Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Feb 8, 2012, 7:54 pm
There was a real step up in the wide variety of live jazz over the next seven days. In addition, there's quite a lot of stuff coming in the next few months so check out the "Heads Up" listings at the bottom of this post. As some of you may know, I'm a recovering lawyer. Although I never ...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Feb 6, 2012, 6:51 pm
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival announced today that Club Passes for the 11th Edition of the festival have sold out! This is earlier than ever before and prior to the Club Pass Series lineup being announced. The Club Pass is a value pass, good for over 200 shows over nine days, offer...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Feb 5, 2012, 5:17 pm
Houston Person has been to Rochester (and Exodus to Jazz before) and now returns on Saturday, February 11th for a concert in the ETJ series. As Exodus To Jazz promoter José DaCosta wrote in his press release Houston Person is returnign to Rochester "with the Boss Tenor crown firmly positioned in it...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Feb 1, 2012, 7:15 pm
... Solo Piano (Brunch) @ Woodcliff Hotel, call for time Red Carpet Sundays Networking Event (with live jazz) @ Memorial ... , 8:00 pm (two 1-hour sets) Jimmy Heath Big Band A Jazz Masterpiece: Four Black Immortals: In tribute ... 1:00 pm (tickets go on sale February 6th) Cornell ...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jan 27, 2012, 7:39 pm
Culture Clash includes Howard Potter on vibes, Jeff Smith on bass, & drummer J. Alan Jackson. It's not all lecture, but great Monk music (tonight) & some learnin... Last Friday if the month... at the Baobab Cultural Center Check it out!
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jan 25, 2012, 7:10 pm
The folks over at XRIJF have announced some of the headliners for the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, which will be running from June 22-30th this year. The fourt announced yesterday include a returning for Norah Jones, who appeared at the first Jazz Fest before she was "discovered" and...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jan 22, 2012, 6:42 pm
While you're watching the playoffs and other pursuits, these two fantastic jazz pianists came into town to play duets (mostly) in the Exodus to Jazz series in a benefit for the Museum of Kids Art.
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Nov 2, 2011, 6:32 pm
We're back in town and hoping to get out to see some live jazz soon. Here are the options that are coming up in the next seven days and beyond. Please let me know if I've missed anything. Thursday, November 3, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 30, 2011, 7:41 pm
My buds in Paradigm Shift with Herb Smith do a smoking opening set at the Jazz for the Park benefit for Wilson Commencement Park, opening for Will Downing.
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 26, 2011, 11:19 pm
Greetings from Washington, D.C., where I'm hanging with some lawyers at a conference and supporting one of my authors for the "day job". Hope to hear some jazz while I'm here, but it's looking a bit ifffy. But the jazz goes on in Rochester so I'm sitting here in my hotel room giving you the skinny ...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 25, 2011, 5:49 pm
The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival has announced when the Club Passes will be available for the 11th Edition, running from June 22-30, 2012. Club Passes go on sale Friday, October 28th at 10 a.m. at the "special holiday price" of $155, plus a $4 service charge, which will be a $30 savin...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 23, 2011, 7:21 pm
I like to try and provide as many different avenues for you to access Jazz@Rochester and what I hope is useful information about live jazz in and around Rochester and jazz.  You can get the content of this blog in a number of ways, including: The site itself. You may have reached this bl...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 19, 2011, 7:41 pm
Wednesday again? Still busy at work, so pardon my silence. Check out some jazz over the next seven days.... Thursday, October 20, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm Ted Nicolosi and Shared Genes @ Pittsford Grill, 6:00 pm
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 12, 2011, 8:03 pm
Another week, more jazz in and around Rochester, NY, whaddayaknow?  Please let me know if  I missed anything. Thursday, October 13, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm Drew Moore & Steve Melcher, Serge and Friends @ Rabbit R...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 9, 2011, 2:48 pm
Continuing the diverse lineup of Exodus to Jazz, contemporary jazz keyboardist Lao Tizer with his band TIZER, joined by international violin star Karen Briggs, will hit the ETJ stage on October 22nd at 8:00 pm at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation. Lao Tizer is among an group of instrumentali...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 5, 2011, 6:33 pm
Has it been a week already? Geez! I'm so busy at work that the time is flying by and here it is Wednesday again... Oh well, here are the next seven days of jazz in and around Rochester, compiled lovingly for your aural pleasure.... Thursday, October 6, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hou...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Oct 2, 2011, 3:44 pm
Bill Evans and his dancers team up with Gabe Condon's No Mean Feat Jazz Trio for some great jazz, tap dance and other dance at Geva Theatre: You can catch them next week, too.
