF. The last two nights focus on the outdoor free shows and there are fewer "must see" acts in the Club Pass venues. Howev… Read More
2019-06-29 18:40
In my experience at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, the penultimate night is usually a subdued night for me. It may be intentional programming or it may just be exhaustion setting… Read More
2019-06-28 18:56
For me, the 7th night of the Rochester International Jazz Festival captures what makes the RIJF a great festival—both the diversity of the music and the reason "international" is part… Read More
2019-06-27 21:04
Another night at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, another night of diverse, compelling sounds for my ears to take in. I don’t have too much time to write this post, so we&rsq&hell…Read More
2019-06-26 22:00
You know what I'll be up to during the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival and, if you wish, check out my festival so far here. While there is some jazz in and around Rochester… Read More
2019-06-26 20:45
And on the fifth day, JazzRochester’s publisher rested (only a little, maybe an extra hour of sleep). But before going home, there was some music to be had—with a bit of an adjus… Read More
2019-06-25 19:00
I decided not to try to hear everything on my list for the fourth night of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, so trimmed off the 10:00 pm performance in a (albeit failed) attempt to… Read More
2019-06-24 19:14
On Sunday night there were some changes to my prescribed movements though the music at the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, which resulted in some discovery and, as with the first… Read More
2019-06-23 18:10
At least for my ears, the first two nights of music at the Rochester International Jazz Festival have been just right and a thoroughly satisfying musical, eight artists/groups with distinctl… Read More
2019-06-22 18:30
My first night at the 2019 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival was a great way to start the festival. Watching people trickle in at the beginning from my "office" (Havana Moe's o… Read More
2019-06-21 19:15
This blog's readership has a broad set of tastes in jazz and other music, so my approach is to tell you the artists and groups I'm planning on hearing at the 2019 Rochester International Jaz… Read More
2019-06-19 22:05
You know what I'll be up to during the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. Please note that the Wednesday post will continue during the festival next week, but that will be whe… Read More
2019-06-18 22:20
For nine days in June the Rochester International Jazz Festival will also be presenting local musicians, Eastman jazz faculty & students, and our great local high school jazz bands. &hell…Read More
2019-06-17 21:57
Every year, I make a “grand plan” for JazzRochester's coverage of the Rochester International Jazz Festival. Most years, the amount of time I have to implement these plans falls… Read More
2019-06-12 21:44
OK, I've done it yet again, but still have over a week to get in some posts about the upcoming CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. Watch for them here over the next 10 days.&nb&helli…Read More
2019-06-05 21:32
Yes, the RIJF effect is in place and the listings this week are a bit light... don't worry, they'll be back and I'll be letting you know where our local cats are playing both at the festiva… Read More
2019-06-03 22:01
It is now June and I think I’ve procrastinated enough in starting my coverage of the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival.... The festival will overtake the streets of the East En… Read More
2019-05-29 22:28
As we head into June on the other end where we'll find the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, a familiar decline in the amount of jazz out there is showing up, but there is jazz out… Read More
2019-05-28 15:00
One of the first local town summer festivals (after the Lilac Festival, of course), Fairport Canal Days, is again going to feature jazz during its 2 days and 3 nights, May 31st through June… Read More
2019-05-27 11:51
Named after a street that has seen a lot of the great jazz history of Rochester and was a center of Rochester's African-American community, the Clarissa Street Reunion festival will be held… Read More
2019-05-22 21:28
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-05-15 21:19
Hey, if you Like us on Facebook, head on over there and vote on my recent post asking whether you'd like for me to set up a Facebook Group for JazzRochester so you can "talk amongst yoursel… Read More
2019-05-08 23:23
Will it EVER get warm here?
