Gabriel Alegria imageQuite a lot going on in Rochester over the next seven days, spanning continents and styles. Some Afro-Peruvian jazz, perhaps? A little B3? Or some of your regular favorites. Hope you get out there and hear some. No Irish jazz that I could find, though.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

  • Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm
  • Dawn Thomson & Special Guests @ Max at Eastman Place, 7:00 pm
  • DjanGoners @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
  • Matt Valerio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:00 pm
  • Mark Cassara Band @ Pane Vino, 8:00 pm

Friday, March 12, 2010

  • Sofrito @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
  • Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm
  • Exodus to Jazz presents the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, 8:00 pm
  • Pat Bianchi Organ Trio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
  • The Bowties @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
  • Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm

Saturday, March 13, 2010

  • Frank’s Rat Pack @ Bistro 135, 7:00 pm
  • Pat Bianchi Organ Trio @ The Grill at Strathallan, 8:30 pm
  • Fred Stone Progressive Jazz Trio @ Little Theatre Cafe, 8:30 pm
  • Gap Mangione New Blues Band @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 8:30 pm
  • Bobby Henrie & The Goners @ Abilene, 9:00 pm
  • East End Jazz Boys @ Havana Moes, 9:30 pm

Sunday, March 14, 2010

  • Bill Slater @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 11:30 am
  • Latin Jazz Jam @ Tango Cafe, 4:00 pm
  • Jazz Night with the Rick Holland Little Big Band @ Lovin’ Cup, 7:00 pm

Monday, March 15, 2010

  • Paul Preston’s Barroom Buzzards Plus Two @ Green Lantern Inn, One East Church St, Fairport, 6:30 pm
  • The White Hots @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

  • Simon Fletcher Quartet @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
  • Ryan T Carey & El Rojo Jazz Band @ Thali of India, 7:00 pm

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (Erin Go Bragh!)

  • Meta Accord @ Bistro 135, 6:00 pm
  • AMP @ Little Theatre Cafe, 7:30 pm
  • Paradigm Shift @ Pomodoro’s Grill & Wine Bar, 7:30 pm
  • Bop Arts presents The Mike Baggetta Group (featuring George Schuller, Eivind Opsvik and Jason Rigby) @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St. in the Village Gate, 8:00 pm

Heads Up … Look for these Jazz Gigs in the Future

  • Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra @ Sixth Annual Jazz for the Park benefit, Auditorium Theatre, March 22, 2010
  • Exodus to Jazz presents Annie Sellick and Trio @ Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside, Friday, April 2, 2010, 8:00 pm
  • Bop Arts presents Gebhard Ullman’s Clarinet Trio @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St. in the Village Gate, April 5, 2010 at 8:00 pm
  • Byron Stripling with Eastman Jazz Lab Band Rich Thompson, Director @ Kilbourn Hall, April 7, 2010, 8:00 pm
  • Bop Arts presents Konk Pack (featuring Tim Hodgkinson, Thomas Lehn, & Roger Turner) @ Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St. in the Village Gate, April 12, 2010 at 8:00 pm

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. Please 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!

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One response to “Jazz Around Town: Things start picking up jazz-wise in ROC as the days lengthen and the snow melts (for awhile, at least)”

  1. the Bowties at Little Cafe Friday the 13th….are they jazz? I’m looking for something a little different to hear that evening, and Bowties caught my eye

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