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        • Friday, June 17, 2022
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        • Thursday, June 23, 2022
        • Friday, June 24, 2022
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      • A-B
        • Adam Melchor
        • All In Brass Band
        • Amanda Ashley
        • Ana Egge
        • Andy McKee
        • Arturo O'Farrill Quintet
        • Bad Sneakers
        • Big Lazy
        • Bill Frisell Trio
        • Bill Tiberio Group
        • Bill Warfield's Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra
        • Bloomfield High School Jazz Band
        • Blu
        • Bob James Quartet
        • Bob Viavattine
        • Bobby Rush
        • Booker T Presents: A Soul Stax Revue
        • Brighton High School Jazz Band
        • Brockport Big Band
        • Brockport High School Jazz Band
        • Brother Wilson & Unpack
        • Brubeck Brothers Celebrating Dave Brubeck's Centennial
      • C-D
        • California Guitar Trio
        • Cammy Enaharo
        • Canandaigua High School Jazz Band
        • Champian Fulton
        • Champian Fulton Trio
        • Chris Botti
        • Cinnamon Jones
        • CMD
        • Con Brio
        • Connie Han
        • Connie Han Trio
        • Dan Wilson
        • Danielle Ponder
        • Dave Rivello Ensemble
        • Davina & The Vagabonds
        • Dayna Kurtz
        • Devon Allman Project + Special Guests Dirty Dozen Brass Band + Samantha Fish Band
        • Dmitry Baevsky Quartet
        • Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors
        • Drum Battle: Kenny Washington vs. Joe Farnsworth
        • Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers
      • E-F
        • Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra with Herb Smith
        • Eastridge High School Jazz Band
        • ECMS Jazz Combos with Bob Sneider
        • Elliot Scozzaro Quartet
        • Emmaline
        • ESM / ECMS Groups
        • ESM Jazz Honors Unit 1
        • ESM Jazz Honors Unit 2
        • ESM Jazz Honors Unit 3
        • ESM Wednesday & Saturday Jazz Combos
        • ESM-RIJF Jazz Scholarships Performance
        • Fairport High School Jazz Band
      • G-H
        • G Love & Special Sauce
        • Gary Versace Trio
        • Gate Swingers Big Band
        • Gates Chili High School Jazz Band
        • Giveton Gelin
        • Grace Serene and the Superclean
        • Greece Athena High School Jazz Band
        • Greece Jazz Band
        • Grupo Ife
        • Hans Bilger Group
        • Harley School Jazz Band
        • Harold Danko
        • Helen Sung
        • Helen Sung Quartet+ with guest violinist Sara Caswell
        • Hilton High School Jazz Band
        • Honeoye Falls–Lima High School Jazz Band
        • Hot Club of Cowtown
        • Huntertones
      • I-J
        • Immanuel Wilkins
        • Itamar Borochov Quartet
        • Jam Session Led by Bob Sneider
        • Jam Session Led by Karl Stabnau
        • Jamie Baum Quintet
        • Jay Collins & the Northern Resistance
        • Jazz Workshop with Bob Sneider (guitar)
        • Jazz Workshop with Gene Perla & Adam Nussbaum (drums & bass)
        • Jazz Workshop with Michael Weiss (piano)
        • Jazz Workshop with Mike Kaupa (trumpet)
        • Jazz Workshop with Tommy Smith (saxophone)
        • Jeremy Beck & the Heavy Duty Horns
        • Jeremy Pelt Quartet
        • Jimmie Highsmith Jr.
        • Jochen Rueckert Quartet
        • Joe Locke Group
        • John Bailey Sextet
        • Jon Ballantyne
        • Jonathan Kreisberg Trio featuring Eric Harland and Rick Rosato
        • Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
        • Joonas Haavisto Trio
        • Judah Sealy Band
        • Julia Nunes
      • K-L
        • Kaisa's Machine
        • Kenny Werner Trio
        • Kind Folk
        • Kurt Elling "Super Blue" with Charlie Hunter
        • Latriste Fulton
        • Laura Anglade Quintet
        • Lew Tabackin Trio
        • Lioness
      • M-N
        • Majestics
        • Martin Taylor
        • Marvin Williams
        • Matt Savage Trio
        • Max DiBenedetto
        • McDonald La Barbera Quintet "Trane of Thought"
        • Melody Masters Big Band
        • Michael Weiss
        • Michael Weiss Trio
        • Mike Cottone & Friends
        • Mike Ledonne Trio
        • Moho Collective
        • Ms. Lisa Fischer
        • Music Educators' Big Band
        • Nabate Isles
        • New Horizons Big Band Directed by Priscilla Todd Brown
        • New Horizons Jazz Ensemble Directed by Don Sherman
        • New Power Generation
        • Nikki Hill
        • NYC Chillharmonic
      • O-P
        • Oskar Stenmark Trio
        • Palmyra-Macedon High School Jazz Band
        • Parker Trio
        • Paul Beaubrun
        • Penfield Big Band
        • Peter Bernstein
        • Pittsford Mendon High School Jazz Band
        • Pittsford Sutherland High School Jazz Band
        • Prime Time Brass
      • Q-R
        • Ranky Tanky
        • Ravi Coltrane Freedom Trio
        • Red Hot & Blue Band
        • Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band
        • Richie & Rosie
        • RIJF All Stars
        • RINA
        • Robin McKelle
        • Robin Thicke
        • Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra
        • Ryan Johnson & Escape Terrain
      • S
        • Samantha Fish
        • Samara Joy
        • Sammy Miller & The Congregation
        • Sarah McKenzie
        • School of the Arts Jazz Band
        • Scott Mulvahill
        • Shayna Steele
        • Sheila E.
        • Sonidos Unidos
        • Sonidos Unidos
        • Soul Stew
        • Spencerport High School Jazz Band
        • Spyro Gyra
        • Stephane Wrembel
        • Sunna Gunnlaugs
        • Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio
        • Sy Smith
        • Syndicate Jazz Band
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        • Tessa Souter
        • The Able Bodies
        • The Aquaducks
        • The Bacon Brothers
        • The Cookers
        • The Dip
        • The Pickle Mafia
        • The RT's
        • Tiberi & Garzone Quartet
        • Tivon Pennicott Quartet
        • Tommy Emmanuel
        • Tommy Smith
        • Tuck & Patti
      • U-Z
        • Under The Surface
        • Vanessa Collier
        • Victor High School Jazz Band
        • Ward Hayden & The Outliers
        • Wayne Escoffrey Quartet
        • Webster Schroeder High School Jazz Band
        • Webster Thomas High School Jazz Band
        • West Irondequoit High School Band
        • Will Bryant
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RIJF 2022

