As you can see things are starting to pick up jazz-wise.  I'm sure there is more than what I know about.  So, below are listings for live jazz (and some blues) gigs in and around Rochester for the next seven days, plus those I know about through April.  Please let me know about anything I may have missed or that you know have been cancelled. Although things continue to open up (for now...), I still suggest you call venues before heading out (the websites for some of them are available in the right panel of the blog... for those of you reading the email you have to come to the site to find the "right panel"). 

Thursday, March 24, 2022

• Kaupa/Webster Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Dean Keller's Soul Jazz Joint @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Bop Arts presents AfroHORN Project @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• Mel Henderson and Joe Chiappone @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• Jimmie Highsmith Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm

Friday, March 25, 2022

• Ann Mitchell @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• The White Hots @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Jim Nugent Trio @ Hedges 9 Mile Point Restaurant, 6:30 pm
• Dean Keller’s Soul Jazz Joint @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm

Saturday, March 26, 2022

• Paradigm Shift @ Knapp Winery, 2770 Ernsberger Rd (Romulus), 1:00 pm
• Mel Henderson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Jon Seiger and Gordon Webster Duo @ Veneto’s Gourmet Italian Restaurant, 1308 Buffalo Road (Rochester), 6:00 pm
• Laura Dubin Quintet presents: Tribute to the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 6:30 pm
• Hanna and the Blue Hearts @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• Jim Nugent & Kyle Vock @ Lemoncello (E. Rochester), 6:30 pm
• The Cool Club with the Lipker Sisters @ Riviera Theatre/Geneseo Jam Kitchen, 4 Center St (Geneseo), 7:00 pm
• Bop Arts presents Michael Formanek Drome Trio with Chet Doxas and Vinnie Sperrazza @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)

Sunday,  March 27, 2022

• Craig Snyder & Collective Force @ Fort Hill Performing Arts Center, 20 Fort Hill Ave (Canandaigua), 1:00 pm

Monday, March 28, 2022

• Student Degree Recital: Seungyoung Hong, jazz bass @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:00 pm
• Monday Jazz at the UUU @ UUU Art Collective, 153 State St. (Downtown), 8:00 to 11:00 pm
• Student Degree Recital: Ryan Barski, jazz drums @ ESM, Kilbourn Halll, 9:30 pm

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

• No jazz for you?

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

• Uptown Groove Jazz Duo @ Harvest at the Bentz Opera House, 444 Main St, Medina, 5:00 pm
• Diana Krall @ Auditorium Theatre, 7:30 pm (tickets)

Looking ahead to jazz through March and into April...

March

• 31st: Bop Arts presents Stick Men @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 31st: Annie Wells Trio @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 31st: Jim Nugent Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm

April

• 1st: Jim Nugent @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 1st: Bop Arts presents Stick Men @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 2nd: The Moondance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 2nd: USP & UR Jazz Combo: Ukrainian Humanitarian Aid Benefit @ 75 Stutson Street, 7:30 pm (more info & tickets)
• 6th: The Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 7th: The Occasional Saints @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 7th: Roz Menachof @ Via Girasole Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• 7th: Bop Shop Records presents MSSV (Mike Baggetta, Stephen Hodges, and Mike Watt) @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 8th: Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 8th: Trio East @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 8th: Bop Arts presents Spin Cycle @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 8th: Art of Jazz presents Ethan Iverson & Tom Harrell Duo. @ Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo), 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 9th: Ralph Debergalis Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 10th: Steve Grills and the Roadmasters @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 13th: The Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 14th: Mike Pappert @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 14th: Paradigm Shift @ Via Girasole Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• 14th: Bop Arts presents Kinloch Nelson & Bernie Heveron @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm
• 15th: Michael Sidoti @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 16th: Bop Arts presents Tomchess & Ravi Padmanabha @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 17th: Diana Leigh Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 20th: The Penthouse presents Jazz on Eleven Dinner Series featuring Paradigm Shift with special guest Boston-based Trombonist Brian Thomas @ The Penthouse at One East Avenue, 6:00 pm (tickets)
• 20th: The Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 20th: Bop Arts presents Nate Wooley, Ken Vandermark & Laul Pitton @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 21st: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 21st: Gregory Street Vagabonds @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 21st: The Bobby Militello Quartet @ Abilene Bar & Lounge, 7:00 pm
• 22nd: Ann Mitchell @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 22nd: Kinloch Nelson @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 22nd: Craig Snyder Trio Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:30 pm
• 23rd: Mel Henderson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 24th: Hanna and the Blue Hearts @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 26th: Eastman Centennial Celebration presents Eastman Jazz Lab Band with guest artist Carmen Bradford @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 26th: Bop Arts presents Jon Irabagon Quartet @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm
• 27th: The Margaret Explosion @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 27th: An Evening of Jazz with the Mike Kaupa Quartet (with opening performances by the Honeoye Middle and Senior High Jazz Ensembles) @ Honeoye High School, 8528 Main Street (Honeoye), 7:00 pm
• 27th: Eastman Centennial Celebration presents Eastman New Jazz Ensemble featuring Maria Schneider, conductor (Premiere of Maria Schneider’s Centennial Commission) @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 28th: Mike Kaupa/Gordon Webster Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 28th: WGMC Jazz 90.1 presents the Melody Masters Big Band @ Greece Baptist Church, 1230 Long Pond Road (Greece), 7:00 pm
• 28th: Mike Melito Trio @ Via Girasole Wine Bar, 7:00 pm
• 29th: Mike Kaupa Jazz Quartet @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 29th: Eastman Centennial Celebration presents Eastman Chamber Jazz with guest artist John Clayton @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 30th: Diana Leigh Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 30th: The White Hots @ The Little Theatre Cafe, 6:30 pm
• 30th: Bob Holz and A Vision Forward @ PAUSA Art House (Buffalo), 7:00 pm
• 30th: Bop Arts presents Remedy Trio @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)

We've compiled these gig and event listings from information obtained from our own knowledge of the jazz scene in and around Rochester, the performing artists themselves and other sources. The aim is to give you a one-stop place to find all your live jazz in and around Rochester. Click on the links where available in the post for more information on the gig or tickets where needed. Only music start times are listed, so visit or call the venue for more details about when the doors open, etc. (the websites for many of the venues are in the right panel).