2017-02-22 23:12
Here are the next seven days of live jazz in and around Rochester and its environs. Stretch your ears and come out with me on Sunday to see Mostly Other People Do the Killing at the B… Read More
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Covering live jazz in and around Rochester, N.Y.
2017-02-15 23:12
Here are the next seven days of live jazz in and around our fine city. I call your attention to the Bill Tiberio CD release tomorrow and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble gig on Sunday. Ho… Read More
2017-02-08 23:15
Here are the next seven days of live jazz in and around our fine city, despite how short this weekly post is becoming. Hope you can get out to enjoy some!
Would you like t… Read More
2017-02-02 00:18
I don't have much else to say this time, other than it's nice to see the Dave Rivello Ensemble back in the listings. You'll find the next seven days of live jazz in and around Rocheste… Read More
2017-01-25 22:40
Don't have much else to say this time, other than you'll find the next seven days of live jazz in and around Rochester below. Plus the usual stuff I say in all these posts, which follows… Read More
2017-01-18 23:49
The listings are still kind of light this week, but that's not too unusual this time of year. It's cold out there! I'm still recovering from a concussion after last week's icy Tuesday (amaze… Read More
2017-01-11 22:53
It's light this week. Good thing as I'm limited due to a bump on my noggin after a fall on yesterday's ice and staring at the computer screen is no fun. By the way, last week I was too opti… Read More
2017-01-05 00:25
While right after the holidays is often light, the few gigs around over the next seven days reminds me how hard it is out there to present live jazz. We're seeing less and possibly more of… Read More
2016-12-28 22:33
As you know, for me 2016 hasn't been the best year. I'm looking forward to 2017 and here it comes. As this is a holiday, please take some of the listings below with a grain of s… Read More
2016-12-26 14:24
FYI from an Eastman School of Music Press Release, December 22, 2016:
Jazz students and faculty from the Eastman School of Music will perform on the first night of the 8th Annual JEN (Jazz… Read More
2016-12-21 23:30
Christmas is coming and there will be jazz. Here's the next seven days of live jazz in and around Rochester. Of course it is pretty light this week (they have families too!). Add… Read More
2016-12-14 23:50
So no one has a favorite jazz holiday album? Come on people, I reach out and ... crickets (here and on Facebook)! I understand, though. You all have a lot on your pla… Read More
2016-12-11 17:22
Last night I took up Karl Stabnau's offer of a couple of tickets for his 6th annual Charlie Brown Christmas show at the Little Theatre. As Karl's quartet of former Eastman students, who are… Read More
2016-12-07 23:10
Here's the next seven days of live jazz in and around Rochester. Would you like to see more of a community around live jazz here in Rochester? If so, I'd love it if you'd share this s… Read More
2016-11-30 23:38
Here's the next seven days of live jazz in and around Rochester. By the way, we're trying to build a community of those who love to go out to hear live jazz here in Rochester, so I'd… Read More
2016-11-26 12:20
JazzRochester has gone through a number of changes of the more than 10 years I've been publishing this blog. I like to try and provide readers with as many different avenues to access… Read More
2016-11-23 23:27
I hope you all have a wonderful holiday. It is good to be home, just me and the missus this year. We're having turkey (in lasagna, though...). If you want to stay away fro… Read More
2016-11-17 00:24
It's good to be home. I'm starting to get back into the groove here, so looking to get out to hear some music soon. If you're having the same thought, then here's the next seven days o… Read More
2016-11-12 13:51
I wanted to note the passing of one of the voices and long time advocates for the Rochester jazz community, Tom Hampson, who died this week at the age of 87. While I was acquainted wit… Read More
2016-11-09 23:04
OK, the election is over (finally). I'm stunned, but I expect we'll survive the next four years. Whether you're in a celebratory mood or, like me, want some music to soothe yo… Read More
2016-10-26 21:39
I'm back in good ole' Rochester at the end of next week, so hope to catch some live jazz again soon! Until then, here's another week of live jazz in and around Rochester, NY. Here it… Read More
2016-10-19 23:11
We're trying to build a community of listeners for live jazz here, so I'd love it if you'd share this site with friends and family who like to get out to hear some of that great music live… Read More
2016-10-12 20:50
We're trying to build a community of listeners for live jazz here, so I'd love it if you'd share this site with your friends and family who like to get out to hear some of that great… Read More
2016-10-05 21:52
Things are picking up a bit this coming week, so check out the next seven days of live jazz in and around Rochester. Hope you check out Jazz 90.1's Evening of Jazz, Wine and Art at Art… Read More
2016-09-28 21:08
My time in Wichita is coming to a close I'm afraid. On Saturday morning, my father passed away, peacefully, with his wife, my sister and me at his side. He was a wonderful man who touched m… Read More
2016-09-21 22:55
There is still some jazz at the far fringe of the Fringe. The last festival of the summer (as it sashays into Fall). So I can officially say I missed summer in Rochester this ye… Read More
2016-09-16 13:10
When I went live with the new design, I told you there might be some hiccups along the way and one suddenly occurred (at least for me) when I updated the last post. On some browsers th… Read More
2016-09-14 22:56
Jazz at the Fringe. Another festival I'm going to regret missing, but I remain in Wichita, KS for the time-being. There will be jazz and "jazz-like" music presented at the… Read More
2016-09-07 22:07
Well, what do you think? Over the weekend, JazzRochester got a new look. For email subscribers, please click through and take a look at the site itself (I ask because sometimes… Read More
2016-09-04 17:27
Hard to believe that I started blogging on this URL during the month of September ten years ago (I write "on this URL" because I had been blogging at a different site that no longe… Read More
2016-08-31 22:07
I've been working on some changes to the look and feel of Jazz@Rochester. I hope to go live with them over the Labor Day weekend if I can find the time here in Wichita to finish the work. A… Read More
2016-08-24 22:22
It's August and I remain in Wichita with my father. I miss you all in ROC and have missed the summer (although not the heat) and its jazz. However, it's all good.... So here are… Read More
2016-08-17 23:13
Clarissa Street Reunion is coming up on Saturday. Help the Reunion Committee raise money for their Vision Fund for a new Pythodd Club Amphitheater and other things to celebrate the ja… Read More
2016-08-10 22:46
No live jazz for me here in Wichita, Kansas, but you'll find some in and around Rochester this week.