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get… Read More
2019-05-01 21:20
Live jazz in and around Rochester appears to be following a familiar theme with fewer live gigs around Rochester as "Jazz in June" (the jazz fest) begins to come into view. I did not… Read More
2019-04-24 23:09
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-04-17 21:54
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-04-10 23:37
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-04-03 22:41
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, an effort of the Smithsonian Museum to "recognize and celebrate the extraordinary heritage and history of jazz for the entire month of April." There a… Read More
2019-03-27 23:20
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every wee… Read More
2019-03-20 22:00
While you're looking for jazz here for the other 356 days of the year, the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival announced their lineup on Tuesday. As usual there is are some gems… Read More
2019-03-13 21:39
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every wee… Read More
2019-03-06 23:29
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every wee… Read More
2019-02-27 23:29
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every wee… Read More
2019-02-20 23:34
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every wee… Read More
2019-02-13 23:20
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every wee… Read More
2019-02-06 23:26
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-01-31 00:02
It is really cold out there and of little comfort that it is worse in the Midwest. Please try to stay warm and keep all your fingers. If you're going out anyway, until the cold a… Read More
2019-01-23 22:56
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-01-16 23:58
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-01-09 23:46
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your local jazz goodness every we… Read More
2019-01-02 21:21
Now that we're heading back to work, one thing hasn't changed. There's still some live jazz in and around Rochester, New York. Not a lot this coming week, but that's to be expected aft… Read More
2018-12-26 23:55
Hope you are having a great holiday season and will have a safe and happy New Year's Eve, and are gearing up to hear some live jazz around town in 2019.
Every Wednesday, every w… Read More
2018-12-19 23:41
Hope you and yours have (or are already having) a wonderful holiday season. JazzRochester is staying home for the holidays. Take all of the regular listings below with a healthy… Read More
2018-12-12 23:11
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every week (pl… Read More
2018-12-05 23:42
Last Thursday, I was reminded of one of the great gifts of having the Eastman School of Music in town. Once in a while a great jazz artist comes to town to work with Eastman's jazz students… Read More
2018-11-30 19:04
Exodus To Jazz has announced the return of Johnny O’Neal to perform his popular “Holiday Tribute to Nat King Cole” on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at Anthology, 336 East Ave… Read More
2018-11-28 22:48
Over the past seven days, I attended a 3-fer at Bop Shop Records, hearing some great jazz from the David Rivello Ensemble on Record Store Day (pictured at left...how did they fit them all in… Read More
2018-11-21 22:57
Hope you and yours are having a great time on this holiday, if Thanksgiving is your thing. At least we can all agree to be thankful for some live jazz to hear over the next seven days… Read More
2018-11-14 22:42
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every week (p… Read More
2018-11-07 22:27
The jazz jam series at the downtown Hyatt, announced on this blog here, is either on hiatus or has been cancelled. While I hope it returns, it may be just another in a long line of attempts… Read More
2018-10-31 21:14
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every w… Read More
2018-10-24 21:31
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every w… Read More
2018-10-17 21:19
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every w… Read More
2018-10-10 21:29
Believe it or not, this is the 1,500th post on this blog! Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Si… Read More
2018-10-03 21:55
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every w… Read More
2018-09-26 22:58
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every w… Read More
2018-09-19 22:33
Right here, that's where... Looking for jazz at the Rochester Fringe Festival next week? There's still a bit left. You won't find it in this post, but I've detailed that last week.
Ev… Read More
2018-09-12 21:50
Looking for jazz at the Rochester Fringe Festival next week? You won't find it in this post, but I've detailed that earlier this week.
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll… Read More
2018-09-11 22:18
This is a guest post by Rochester jazz musician Karl Stabnau. Leave your thoughts in the Comments below and I'll make sure Karl sees them to continue the conversation:
I’ve been a jazz… Read More
2018-09-10 21:08
While there is so much else to hit the Key Bank Rochester Fringe Festival for, there is also jazz. I've compiled the jazz at the Fringe for the next seven days, plus all of the o… Read More
2018-09-05 21:49
Fringe festival starts next week. I'll try to get the jazz there here or in a separate post. Always check out what Dave Rivello is doing, though!
Every Wednesday, every week, yo… Read More
2018-08-29 21:47
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazz goodness every w… Read More
2018-08-22 22:05
Every Wednesday, every week, you'll find your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester right here on JazzRochester. Sign up for our email list to get your jazzy goodness every… Read More
2018-08-15 21:43
But there is some if you look for it ... right here! Here's your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester. Served up hot and humid, like the weather....
Start here, but if you hear a… Read More
2018-08-08 22:40
Here's your next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester. Served up hot and humid, like the weather....
