After the fold you will find the listings for live jazz gigs in and around Rochester for the next seven days, plus listings through the rest of June and July. Please note that the regular listings posts I do on Wednesdays will focus on those gigs outside of the Rochester International Jazz Fest toward the end of June. I'll have other coverage of the RIJF before and throughout the festival.  If you can't wait until RIJF, the National Grid Syracuse Jazz Festival is happening from June 21-25, just down the road. Herbie Hancock, Something Else, Postmodern Jukebox and many others are playing.

Let me know when you hear about things... and let your friends and family know where you go to find live jazz around Rochester. Right here....

Thursday, June 8, 2023

• Jazz Happy Hour with Kate Ferguson-Schmidl and David Kuykendall @ Brewery Ardennes (Geneva), 5:00 pm
• Bill Tiberio Band with Ted Perry Quartet @ The Backroom Lounge at the Record Archive, 6:00 pm
• Ryan Johnson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Chris Jazz Group @ The Studio Bar & Lounge, 6:00 pm
• Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Plum Point Lodge (Seneca Lake), 6:00 pm
• Mel Henderson and Joe Chiappone @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm

Friday, June 9, 2023

• Paradigm Shift @ Corn Hill Arts Festival Poster Unveiling @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown (Corn Hill Landing), 2:00 pm
• Chris Ott @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet @ Music on the Lawn, ABC Streets Neighborhood Assoc., 43-45 Calumet St., 6:30 pm
• The Djangoners @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Bob Sneider @ Astor On Main at the Hyatt Rochester, 7:00 pm

Saturday, June 10, 2023

• Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Rose Soiree (Geneva), 4:00 pm
• Jim Debergalis Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• Bangers and Mash @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• Bob Holz and Vision Forward @ Astor On Main at the Hyatt Rochester, 7:00 pm
• Paradigm Shift @ Linden Street Social (Geneva), 8:00 pm

Sunday, June 11, 2023

• Brunch with Jimmie Highsmith Jr. @ Astor On Main at the Hyatt Rochester, 11:00 am
• Choral Evensong centered on A Little Jazz Mass by Bob Chilcott, with the Chancel Choir accompanied by a jazz trio @ Third Presbyterian Church
  4 Meigs St. (Rochester), 4:00 pm
• Poetry and Jazz, featuring poet Tokeya Graham @ The Little Theater Cafe, 5:30 pm

Monday, June 12, 2023

• Jazz90.1 Jazz Cruise featuring The Bob Sneider Trio @ The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett's Landing (Fairport), 6:30 pm
• “The Old G’s" (Gerry Youngman and Mel Henderson) @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

• Leon Hsu & Stephanie Tateiwa @ Dorris Carlson Reading Garden (rain: Gleason Auditorium), Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Ave. (Downtown), 12:00 noon
• Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM and The Ontario Beach Park Program Committee present Jazz at The Beach featuring The Daryl Parker Quartet @ Tropix Nightclub, 4775 Lake Ave. (Charlotte), 7:00 pm
• Barry Altschul and 3dom Factor @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

• The Gate Swingers Big Band @ George Eastman House Garden Vibes, 6:00 pm
• Simon Fletcher Jazz Group @ The Studio Bar & Lounge, 6:00 pm
• Margaret Explosion  @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• Dino Losito Trio @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Ontario Beach Park (Charlotte), 7:00 pm

Looking ahead in  June

• 15th: Bill Tiberio & Mike MacArthur @ Stromboli's (East End), 5:30 pm
• 15th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 15th: Paradigm Shift @ Brewery Ardennes (Geneva), 5:30 pm
• 15th: Sons of Monk Jazz Duo @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 16th: The Moondance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 17th: Mike Sidoti Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 17th: Jazz Generation @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown (Corn Hill Landing), 6:30 pm
• 17th: Maxwell Robbins @ Astor On Main at the Hyatt Rochester, 7:00 pm
• 17th: Hanna PK @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 18th: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Rose Hill Mansion (Geneva), 5:00 pm
• 18th: Rich Thompson Trio Generations @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 18th: Mel Henderson @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 20th: Dave Chisholm & Aaron Staebell @ Dorris Carlson Reading Garden (rain: Gleason Auditorium), Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County, 115 South Ave. (Downtown), 12:00 noon
• 21st: ROC City Jazz @ The Studio Bar & Lounge, 6:00 pm
• 21st: Nazareth Tritone Jazz @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 22nd: Hochstein at High Falls with Ann Mitchell Trio with John Gabriele & Kyle Vock. @ 4 Commercial Street, corner of Browns Race, 12:10 pm
• 22nd: Jazz Happy Hour with Michael Gonzalez Duo @ Brewery Ardennes (Geneva), 5:30 pm
• 22nd: Dave Wright Band @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 23rd: Anne Mitchell Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 23rd: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Pittsford Summer Concerts, 6:00 pm
• 23rd: Indigo Breeze @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• "Dream Dancing" with vocalist Melissa Stylianou, joined by Roni Ben-Hur and Josh Marcum (Bill Tiberio & Friends opening) @ Concerts on Park at Immanuel Baptist Church, 2:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 24th: Mel Henderson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 24th: Jim Nugent Trio @ Hedges Nine Mile Point Restaurant (Webster), 6:00 pm
• 24th: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ California Rolling at Port of Rochester (Charlotte), 6:30 pm
• 28th: The Golden Sea Duo with Kahil El'Zabar & David Murray @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 29th: Ryan Johnson Duo @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 29th: Jazz Happy Hour with Swordfish Duo with Eric Heveron-Smith @ Brewery Ardennes (Geneva), 5:30 pm
• 29th: Cool Club & the Lipker Sisters @ Seneca Falls Peoples Park, 6:30 pm
• 30th: The Moondance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 30th: Uptown Groove @ Faircraft Brauhaus, 7:00 pm
• 30th: Bob Holz and A Vision Forward @ Murph's Irondequoit Pub, 8:00 pm

