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Get outta the heat and into the cool ... Live jazz around Rochester, September 7-13 - JazzRochester
It's hot outside, but there's some cool jazz on the inside if you look. It won't last long... After the fold you will find the listings I've gathered for live jazz in and around Rochester for the next seven days,...
If you look (here) you can find some ... Live jazz around ROC, August 31st to September 6th - JazzRochester
I'm afraid it's a bit light this week as I expect a number of our local jazz musicians are spending time with family and friends as the summer starts to move into our rear view mirror. But the jazz goes...
Wondering what to do with your time, why not try some of our ... Live jazz in and around ROC, August 24-30? - JazzRochester
Will have to get the post done early next Wednesday so I can get out for The Bad Plus at The Little. Maybe will see some of you there? After the fold you will find the listings I've gathered for...
Singing scat in the rain and looking for ... Live jazz around Rochester, August 17-23 - JazzRochester
I'm looking a bit further out. Had the time to start putting some October gigs in, so went ahead and did it. Check out the Webster Jazz Festival on Friday and Saturday. Hopefully, it'll stop raining for the Saturday version...
Not hot enough for you? Perhaps try a different kind of heat with some of the ... Live jazz being played around Rochester, August 10-16, 2023 - JazzRochester
I'm posting this just before I go out to check out some music in town. 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...
Summertime and the ... Live jazz around Rochester is easy, July 27 to August 2 - JazzRochester
Feeling better and hoping to get out to hear some music soon. 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 July...
Get out of post-RIJF doldrums and get out to hear some ... Live jazz around ROC, July 6-12, 2023 - JazzRochester
Well, Jazz in June is over and heat in July has begun. While I didn't cover the RIJF in these pages, you can hit the socials at the top of the column to the right (and our Instagram widget a...
Believe it or not, there is ... Live jazz going on all around ROC and beyond the RIJF, June 29-July 5, 2023 - JazzRochester
While I like some of you will be running around downtown soaking up the sounds, there is a lot of live jazz going on elsewhere in our fair city and beyond, through the rest of the Rochester International Jazz Festival...
JazzRochester at the 2023 RIJF: My picks for July 1, 2023 - JazzRochester
Yes, it is the end of the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Rochester International Jazz Festival. This night offered me a choice to make. Either get out and hear something new from artists whom I've never heard before, or kick...
JazzRochester at the 2023 RIJF: My picks for June 30th - JazzRochester
The penultimate night of the 2023 Rochester International Jazz Festival is going to be artists who are all new to me, although there are some alternatives who are well-known to RIJF listeners. I write this after the first night, where...
And away we go! JazzRochester during the RIJF - JazzRochester
The Rochester International Jazz Festival begins this afternoon! Nine days of music, seeing old friends and meeting new ones, and listening to an unparalleled smorgasbord of music. During the festival, while I don't completely stop posting to this site, it...
For those who can't get enough live jazz at the fest there is ... Live jazz around Rochester, June 22-28 - JazzRochester
Here we go! I hope to see you out on Jazz Street and in lines around the Rochester International Jazz Festival, which starts on Friday. I will be taking it a bit easier this year due to a health issue,...
JazzRochester at the 2023 RIJF: My picks for June 29th - JazzRochester
As the Rochester International Jazz Festival nears its frenetic last couple of days, with the accompanying crowds for the free shows on Parcel 5 and elsewhere, in the Club Pass venues there will be some great choices to wrap your...
JazzRochester at the 2023 RIJF: My picks for June 27th - JazzRochester
There are a lot of good choices on Tuesday of the Rochester International Jazz Festival. From one of the elders of jazz combined with fly fishing, they are an eclectic bunch (although admittedly lousy with saxophonists...). You do you, but...
JazzRochester at the 2023 RIJF: My picks for June 26th - JazzRochester
The fourth night of the Rochester International Jazz Festival seems to have become the "night of the guitar" as my picks are predominantly lead by pickers (or guitar is featured) . . . oh, and vocalists. However, despite the uniformity...
JazzRochester at the 2023 RIJF: My picks for Day 2 of the festival - JazzRochester
If I can make it all the way through, the second night of the Rochester International Jazz Festival will follow a familiar pattern for me--start at Kilbourn Hall, head over to the Global Jazz Now, and then to Max of...
