At CSE Music School, Vince Ercolamento has been educating students for the past 30 years. CSE's student jazz bands have been performing in the Rochester area for the past 20 years. They have performed at the Webster Jazz Festival, Immanuel Baptist Church jazz series, ISquare and local cafés with live music offerings. The students are from many di...
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Known for her adventurous, engaging music that heals the soul, pianist-composer-vocalist Deanna Witkowskimoves with remarkable ease between Brazilian, jazz, classical, and sacred music. Her first book, Mary Lou Williams: Music For The Soul (Liturgical Press), published in September 2021, is the winner of the 2022 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgi...
EYJO is a unique, high-level jazz program, consisting of the extended area’s top high school jazz musicians. This ensemble’s primary focus is on developing the student’s technique, improvisational skills and deepening their understanding of jazz. Includes rhythm, saxophone, trumpet or trombone sectionals from 9-9:30 a.m. The band play...
All In Music Inc is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, and the home unit of the All In Brass Band, a youth-focused music ensemble that emphasizes Music Education, Entertainment, and Community Impact. Board of Directors: Tom Allen, President and ChairmanBeth Toly-Hughes, SecretaryStephen Short, Jr. Vince HopeDr. Daniele Lyman-Torres ...
Born in 2001 in Hackensack, NJ, Matthew Whitaker grew up surrounded by music. His love for playing music first began at the young age of 3 after his grandfather gave him a small Yamaha keyboard. At 9, Matthew began teaching himself how to play the Hammond B3 organ. Four years later, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond in its 80+ yea...
Helen Sung is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, and a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston, Texas, and graduate of its High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), she eschewed her classical piano upbringing after a jazz epiphany during undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Helen went on to become part...
OKAN fuses Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love. Taking their name from the word for heart in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, OKAN is led by the Cuban-born, Grammy and Latin-Grammy nominated violinist Elizabeth Rodriguez and percussionist Magdelys Savigne Having recently worked with ...
Gabrielle Cavassa is a New Orleans-based, California-born, vocalist-composer of Italian descent who continues to garner attention for her distinctive voice and intimate expression. In 2021, Cavassa was crowned co-winner of the 2021 International Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Competition, joining the ranks of previous winners such as Cyrille Aimée, Jaz...
Chris Minh Doky’s deft creativity moved his bass playing from a role as the rhythmic ballast of a piece, right to the forefront by enticing solo melodies from his instrument. The journey of his musical career began in the realm of jazz with his matchless sound as the vehicle taking, him to new musical territories as a solo artist. Electric or acou...
Sister Orchid is Nellie’s seventh album, starting with Get Away From Me (“a tour de force” – The New York Times), including Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day (“among the killer overhauls of American standards” – The New York Times) and My Weekly R...
iGNiTE! is a reggae band based out of Rochester, NY that came together to deliver Authentic Reggae Music. With over 30 years of experience playing Reggae music, as one of the founders of Confrontation, the second Reggae band formed in Rochester, frontman, Ronald “Skill” Gordon joined forces with Francine “Queen” Wedderburn, Chevy...
Featuring Manuel Valera (keyboards) Janek Gwizdala (bass) Steve Smith (drums) Drummer Steve Smith has been touring and recording with his all-star group Vital Information since 1983 making 2023 the 40th Anniversary of the group. Steve Smith and Vital Information celebrate the occasion with a newly recorded double CD release entitled TIME FLIES. The ne...
Scott Sharrard ~ Guitar Kyle Koehler ~ B-3 Organ Tony Leone ~Drums Craig Dreyer ~Tenor Saxophone Reggie Pittman ~ Trumpet Where Bill Graham’s Fillmore East meets Detroit’s Club Mozambique you will find the sounds of NYC’s newest band, Eldorado Slim. Led by Little Feat guitarist Scott Sharrard, the 6-piece lineup consists of ...
Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and arranger Tom Guarna is an unparalleled artist, incorporating many styles (Jazz, Funk, Latin, Soul, Blues, Pop, R&B, World Music) into his own blend of unique and engaging music. Guarna, described by Tom Schnabel (Rhythm Planet) as “demonstrat[ing] . . . superb chops and melodic invention” and by J...