Looking further ahead into July

• 1st: Simon Fletcher Duo  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 5th: Summer@Eastman with Clay Jenkins @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 6th: Summer@Eastman with Charles Pillow @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 6th: Michael Sidoti  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 7th: Jim Nugent  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 7th: Fallopian Grooves @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 7th: Gordon Munding Jazz Duo @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 7th: Summer@Eastman with Mark Kellogg @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 8th: Ralph Debergalis Duo  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 8th: Mel Henderson & Bill Tiberio @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown (Corn Hill Landing), 6:30 pm
• 8th: Max Robbins @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 10th: Mel Henderson @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 10th: Summer@Eastman with Dave Rivello Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 11th: Jazz at The Beach featuring Jimmie Highsmith, Jr. @ Tropix Nightclub, 4775 Lake Ave. (Charlotte), 7:00 pm
• 12th: Summer@Eastman with Rich Thompson @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 13th: Jon Seiger @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 13th: Summer@Eastman with Dariusz Terefenko & Stephanie Tateiwa @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 13th: Ryan Johnson Duo  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 14th: Chris Ott  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 14th: Jazz Generation @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 14th: Summer@Eastman with Jazz Large Ensembles @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 15th: Michael Sidoti Duo  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 15th: Maxwell Robbins @ Flight Wine Bar Downtown (Corn Hill Landing), 6:30 pm
• 15th: Laura Dubin Trio @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 16th: Trialogue @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 17th: Jazz90.1 Smooth Jazz Cruise featuring Jimmie Highsmith Jr. @ The Colonial Belle, 400 Packett's Landing (Fairport), 6:30 pm 
• 17th: Fallopian Grooves @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 20th: Mike Pullano @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 20th: Jimmie Highsmith Jr. @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 20th: Dave Wright and the Band of Opportunity @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 20th: Summer@Eastman with Bill Tiberio/Ted Perry Quartet & Music Educators Jazz Ensemble @ ESM, Kilbourn Hall, 7:30 pm
• 21st: Connie Fredericks-Malone  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 21st: Mel Henderson & Friends @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 21st: Nyerges, Smith & Lake Trio with Bill Tiberio @ Faircraft Brahaus (Fairport), 7:00 pm
• 22nd: Mel Henderson Duo  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 22nd: Vince Ercolamento & Joe Chiappone @ Flight Wine Bar , 6:30 pm
• 22nd: Bop Arts presents Chris Pasin's Ornettiquette @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 24th: Sons of Monk @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 26th: The GateSwingers Big Band @ Lovin Cup Bistro & Brews, 7:00 pm
• 27th: Mike Kaupa  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 27th: Paradigm Shift @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 27th: Dean Keller's Soul Jazz Joint @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 28th: Ann Mitchell Duo  @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 28th: Steven West Jazz @ Via Girasole Wine Bar (Pittsford), 7:00 pm
• 29th: Moondance Trio @ Prosecco Italian Restaurant (Farmington), 5:30 pm
• 29th: Hanna PK @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm
• 29th: Bop Parts presents Glass Key Trio @ Bop Shop Records, 8:00 pm (more info & tickets)
• 30th: Jacobo Vega-Albela @ The Little Theater Cafe, 7:00 pm

We compile these gig and event listings from information obtained from our own knowledge of the jazz scene in and around Rochester, the performing musicians and bands 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, or check out the venue's website in the right panel if there. Only music start times are listed, call the venue or visit their website for more details about when the doors open, how long the band will be playing, etc. If tickets are required there is usually a link to buy. Let me know if I have missed anything or have something wrong. If you're out at a venue, make sure they know about the site.