After the "fold" (click the link if there is one for you) you will find the next s… Read More
2016-08-03 20:56
It's a bit light this week. Doldrums of summer in ROC I guess. Hope you are having a great one. I'm in a jazz desert out here in Wichita...
After the "fold" (click the link if there i… Read More
2016-07-27 22:20
Looks like I'm missing the summer in Rochester. Still with my father in Wichita, Kansas. Hope you're all having a great one and getting out to hear some of the live jazz in and around our f… Read More
2016-07-27 22:20
Looks like I'm missing the summer in Rochester. Still with my father in Wichita, Kansas. Hope you're all having a great one and getting out to hear some of the live jazz in and around our f… Read More
2016-07-20 23:20
The town of Webster's motto is "Where Live is Worth Living." I guess that leaves the rest of us out in the cold (or the heat this time of year). This weekend is the annual Webst… Read More
2016-07-13 22:27
I hear it's hot in Rochester. I'm sorry, but you don't know hot until you've been in Wichita for June & July. It's been in the 90s (with 100 heat indexes) for it seems a month. &nbs&hell…Read More
2016-07-07 00:34
Yes, it is over. Yes, I missed it this year (first time in over 10 years) and don't need reminding how great it was this year (I was watching from Wichita and it was painful enough). … Read More
2016-06-29 23:13
Before the week covered below ends, the 15th Annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival will be history. It looks like it has been fun for those of you who were able to go. I… Read More
2016-06-24 23:07
As I've said in previous posts, I am not going to be a the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival this year. I'm in Wichita, Kansas, helping to take care of my father, who is on h… Read More
2016-06-23 01:24
Hard to believe it's the day after tomorrow. Hard to believe I'm still in Kansas and won't be joining you at XRIJF this year. As I noted last week, my coverage during this year's… Read More
2016-06-15 23:42
There are fewer than 10 days left until Rochester's streets fill up and the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival gets underway. I'm still in Kansas with my father, who is on home hos… Read More
2016-06-08 23:04
This happens every year as folks gear up for the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.... Part of it is probably that a lot of folks are involved in the festival itself; but for othe… Read More
2016-06-04 11:34
Having heard Paul Smoker play a number of times since moving to Rochester, I knew the intensity and beauty of his playing and compositions. I felt that his recent passing on May 14th sh… Read More
2016-06-01 23:16
Highlighting the jazz at Fairport Canal Days Friday-Sunday, but you won't find it below as it has it's own post below with all the deets. There's not a lot of new stuff out there. As I… Read More
2016-05-31 21:26
This year's Fairport Canal Days is coming next Friday-Sunday, June 3-5. The music at FCD continues to skew well toward jazz and featuring local jazz artists. FCD remains committed to fe… Read More
2016-05-25 23:50
I'm in Wichita, Kansas, indefinitely with my father who is on home hospice. So far have dodged the tornadoes that are hitting this area of the country a bit too much for my taste. A month o… Read More
2016-05-18 22:07
Sorry to start off with bad news, but as I'm sure many of you know, locak jazz trumpeter Paul Smoker died Saturday afternoon at 75. He played right up to the end as Jeff Spevak noted in his… Read More
2016-05-11 22:40
Well, I'm still out of town, but things are pretty good jazz-wise in ROC. Apologies to my email and feed subscribers for the glitch in the coding last week, which caused the feed not t… Read More
2016-05-04 22:17
I'm out of town for awhile, so you'll have to go out and hear live jazz amongst yourselves for the foreseeable future. But don't worry, I'll still be doing the posts...