If you look hard enough you can find it ... start here, but if you find some… Read More
2018-08-01 22:10
If you look hard enough you can find it ... start here, but if you find something that I haven't added below, please drop me a line (use the Contact Us link above) and give me the deets and… Read More
2018-07-25 20:53
If you look hard enough you can find it ... start here, but if you find something that I haven't added below, please drop me a line (use the Contact Us link above) and give me the deets and… Read More
2018-07-18 22:28
Yes, it's been very hot (we here at the home of JazzRochester were very aware of it with our HVAC going out during the last heat wave that hit the XRIJF). But this week we found out th… Read More
2018-07-16 20:29
Every year there is a jazz festival, chock full of ROC area artists, in the Village of Webster. This year is no different, it'e their 11th. It's usually a family-friendly, laid-back ev… Read More
2018-07-14 14:00
Exodus To Jazz is bringing internationally-known contemporary jazz guitarist Marc Antoine this Thursday, July 19th to Anthology. Following his popular 2017 CD with David Benoit (So Nice!)… Read More
2018-07-11 21:47
Yes, it's festival season here in Rochester. First up after XRIJF, the Corn Hill Arts Festival, and yes there will be some jazz there. I've pulled what's on offer out below. &nbs&hell…Read More
2018-07-09 21:31
Noal Cohen has chronicled jazz in 1950 and 1960s Rochester on his AtticToys site. He makes clear just how vital that period was, and how much Rochester shared in that history. Noal&rsq&hell…Read More
2018-07-05 01:05
So, another XRIJF is over and we go back to the other 356 days of live jazz in and around Rochester for the rest of the year. This is where you'll find it. Hope you enjoyed the c… Read More
2018-06-29 18:38
Remember what I wrote about "grand plans" a couple days before XRIJF 2018 began? All of those plans were founded on actually being at the festival. I've had to sit out a couple n… Read More
2018-06-28 21:14
After the news of the day yesterday, with the Supreme Court issuing its last opinion curbing union rights (my parents were both teachers and I was a Teamster in an earlier life) and Justice… Read More
2018-06-27 18:54
After sitting out the prior night, and still feeling a bit rough at several times throughout the night, I hit the XRIJF for the fifth night. Last night was a good example of one thing… Read More
2018-06-27 17:20
This post features other live jazz gigs in and around Rochester (at least those that I've heard about). Yes, live jazz continues during the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. … Read More
2018-06-26 18:36
As I noted in yesterday's post, I was not feeling well yesterday (a bit too much XRIJF in Days 1-3, perhaps?) and sat last night out entirely. I did listen to Zara McFarlane's latest a… Read More
2018-06-25 20:20
Over the years, I've developed what I've come to call "A Kilbourn night," which means that I start out in Kilbourn Hall and that sets up the rest of the night pretty well. Usually, I l… Read More
2018-06-24 18:50
Those reading my post yesterday about Day 1 and Twitter will know that I had a car issue yesterday that threatened to delay me getting downtown for the second night of XRIJF. The AC st… Read More
2018-06-23 17:50
I was quite worried before the music began yesterday. So much going on in my brain, I barely slept on Thursday night. Things started to click into place when I took a tour after emergi… Read More
2018-06-22 19:00
Unfortunately for me and fortunately for you, the first day of the XRIJF is chock full of great artists I want to check out. Timing to get to all of them is tough, so I'm concentrating… Read More
2018-06-21 22:24
Every year, I make a “grand plan” for JazzRochester's coverage of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Most years, the amount of time I have to implement these plans… Read More
2018-06-20 22:22
This post and next Wednesday's will feature other live jazz gigs in and around Rochester (at least those that I've heard about). Yes, live jazz continues during the Xerox Rochester Internati… Read More
2018-06-13 21:48
Here are the live jazz gigs for the next week, served up hot. Hope you get out and hear some before the nine days of XRIJF begin. City has published their Jazz Festival Guide 2018.
We… Read More
2018-06-06 21:27
It's June! Just a few weeks until the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival begins. Until then, you can continue to feast your ears on the jazz you can hear throughout the year! Check… Read More
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