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Jazz Around Town: Although we start out slow (a pause to eat turkey?), the jazz continues

Gregory B. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 6:56 pm
Sending you your Rochester jazz listings this week from somewhere in the Flint Hills east of Wichita, Kansas (OK, here). No jazz here, but hope to catch some when I return after the holiday. Hope you ...
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Jazz Around Town: Prelude to a bird (but not Bird)...

Gregory B. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 6:17 pm
As I wing off to Kansas for Turkey Day with my parents, I leave you with some jazz to get out to before tucking in the bird next Thursday. Thursday, November 19, 2009 Todd East @ Brio Wine Bar & ...
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Listen to some jazz grooves while doing good ... Check out Jazz@111

Gregory B. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 9:54 pm
In the Loop Ministries, located at the Reformation Lutheran Church at 111 Chestnut Street in the City’s Eastman School of Music and Theatre district (and the home of the Nordic Jazz Now Series durin...
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Get 2 twofers at Exodus to Jazz ... Paradigm Shift with special guest Bobby Militello and a 2-for-1 ticket offer!

Gregory B. posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 3:27 pm
Exodus To Jazz is inviting you to treat a friend to enjoy the popular Rochester-based trio Rochester-based trio Paradigm Shift reuniting for a concert with its special guest, Dave Brubeck's acclai...
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Jazz Around Town: Listing jazz in the clubs, halls and restaurants of Rochester

Gregory B. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 7:20 pm
Sometimes just don't have enough steam to get more than the Wednedsay listings post out. I'm sure you're lives went on without it... So, enough with the bellyachin, here's the jazz for...
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Jazz Around Town: Snow may blow soon, but there are others blowing around Rochester

Gregory B. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 7:07 pm
The snows start to blow soon, but so do the sax and other wind instruments around our fair city. Check out the jazz over the next seven days in Rochester: Thursday, November 5, 2009 The Greg C...
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Bringing the jazz on the interwebs...Try it out

Gregory B. posted an article on - Nov 1, 2009, 6:53 pm
... —Coltrane, Miles, Armstrong, and on and on—and are exposed to the great jazz music being played and recorded all over the country and world, ... 's tag line for the Xerox Roche...
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Jazz Around Town: Scaring up some music for you over the next seven days...

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 7:10 pm
In addition to the listings, I thought I'd let you know that the folks over at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival  tickets for the 9th Annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festi...
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Jazz in the short term ... some special gigs coming up soon

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 7:30 pm
Just a quick note to give you a heads up now on some special stuff that will be coming up soon after I post the listings tomorrow night. On Thursday, Bop Arts will present drummer Harris Eisenstad...
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Jazz Around Town: It may be getting colder, but the hot jazz out there will keep you warm...

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 7:51 pm
As we slide into the winter months, try to keep the heat up with some live jazz music at the restaurants and clubs in and around Rochester. It's kind of interesting. The "wordle" on the right is f...
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Exodus to Jazz continues with Johnny O'Neal on Friday

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 19, 2009, 6:30 pm
The Exodus To Jazz series of jazz gigs continues with the Johnny O’Neal Trio on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside with sets at 8:00 and 10:00 pm in Frontier Hall at the...
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Jazz Around Town: Come out and hear some jazz in Rochester

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 10:48 pm
Getting this in just under the wire on Wednesday a I just got back in the house from the event at the Kodak Theater at Eastman honoring saxman Gerry Niewood and his music. It was a full house (for jaz...
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Eastman celebrates the legacy of saxophonist Gerry Niewood with an all-star concert on October 14th

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 11, 2009, 1:57 pm
Gerry Niewood—saxophonist and flutist, band leader and long-time sideman to Chuck Magione, died in the February 12, 2009, crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 near Buffalo. Niewood was also Rochester nat...
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Jazz Around Town: Live jazz in and around Rochester

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 6:21 pm
Here are jazz listings for the next seven days. Good week for jazz in Rochester with much on tap over the next seven days, including Lee Konitz with Harold Danko at Eastman's Kilbourn Hall, the ce...
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Lee Konitz comes to Eastman October 12th to blow in his 82nd with Harold Danko

Gregory B. posted an article on - Oct 4, 2009, 9:11 pm
On October 12th, the night before his 80th 82nd birthday, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz will join Eastman School of Music Jazz Studies Chair Harold Danko for a night of music in Kilbourn Hall at 8:00 pm...
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Jazz Around Town: Where to find jazz in Rochester over the next seven days

Gregory B. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 7:28 pm
The United Nations has designated the first Monday each October as World Habitat Day. Please join Habitat for Humanity in coming together and declaring that the lack of decent, affordable housing for ...
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Jazz Around Town: Gigs here and there around Rochester