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Series Schedule

  • Club Pass Series
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  • Jun 17
  • Jun 18
  • Jun 19
  • Jun 20
  • Jun 21
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  • Jun 23
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  • Jun 25
  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Harold Danko

    In a career spanning more than a half century Harold Danko has established himself as a distinguished pianist, composer and band leader, fortified by an impressive resume of collaborations with legendary jazz artists, at prestigious jazz venues throughout the world as well as in recordings, television and video. His work is well documented and readily a...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    The Cookers

    Experience counts, especially in jazz. The more time musicians spend interpreting tunes and interacting with others, the more articulation an audience can expect. You can hear the fruits of such work in the expressive language The Cookers bring to the bandstand and to their six critically acclaimed recordings, Warriors, Cast the First Stone,&n...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Shayna Steele

    There’s no need to sugar coat it since her impressive credits speak for themselves. Her colleagues praise her ability, her dedication and drive to perfecting her craft as a professional singer and knockout performer. With a voice that the London Jazz News says “unleashes enough voltage to light up the West End”, Shayna Steele has made ...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Lew Tabackin Trio

    First Place, Flute, Swing Journal Reader's poll, 2007-2010 DownBeat International Critics Poll 2010 - Flute.   Lew Tabackin, flutist and tenor saxophonist, is an artist of astonishing vision. Hiselectrifying flute playing is at once virtuosic, primordial, cross-cultural, and passionate.His distinctive tenor sax style includes the use of wide ...

  • 6:00 PM
    FREE
    RIJF Big Tent

    All In Brass Band

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Giveton Gelin

    Pursuing jazz is difficult, especially in the Bahamas. Since 10-years-old, Gelin taught himself to play the trumpet simply by emulating his favorite records. After years of self-tutelage, bass player Adrian D’Aguilar, began to mentor him; thereby, providing him the tools to play jazz. Later on, the Nassau-born trumpeter would study with Dr. Eddie ...

  • 6:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    California Guitar Trio

    The universe of guitar knows no boundaries for The California Guitar Trio. Since 1991, the group has enthralled listeners with a singular sound that fearlessly crisscrosses genres. The trio’s questing spirit drives it to explore the intersections between rock, jazz, classical, and world music. It even throws in the occasional surf or spaghetti Wes...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Richie & Rosie

    Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton grew up a 150 miles and few decades apart. While both were raised by professional cellist, Richie started playing banjo at 14 and Rosie began classical piano lessons at eight, eventually moving to classical viola as a teen. Both shared incredibly unique, musically-immersed childhoods: Richie’s family founded the ico...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Bob James Quartet

    Long after establishing himself as one of America’s most accomplished composers, arrangers and instrumentalists, multiple-GRAMMY® Award-winner Bob James achieves his long-time ambition to return to the trio format he last utilized on 2004’s Take It From The Top, and embraced as an up-and-coming artist.  Scheduled to release...