Yes, you can hear them the other 365 days of the year, but these local musicians will also be at the 2023 RIJF! - JazzRochester
While who I choose to get out to hear during the Rochester International Jazz Festival tends to be those coming from outside Rochester, there are so many great local jazz and other musicians who gig around Rochester the other 356...
It's Wednesday, so this much be a post about ... Live jazz around Rochester, June 8-14 (and beyond...) - JazzRochester
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...
Asking That Perennial Question, Drummer Rich Thompson Releases New Album “Who Do You Have to Know?” - JazzRochester
Welcome to the first in what I hope will be a growing series of posts about new albums being put out by one of the talented jazz musicians or groups in and around Rochester, NY. The first is by local...
Even though the RIJF is coming, there is still some ... Live jazz around ROC, June 1-7 - JazzRochester
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 now into July. Please note that the regular listings posts I...
Between rounds of PGA golf, perhaps catch some ... Live ROC jazz, May 18-24? - JazzRochester
Yes, the post title is a blatant attempt at grabbing some of that PGA attention on the interwebs.... On the jazz front, the Jazz Journalists Association has announced its JJA Jazz Awards. Congratulations go to Charles Lloyd (Lifetime Achievement in...
Let others know where you find ... Live jazz in and around Rochester, NY, May 11-17 - JazzRochester
Things are picking up a bit in the listings, but I'd like to see more gigs from closer the Rochester area ... It is JazzROCHESTER after all. Let me know when you hear about things... and let your friends and...
Let other RIJF festival goers know where you find your live jazz in Rochester the other 356 days of the year ... Put JazzRochester on your bod! - JazzRochester
I had JazzRochester t-shirts made just a few months before the 2020 Rochester International Jazz Festival ... yeah that one. They've been sitting in my closet since. Please help me to let other jazz listeners and RIJF festival goers where...
Still waiting for the warm up, but there's some ... Live jazz around Rochester, May 4-10 - JazzRochester
Although Facebook keeps reminding me that cold is not out of the ordinary, even this late, I'm getting a bit tired of it. Tonight I'm publishing a little late as I was at an "influencer" event at the new jazz...
Yes, there's an app for that ... The 2023 RIJF app has been released - JazzRochester
Last week, the CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival released its app for iPhone and Android smartphones, which is now available here. The RIJF app allows users to access festival information anywhere, anytime, and is loaded with more features than ever...
Get an earful of jazz from around the world today ... International Jazz Day 2023 - JazzRochester
At the end of Jazz Appreciation Month, there is International Jazz Day. Although there are events throughout the country (and world), the flagship Jazz Day event, a spectacular All-Star Global Concert, which this year will feature an extraordinary selection of...
Feel like appreciating some ... Live jazz around Rochester, April 27th-May 3rd? - JazzRochester
As we wind up Jazz Appreciation Month, I would like to make a suggestion for the last day of the month, April 30th. Check out the International Jazz Day global concert. This year's concert includes jazz artists from 13 global...
While we wait for the warmup, there is still ... Live jazz around Rochester, NY, April 20-26, 2023 - JazzRochester
As we continue Jazz Appreciation Month, I must apologize for not having done anything special this year. How would you like to celebrate jazz next April? Leave a comment or contact me via the email link above. After the fold...
Back home to hear some... Live jazz in Rochester, April 13-19, 2023 - JazzRochester
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, a program put on by the Smithsonian Institution to encourage listeners to get out to hear some live jazz. I flew back to ROC today after a 2-month hiatus in Kansas to help my stepmother...
It's April, appreciate some ... Live jazz in Rochester, April 6-12, 2023 - JazzRochester
April is Jazz Appreciation Month, a program put on by the Smithsonian Institution to encourage listeners to get out to hear some live jazz. Even though I'm out of town for a little while longer, returning next week, it's good...
Seeking some more ... Live jazz in Rochester, March 30 to April 5, 2023 - JazzRochester
Even though I'm out of town for a while longer, it's good to know there's still some live jazz back home. It's kind of light out there jazz-wise, I'm afraid.... After the fold you will find the listings for live...