Yes, it’s Wednesday already and here are your Jazz@Rochester listings for the next seven days of jazz in the clubs and restaurants around Rochester, NY.

Thursday, October 16th

• Jazz Merchants @ Café Vas, 6:30 pm
• Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 7:00 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• John Nyerges @ PARE Bar and Grill, 7:00 pm
• Nate Rawls Band w/ Dilynda Cassoni @ Triphammer Grill, 7:00 pm
• Lumiere @ Little Theatre Café, 7:30 pm
• Dave Rivello Ensemble @ Village Rock Café, 9:00 pm

Friday, October 17th

• Joe Pera @ Edgerton Community Center, 2:00 pm
• Bob Sneider & Paul Hofmann Duo @ The Grill at Strathallan, 5:00 pm
• Madeline Forster (w/ guest The Bowties) @ Friday Jazz at Immanuel Church, 815 Park Ave., Rochester, 7:00 pm
• Ryan T Carey and Tommy Gravino w/The El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 3259 S Winton Rd., 7:00 pm
• Shared Genes @ PaRe Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Bobby DiBaudo Trio @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Tom Passamonte & Special Blend @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Seamus Blake Group (Exodus to Jazz) @ Clarion Riverside Hotel, 8:00 & 10:00 pm (doors at 7:00 pm)
• Squeaky Chair Jazz @ Starry Nites Café, 8:00 pm
• Dave Davies and the Hot Foot Club @ Rochester Museum and Science Center, 8:00 pm
• Dave Gibson Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Shades of Grey @ Bistro 135, 9:00 pm
• Filthy Funk (w/ Subsoil) @ Lovin’ Cup, 9:30 pm

Saturday, October 18th

• Dave Brubeck named Honorary Doctor of Music, University of Rochester, Eastman School of Music, Eastman Theatre @ 8:00 pm (before Eastman Wind Ensemble & Philharmonia concert).
• Deb Sorenson @ PaRe Bar & Grill, 7:00 pm
• Madeline Forster @ Bistro 135, 7:30 pm
• Tom Passamonte & Special Blend @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 7:30 pm
• Shared Genes @ Café Vas, 7:30 pm
• The Westview Project @  Pane Vino Ristorante, 8:00 pm
• Dave Gibson Quartet @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
• Steve Greene Trio w/Tina Albright @ Little Theatre Café, 8:30 pm
• Jazz Dawgs @ Starry Nites Café, 8:00 pm
• Kinetik-flo @ Clarissa’s, 9:00 pm
• East End Boys @ Havana Moes (East Ave.), 9:30 pm

Sunday, October 19th

• Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
• UR Jazz Ensemble and Gospel Choir @ University of Rochester-Strong Auditorium, 1:00 pm
• Tony Giannavola @ Artisan Works, 1:00 pm
• Geneseo Wind and Jazz Ensembles @ SUNY Geneseo-Wadsworth Auditorium, 3:00 pm
• Kurt Elling "Dedicated to You" w/ Ernie Watts, Benefit for Commencement Park @ Eastman Theatre, 8:00 pm

Monday, October 20th

• Flower City Jazz Society presents a Dixieland Evening with Ed Clute’s Dixie Five @ Green Lantern Inn, Fairport, 6:30 pm
• The White Hots @ Little Theatre Café, 7:30 pm
• Big Apple Mondays Swing Dance Class and Live Jazz with Quinn Lawrence Trio @ Flat Iron Café, 8:30 pm

Tuesday, October 21st

• Jim Nugent Trio @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
• Metropolitan Stompers @ Edgerton Community Center, 7:30 pm

Wednesday, October 22nd

• Todd East @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
• Nate Rawls @ Roger Robach Community Center, 7:15 pm
• Madeline Forster w/ John Nyerges @ Little Theatre Café, 7:30 pm

Looking Ahead . . .

• Spyro Gyra @ Roberts Wesleyan College, November 8th, 7:30pm

We’ve compiled these listings from information obtained from the performing artists themselves and other sources. The aim is to give you a one stop place to find all your jazz in Rochester. I can’t go to every venue’s site and check there, so if you are a venue, promoter or artist, send me your gigs directly.  Contact me by clicking on the email link in the left panel.  Forgive me for any discrepancies with reality and feel free to let me know what the problem is, and I’ll get the corrections up on the site as soon as possible (click on the "Send an email to Jazz@Rochester" link). If you go out to hear a performance listed here, feel free to drop a comment to this post about how it went. I want to hear from you!