Known for her adventurous, engaging music that heals the soul, pianist-composer-vocalist Deanna Witkowskimoves with remarkable ease between Brazilian, jazz, classical, and sacred music. Her first book, Mary Lou Williams: Music For The Soul (Liturgical Press), published in September 2021, is the winner of the 2022 ASCAP Foundation Deems Taylor/Virgi...
BUY TICKETS NOW PAT METHENY was born in Lee's Summit, MO on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the bandstand experience at an unusually young age. &nb...
Bassel & The Supernaturals tells the story of Bassel Almadani's experience as a first generation Syrian-American using soulful melodies, funk inspired grooves, and captivating lyrics regarding love, loss, and the war in Syria.Deeply inspired by Otis Redding, Bassel uses the stage as a vehicle to engage audiences in over 100 different cities across N...
Chris Minh Doky’s deft creativity moved his bass playing from a role as the rhythmic ballast of a piece, right to the forefront by enticing solo melodies from his instrument. The journey of his musical career began in the realm of jazz with his matchless sound as the vehicle taking, him to new musical territories as a solo artist. Electric or acou...
iGNiTE! is a reggae band based out of Rochester, NY that came together to deliver Authentic Reggae Music. With over 30 years of experience playing Reggae music, as one of the founders of Confrontation, the second Reggae band formed in Rochester, frontman, Ronald “Skill” Gordon joined forces with Francine “Queen” Wedderburn, Chevy...
Born in 2001 in Hackensack, NJ, Matthew Whitaker grew up surrounded by music. His love for playing music first began at the young age of 3 after his grandfather gave him a small Yamaha keyboard. At 9, Matthew began teaching himself how to play the Hammond B3 organ. Four years later, he became the youngest artist to be endorsed by Hammond in its 80+ yea...
Featuring Manuel Valera (keyboards) Janek Gwizdala (bass) Steve Smith (drums) Drummer Steve Smith has been touring and recording with his all-star group Vital Information since 1983 making 2023 the 40th Anniversary of the group. Steve Smith and Vital Information celebrate the occasion with a newly recorded double CD release entitled TIME FLIES. The ne...
Sister Orchid is Nellie’s seventh album, starting with Get Away From Me (“a tour de force” – The New York Times), including Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day (“among the killer overhauls of American standards” – The New York Times) and My Weekly R...
Scott Sharrard ~ Guitar Kyle Koehler ~ B-3 Organ Tony Leone ~Drums Craig Dreyer ~Tenor Saxophone Reggie Pittman ~ Trumpet Where Bill Graham’s Fillmore East meets Detroit’s Club Mozambique you will find the sounds of NYC’s newest band, Eldorado Slim. Led by Little Feat guitarist Scott Sharrard, the 6-piece lineup consists of ...
Grammy-nominated guitarist, composer and arranger Tom Guarna is an unparalleled artist, incorporating many styles (Jazz, Funk, Latin, Soul, Blues, Pop, R&B, World Music) into his own blend of unique and engaging music. Guarna, described by Tom Schnabel (Rhythm Planet) as “demonstrat[ing] . . . superb chops and melodic invention” and by J...
Gabrielle Cavassa is a New Orleans-based, California-born, vocalist-composer of Italian descent who continues to garner attention for her distinctive voice and intimate expression. In 2021, Cavassa was crowned co-winner of the 2021 International Sarah Vaughan Jazz Vocal Competition, joining the ranks of previous winners such as Cyrille Aimée, Jaz...
OKAN fuses Afro-Cuban roots with jazz, folk and global rhythms in songs about immigration, courage and love. Taking their name from the word for heart in the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, OKAN is led by the Cuban-born, Grammy and Latin-Grammy nominated violinist Elizabeth Rodriguez and percussionist Magdelys Savigne Having recently worked with ...
Helen Sung is an acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, and a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow. A native of Houston, Texas, and graduate of its High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA), she eschewed her classical piano upbringing after a jazz epiphany during undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Helen went on to become part...
Bassel & The Supernaturals tells the story of Bassel Almadani's experience as a first generation Syrian-American using soulful melodies, funk inspired grooves, and captivating lyrics regarding love, loss, and the war in Syria.Deeply inspired by Otis Redding, Bassel uses the stage as a vehicle to engage audiences in over 100 different cities across N...
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