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 28, 2011, 7:07 pm
Quite a lot going on around Rochester over the next seven days as we slide into October and the chill of Fall (and flurries...?) begins. Get out and hear some if you can....   Thursday, September 29, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 25, 2011, 1:27 am
Live in Hochstein Performance Hall kicking off the Exodus To Jazz season... Johnny O'Neal wow'd the crowd with a tribute to Hank Jones....
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 21, 2011, 7:20 pm
There's a lot out there over the next seven days in and around Rochester, plus some new stuff to look forward to in the next couple of months (see the upcoming events at the bottom of the post).As always, please let me know if I missed anything or got any of it wrong. Hope you get out and enjoy some...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 17, 2011, 7:10 pm
Exodus To Jazz is kicking off its sixth season on September 24th by bringing the great post-bop alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett to Rochester. Garrett will be leading a stellar quartet, including pianist Benito Gonzalez, bassist Charnett Moffett, and drummer Marcus Baylor. This is a great chance to ...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 14, 2011, 7:41 pm
Another week goes by and another one is coming, with quite a lot of jazz in and around your local jazz haunts and beyond. Let me know if I missed anything, etc. Hope you get out and hear some... Thursday, September 15, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff H...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 11, 2011, 3:31 pm
Walked over to the Clothesline Festival at Memorial Art Gallery, just in time for a light rain, but nice & dry in the Pavilion with some soulful sounds...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 8, 2011, 9:22 pm
Jimmie celebrating another birthday doing what he loves....
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Sep 7, 2011, 7:07 pm
There is already a bit of a nip in the air and the traditional end of the year art festival, The Clothesline Festival at the Memorial Art Gallery, is going on this weekend. Damn... where did it go?  You'd think we live in Rochester.... oh yeah, right ... we do!  Well, here are the jazz...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Aug 31, 2011, 7:47 pm
We dodged the Irene bullet and I hope your loved ones east of here fared well.... A holiday weekend means a bit more barbequing, traveling and what not, but not as much jazz around town (although you can see there is something every night). You can still vote for Jazz@Rochest...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Aug 24, 2011, 6:36 pm
So, did the earth move for you?  As a former dweller in Southern California, I tend not to feel them (not to mention the jackhammers going outside my office windows that day). Shameless plug here...  Rochester City Newspaper is kicking off their "primary voting" today to ge...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Aug 17, 2011, 6:42 pm
Here are the next seven days of jazz in Rochester and its environs... at least those I could locate. If you know of something I missed, let me know through an email. Thursday, August 18, 2011 Wine and Jazz Happy Hour with Andy Calabrese @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Aug 14, 2011, 7:07 pm
Joe DeFrancesco drops in with Bob Sneider and Carmen Intorre to lay down some B3 grooves at Abbott's Downtown. And yes they also have a small bar in addition to that great cold stuff....
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Aug 13, 2011, 6:01 pm
I'm a big fan of the Hammond B3 organ and one of the best on the B3, Joey DeFrancesco, will be in Rochester tomorrow (Sunday) night and will be appearing at a new jazz haunt, Abbotts Custard & Kitchen Keg (yes, that Abbott's...), which has a house B3 along with the trademark frozen custard and (I ex...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Aug 10, 2011, 8:00 pm
As we head into the last few weeks of summer and the coming end of Festapalooza, things are a bit light this week. However, you can see the great Hammond B-3 organist Joey Defrancesco on Sunday AND eat Abbott's frozen custard ... now that's livin! Check out the listing below.  Hey, I wa...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Aug 3, 2011, 6:27 pm
I arrived back in ROC this afternoon and almost need a sweater today (quite a jolt after over 7 days in 100+ degree weather in Kansas. Here are the jazz listings for in and around Rochester for the next seven days. Unfortunately, my DNS issues with City's site have come back and I'm too tired from t...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jul 27, 2011, 9:29 pm
I'm out of town visiting my father, but the live jazz in Rochester is never too far out of my mind (at least while I'm doing this blog thing....). So, while I'm away, here are the live jazz I was able to scare up from my sources over the next seven days (and a few in the future). Thursday...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jul 25, 2011, 5:01 pm
Recently, Jose DaCosta, the main man behind the great Exodus to Jazz series announced that tickets were on sale for the 2011-2012 Season of ETJ. There are some great artists here coming from a number of diverse directions—some are new to ETJ, some familiar to those of you who have caug...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jul 20, 2011, 9:18 pm
Yeah, it's hot outside, but I'm inside writing this post and checking out the new disc by James Farm. You think this is hot?  Next week I'm going to visit my father in Kansas, where it has been over 100 degrees for most of this month, with humdity index it's up over 110 some days! I'm hoping it wi...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jul 13, 2011, 7:54 pm
