Artist Lineup
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4:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
CSE Music School Band
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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5:15 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Honeoye Falls Lima High School Jazz Band
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5:45 PMHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
Deanna Witkowski Plays Mary Lou Williams
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...
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6:00 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra With Herb Smith
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...
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6:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
All in Brass Band
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 ...
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6:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Matthew Whitaker
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...
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6:00 PMWilder Room
Helen Sung Quartet+
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...
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6:00 PMMontage Music Hall
Okan
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 ...
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6:15 PMMax of Eastman Place
Gabrielle Cavassa
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...
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6:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Chris Minh Doky All Stars
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...
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7:00 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Nellie McKay
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...
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7:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
iGNiTE Reggae Band
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...
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7:00 PMTemple Theater
Steve Smith & Vital Information
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...
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7:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Eldorado Slim Featuring Scott Sharrard of Little Feat
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 ...
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7:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Tom Guarna Trio
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...
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7:45 PMHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
Deanna Witkowski Plays Mary Lou Williams
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...
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8:00 PMKodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Pat Metheny Side-Eye
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...
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8:30 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Bassel & The Supernaturals
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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8:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Chris Minh Doky All Stars
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...
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9:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
iGNiTE Reggae Band
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...
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9:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Matthew Whitaker
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...
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9:15 PMTemple Theater
Steve Smith & Vital Information
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...
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9:15 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Nellie McKay
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...
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9:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Eldorado Slim Featuring Scott Sharrard of Little Feat
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 ...
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9:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Tom Guarna Trio
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...
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10:00 PMMax of Eastman Place
Gabrielle Cavassa
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...
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10:00 PMMontage Music Hall
Okan
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 ...
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10:00 PMWilder Room
Helen Sung Quartet+
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...
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10:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Bassel & The Supernaturals
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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10:30 PMHyatt Regency Rochester Astor on Main - Squeezers Jam Sessions
Jam Session with Mike Cottone
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