Gregory B. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 7:30 pm
As you can see below, there's a lot going on over the next seven days in the clubs, restaurants, hotels and concert halls around Rochester that feature jazz. Here are the listings through next Wed...
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I'm late to the party, but #jazzlives in Rochester and on Twitter

Gregory B. posted an article on - Sep 20, 2009, 7:39 pm
As I sat listening last night to a rotating group of Eastman School of Music jazz studies students jam at Havana Moe's on East Avenue, swinging their way into better chops through some standards (...
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Jazz Around Town: Listings for jazz in and around Rochester

Gregory B. posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 7:53 pm
I know, I know ... one listings post after another. Seems like it is becoming a trend. I'm in a bit of a rut and, at some point, I'll get out of it. Anyway, here are the listings. They're ...
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Jazz Around Town: Rochester's jazz over the next seven days

Gregory B. posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 8:19 pm
Catch some jazz around Rochester in the next 7 days. The photo of trumpeter Tom Harrell here is  one of the  images you'll find on the Jazz@Rochester image pool on Flickr (this one is one of the...
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Exodus to Jazz series brings the dynamic Eldar Djangirov to Rochester

Gregory B. posted an article on - Sep 6, 2009, 6:49 pm
Eldar, the talented (and so damn young) pianist who has made popular appearances here at the Rochester International Jazz Festival in past years will be coming to town on Friday, September 25th, when ...
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Jazz Around Town: Disregard those listings that appear in the post below... Here are the new ones

Gregory B. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 7:37 pm
Sorry, but the week was difficult and the posts were few (OK there were no posts since last Wednesday). Please disregard the listings in the next post as they are already gone. Here's where you...
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Jazz Around Town: We're in the home stretch on summer, I'm afraid...

Gregory B. posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 6:34 pm
We've collected the jazz gigs from clubs, restaurants and other venues in and around Rochester for the next seven days. Check out the conversation on the new Jazz@Rochester Facebook Page. OK, ther...
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Seeing & hearing ... JazzCorner's JazzVision site let's you do both

Gregory B. posted an article on - Aug 23, 2009, 6:21 pm
Thought you might want to check out jazz site JazzCorner's JazzVision, which is the first videosharing site dedicated solely to jazz and blues videos for users to watch and even upload. Sign up is...
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Jazz Around Town: Man it has been hot (and humid)!

Gregory B. posted an article on - Aug 19, 2009, 5:41 pm
We've collected the jazz gigs from clubs, restaurants and other venues in and around Rochester for the next seven days. Been doing it since 2005. Starting this week the posts will be with one thin...
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Join the conversation on Jazz@Rochester's Facebook page

Gregory B. posted an article on - Aug 18, 2009, 7:46 pm
While I've been on Facebook for awhile, I focus my activities there on friends and family.  Recently, I've seen a lot of local jazz artists (and other jazz artists) moving over to Faceboo...
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Jazz in and around Rochester over the next seven days ...

Gregory B. posted an article on - Aug 12, 2009, 7:47 pm
So much jazz, so little time... OK, I'm exaggerating a bit, but what do you expect? Even musicians (and venue owners) take a break in the summer. Thursday, August 13, 2009 Dave Labman @ Co...
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Although not Friday, it's still time to take 5 (the Newport Edition)

Gregory B. posted an article on - Aug 8, 2009, 10:35 am
The Newport Jazz Festival (and folk festival as well) seemed to be on their last legs recently, but legendary jazz promoter George Wein, stepped in with the health care products company CareFusion to ...
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The next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester, NY

Gregory B. posted an article on - Aug 5, 2009, 6:08 pm
Here's the next seven days of jazz in Rochester. You'll find me at the Vandermark 5 gig tomorrow night at Village Gate.  Not sure what else is in store, but who knows? Thursday, August 6...
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Before heading out to the Park Ave. Fest tomorrow ... why don't you Take Five?

Gregory B. posted an article on - Jul 31, 2009, 7:16 pm
Another weekend of festivals and summer (well, almost...) here in Rochester, but I have some more jazz links for you to check out: In case you hadn't heard, local jazzman Fred Costello, who ha...
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Bop Arts brings the innovative Vandermark 5 to Rochester on August 6th

Gregory B. posted an article on - Jul 27, 2009, 7:34 pm
I had a chance to hear the Vandermark 5 play in Chicago shortly after fellow Chicagoan Ken Vandermark formed the group in 1996. If my prior experiences of Vandermark are any measure (including his rec...
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