I know, there is so much going on around town that it's becoming difficult to find time to get some jazz in. If you can fit it in, here is what I could find live jazz-wise for the next seven days. If you know of something I missed, let me know.   Hope you're having a great summertime! &...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jul 6, 2011, 7:25 pm
Believe it or not, technology fails me sometimes... I've been getting a DNS error when trying to access City Newspaper's site, which I refer to to check on listings they have. The listings below, therefore, may need to be "amended" later when I learn more about them. For those of you who get the ema...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 29, 2011, 5:56 pm
As we get into July and many of you either leave town or have martial music on your platters, we are a little light this week in terms of live jazz, but there's still plenty. So, get out there and, in between picnics and fireworks, hear some jazz! Thursday, June 30, 2011 Chris Potter Trio...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 26, 2011, 4:13 pm
Now that I've had a bit of time to recover and let it sink in, I thought I'd write one or two posts to unpack my experience this year at the 10th Rochester International Jazz Festival and, hopefully, start a conversation amongst you my readers (I'll join in as well...).  One of the que...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 22, 2011, 7:22 pm
Been catching up on sleep, work, and a lot of other things, but still have some things to write about final thoughts about the just past 10th Annual Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. Will probably do a lot of that this weekend. Until then, here are your regularly scheduled Wednesday live ...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 19, 2011, 2:40 pm
I have a friend that lives near the festival site and met there with some friends on the last day to have a short tailgate party before heading out for our final evening of music. While we may start earlier, this may become a tradition that continues on the last day of the XRIJF... I like that. I l...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 18, 2011, 1:30 pm
The Kenny Barron Trio brought the hall down at Kilbourn during the first set with a mixture of standards and his own compositions. In addition to bassist Kiyoshi Kitagowa, Barron completed his trio with drummer Johnathan Blake, who I've seen perform here before with Joe Locke in 2008, and more recen...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 17, 2011, 11:23 am
Started the evening out with the third Rochester Jazz Festival appearance of Bill Frisell. Here with his "Beautiful Dreamers" project with Rudy Royston on drums and Eyvind Kang on violin viola, Frisell was what I always expect when I hear Bill Frisell ... unexpected.  The opening number of the fir...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 16, 2011, 3:07 pm
Due to an early presentation at work this morning, I played an adult on the Internet and limiting myself to one Club Pass gig last night—Greg Burk's Many Worlds. While I was not surprised given my research, by the thinning of the audience over their first set, I expect many were. There are sometim...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 16, 2011, 1:42 am
If you're looking for Xerox Rochester Jazz Festival listings, look in the right panel or click on the XRIJF image in the middle panel to go to their site. These are listings for the live jazz being played around town by those who ply their jazz trade throughout the year or have already played their...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 15, 2011, 9:27 am
I'm focusing on being a responsible adult (for a couple of days at least) and Tuesday (and today) I am limiting my schedule at the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. That doesn't mean you have to, so go jazz amongst yourselves...On Tuesday, I managed to get out to hear a few things. &...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 14, 2011, 12:48 pm
My feared illness was a no show, instead most likely the result of a local tree spewing forth its pollen, so feeling better I ventured out into the venues of the XRIJF on Monday, although decidedly subdued in consumption of beer and street meat.  Started out with the subtle mastery of g...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 13, 2011, 11:23 am
Perhaps I didn't relax enough, but the past few weeks (months... haven't had a day off since beginning of the year) seemed to catch up with me.  Jury is still out on whether I'm sick or just some tree has started spewing its stuff into the air, but it took the wind out of my sails last night toward...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 12, 2011, 2:59 pm
As I thought, on the second evening of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, my path diverged from that I set before, but it was for a good cause—just enjoying the music where I was at too much to leave. A satisfying (and much more relaxed) evening throughout, I started out at the Bill ...
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Gregory B. posted an article on Jazz@Rochester - Jun 11, 2011, 2:34 pm
Great first day of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.  Weather was great.  Managed to hear Kevin Eubanks, some of Mark Murphy's and Soweto Kinch's second sets, and Matt Wilson's Arts & Crafts. Have to say that Matt Wilson's Arts and Crafts will be one of my highlights from this fest...
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