After the "fold" (cli… Read More
2016-04-27 23:34
I'm out of town for awhile, so go hear jazz amongst yourselves. I will be in Wichita, which as you probably know has a thriving jazz scene (irony... although it is not unheard of). But don't… Read More
2016-04-23 14:08
Jazz@Rochester has been on Twitter for a long time and is closing in on 11,000 followers. We follow local jazz artists, jazz artists from elsewhere with a local connection, and more than a f… Read More
2016-04-21 17:54
It is rare that I don't get the post out on Wednesday night, but I was traveling back from attending a conference for the day job in NYC yesterday and used the hour I planned to write the po… Read More
2016-04-13 23:09
It's still pretty cold outside (hopefully to improve soon?), but there's some hot jazz out there over the next seven days. Plus, for those of us who still like to paw through record bins, Re… Read More
2016-04-11 22:40
The Rochester Music Hall of Hame celebrated its first inductees in 2012, recognizing those with ties to Rochester whose talents, efforts, perseverance, and creativity have contributed to th… Read More
2016-04-09 14:03
I was recently contacted by LA graphic designer Gage Nguyen who has designed the Evolution of Jazz infographic poster below for Jazz Appreciation Month (that's April if you weren't alre… Read More
2016-04-06 22:46
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, according to the Smithsonian at least. While I don't think there are any "official" events here in Rochester (tell me if I'm wrong), there is some great jaz… Read More
2016-03-30 22:23
Listings are kind of light this week. However, added some things in the Upcoming Events portion below (a number for Bop Shop Records and the Pythodd is going to bring in saxophonist Jim Snid… Read More
2016-03-23 23:58
As you see in the post below, yesterday I attended the press conference for the announcement of the 2016 XRIJF lineup. Jazz in June (and a bit of July) looks pretty good. Lots of new music… Read More
2016-03-23 00:14
It always sneaks up on me. I'm going along through the Rochester winter (although not so much this year) and all of a sudden, I get the email that the lineup for the XRIJF is coming up soon… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I'm writing this a bit early today as I'm going out of town later today, so check back tomorrow in case I've added any "stragglers" (especially you who receive it via email). For those who r… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
I'm a member of Jazz 90.1 ... are you? While many have pledged, they have about $20K to go in their drive this time. Give them a few ducats and keep the jazz flowing (and the polka ... you g… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
As you can see from my previous post, the 13th Edition of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival is nigh (well in late June, that is) and you'll be seeing a lot more here about it o… Read More
2016-03-16 22:36
Of course you do.... Hope to see some of you out over the next seven days as I'm planning on hitting at least two gigs.
Your local jazz station Jazz 90.1 WGMC's Spring Pledge Drive st… Read More
2016-03-09 23:16
I feel terrible (well not like last week, cold is over)! I keep hearing great things about the reimagined Pythodd Jazz Room in Charlotte. Lots of folks are really giving the place and the mu… Read More
2016-03-02 23:11
Well, here you go....
Achooo!! Sniff, sniff... I've been under the weather, which is why I couldn't get out for a couple of gigs I really wanted to hear in the past week. I don't… Read More
2016-02-25 00:11
Yes, it's a leap year and how do we know? Harold Danko has his quadrennial Leap Year concert. It's always a lot of fun and is on Monday, of course. Also recommend you come out to… Read More
After You Dig Out Of The Snow In ROC, There Is Still Some ... Live Jazz In Rochester, February 18-24
2016-02-17 22:06
I managed to miss the big snow (much to my wife's consternation, who had to dig out), but heading back to town now from the relative warmth of Wichita, Kansas. Some extra time in O'Hare, so… Read More
2016-02-11 02:31
In Kansas for my father's 80th birthday, but wanted to let you all know about what's up in live jazz in and around Rochester.
After the "fold" (click the link if there is one for you)… Read More
2016-02-03 23:54
Some buzz around the new Pythodd Jazz Room in Charlotte (I hope to get out there, but it's looking doubtful before a trip to visit my father next week). XRIJF just announced that there… Read More
2016-01-28 01:17
It's not every day (or year ... or years) that a new club intending to present live jazz comes around in the Rochester area. In fact, I can count them on one hand since I arrived here in 200… Read More
2016-01-21 00:15
OK, I admit it, the headline is a bit aspirational given there are no jazz clubs in Rochester proper (that's why it's in parens).
After the "fold" (click the link if there is one for y… Read More
2016-01-13 23:58
As cold as it is, you'll still find a lot of live jazz around the Rochester area. After the "fold" (click the link if there is one for you) you will find the next seven days of live jazz in… Read More
2016-01-07 00:07
It's still light, but we're still getting out of our holiday stupor, I expect.
If you haven't heard about the new, community radio station in Rochester called WAYO, which started broa… Read More
2015-12-30 22:50
Happy New Year! So what will you be doing when the ball drops tomorrow? I'll be enjoying my buds in Paradigm Shift at Havana Moe's on East (seems like a patter developing....)… Read More
2015-12-23 21:36
We start the listings on Christmas Eve, so yes, Virginia, jazz musicians have families, too (plus there's a lot of private parties around), so there's not so much live jazz in and around Ro… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
As we wind down December into the Christmas holiday, it is not unexpected that the pickings will be somewhat light. However, I've found a few things here and there.... Like time around any h… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The current El Nino is keeping it quite nice here in ROC, I've found some live jazz in and and around Rochester for you to get out to hear. Get out before the snow sets in! Please give us so… Read More
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