  • 7:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Tessa Souter

    A protégé of jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy, who called her a “true musician,”  “very moving” and “an extraordinary talent,” Anglo-Trinidadian vocalist, Tessa Souter, whose distinctive and exotically beautiful style of jazz evokes Andalusian Spain, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as the...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Robin McKelle

    Robin McKelle is pleased to announce the February 14th, 2020 release of her latest release Alterations.  Vocalist Robin McKelle delves into the catalogue of some of the most celebrated women of song, interpreting these masterworks through the lens of the jazz idiom.  On Alterations, McKelle follows in a long tradition of female son...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Harold Danko

    In a career spanning more than a half century Harold Danko has established himself as a distinguished pianist, composer and band leader, fortified by an impressive resume of collaborations with legendary jazz artists, at prestigious jazz venues throughout the world as well as in recordings, television and video. His work is well documented and readily a...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    California Guitar Trio

    The universe of guitar knows no boundaries for The California Guitar Trio. Since 1991, the group has enthralled listeners with a singular sound that fearlessly crisscrosses genres. The trio’s questing spirit drives it to explore the intersections between rock, jazz, classical, and world music. It even throws in the occasional surf or spaghetti Wes...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Hot Club of Cowtown

    Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Hot Club of Cowtown’s star has continued to rise as its reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows has become the band’s global brand. Lauded for its “down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation” (The Times, London), the Hot Club has always woven a combinatio...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    The Cookers

    Experience counts, especially in jazz. The more time musicians spend interpreting tunes and interacting with others, the more articulation an audience can expect. You can hear the fruits of such work in the expressive language The Cookers bring to the bandstand and to their six critically acclaimed recordings, Warriors, Cast the First Stone,&n...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Richie & Rosie

    Richie Stearns and Rosie Newton grew up a 150 miles and few decades apart. While both were raised by professional cellist, Richie started playing banjo at 14 and Rosie began classical piano lessons at eight, eventually moving to classical viola as a teen. Both shared incredibly unique, musically-immersed childhoods: Richie’s family founded the ico...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Bob James Quartet

    Long after establishing himself as one of America’s most accomplished composers, arrangers and instrumentalists, multiple-GRAMMY® Award-winner Bob James achieves his long-time ambition to return to the trio format he last utilized on 2004’s Take It From The Top, and embraced as an up-and-coming artist.  Scheduled to release...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Tessa Souter

    A protégé of jazz vocal legend Mark Murphy, who called her a “true musician,”  “very moving” and “an extraordinary talent,” Anglo-Trinidadian vocalist, Tessa Souter, whose distinctive and exotically beautiful style of jazz evokes Andalusian Spain, North Africa and the Middle East, as well as the...

  • 9:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Robin McKelle

    Robin McKelle is pleased to announce the February 14th, 2020 release of her latest release Alterations.  Vocalist Robin McKelle delves into the catalogue of some of the most celebrated women of song, interpreting these masterworks through the lens of the jazz idiom.  On Alterations, McKelle follows in a long tradition of female son...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Giveton Gelin

    Pursuing jazz is difficult, especially in the Bahamas. Since 10-years-old, Gelin taught himself to play the trumpet simply by emulating his favorite records. After years of self-tutelage, bass player Adrian D’Aguilar, began to mentor him; thereby, providing him the tools to play jazz. Later on, the Nassau-born trumpeter would study with Dr. Eddie ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Shayna Steele

    There’s no need to sugar coat it since her impressive credits speak for themselves. Her colleagues praise her ability, her dedication and drive to perfecting her craft as a professional singer and knockout performer. With a voice that the London Jazz News says “unleashes enough voltage to light up the West End”, Shayna Steele has made ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Lew Tabackin Trio

    First Place, Flute, Swing Journal Reader's poll, 2007-2010 DownBeat International Critics Poll 2010 - Flute.   Lew Tabackin, flutist and tenor saxophonist, is an artist of astonishing vision. Hiselectrifying flute playing is at once virtuosic, primordial, cross-cultural, and passionate.His distinctive tenor sax style includes the use of wide ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Hot Club of Cowtown

    Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Hot Club of Cowtown’s star has continued to rise as its reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows has become the band’s global brand. Lauded for its “down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation” (The Times, London), the Hot Club has always woven a combinatio...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Gary Versace Trio

    Originally hailing from Cos Cob, CT, jazz pianist, organist, and accordionist Gary Versace is one of the busiest and most versatile musicians on the international jazz scene, often featured in bands led by musicians such as John Scofield, Maria Schneider, John Abercrombie, Anat Cohen, Al Foster, Regina Carter, Ellery Eskelin, Ray Anderson, Rich Perry, J...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Ranky Tanky

    Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20th, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been been profiled on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and their album soared to the #1 position on the Billboard, I-Tunes, and Amazon Jazz Charts. “Gullah” comes from West African language and means “a people blessed by God.&r...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Tiberi & Garzone Quartet

    Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, that performs regularly in the Boston area and has toured Portugal. The group has released three albums. A veteran jazzman, George Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. He began on the tenor when he was si...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Kind Folk

    Since its inception in 2014, Kind Folk, comprised of trumpeter/flugelhornist John Raymond, alto saxophonist Alex LoRe, bassist Noam Wiesenberg, and drummer Colin Stranahan, has endured against all odds to create poignant, thoughtful music. After a series of impromptu sessions in a small Brooklyn apartment followed by a string o...

  • 6:00 PM
    FREE
    RIJF Big Tent

    78 Rpm Big Band

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Martin Taylor

    ‘Martin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument. He’s unbelievable’ – Pat Metheny  ‘He out-shred’s all of us put together….I’ve never seen anything like it’ – Jeff Beck  Multi award winning guitarist and composer MARTIN TAYLOR has ...

  • 6:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Champian Fulton Trio

    Born in Oklahoma, Champian is considered one of the most gifted pure Jazz musicians of her generation. She grew up with music in the home; her mother and father (Jazz trumpeter and educator Stephen Fulton) recognized her fascination with music at an early age. The presence of her father’s musician friends, including Clark Terry and Major ...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Jay Collins & the Northern Resistance

    The saxophone player of choice for famous artists such as Gregg Allman, Little Feat, Levon Helm, and Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Jay Collins is also an exciting singer, arranger, writer, and dynamic band-leader.  Jay played on 2 Grammy-winning recordings with Levon Helm, a platinum-selling DVD with the Allman Brothers Band (Live at the Beacon...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Robin McKelle

    Robin McKelle is pleased to announce the February 14th, 2020 release of her latest release Alterations.  Vocalist Robin McKelle delves into the catalogue of some of the most celebrated women of song, interpreting these masterworks through the lens of the jazz idiom.  On Alterations, McKelle follows in a long tradition of female son...

  • 7:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    NYC Chillharmonic

    The NYChillharmonic is a female fronted, Brooklyn-based, 18 piece, progressive-rock orchestra. The music fuses multiple genres including rock, pop, and jazz, which ultimately creates an ensemble sound that acknowledges the tradition of jazz as much as it sonically embraces experimental textures, arrangements, and harmonies.  The group has performe...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Hot Club of Cowtown

    Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Hot Club of Cowtown’s star has continued to rise as its reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows has become the band’s global brand. Lauded for its “down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation” (The Times, London), the Hot Club has always woven a combinatio...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Gary Versace Trio

    Originally hailing from Cos Cob, CT, jazz pianist, organist, and accordionist Gary Versace is one of the busiest and most versatile musicians on the international jazz scene, often featured in bands led by musicians such as John Scofield, Maria Schneider, John Abercrombie, Anat Cohen, Al Foster, Regina Carter, Ellery Eskelin, Ray Anderson, Rich Perry, J...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Champian Fulton Trio

    Born in Oklahoma, Champian is considered one of the most gifted pure Jazz musicians of her generation. She grew up with music in the home; her mother and father (Jazz trumpeter and educator Stephen Fulton) recognized her fascination with music at an early age. The presence of her father’s musician friends, including Clark Terry and Major ...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Bad Sneakers

    Bad Sneakers is a 13 piece band that hails from Rochester, NY. The band boasts some of Rochester’s finest musicians including current and past members of Hard Logic, Prime Time Funk, Goodness, The Klick, The Bill Tiberio Band, The Earthtones, Slipton Fell, and The Fools. The infectious groove they lay down, along with their precise and emotional a...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Ranky Tanky

    Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20th, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been been profiled on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and their album soared to the #1 position on the Billboard, I-Tunes, and Amazon Jazz Charts. “Gullah” comes from West African language and means “a people blessed by God.&r...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Jay Collins & the Northern Resistance

    The saxophone player of choice for famous artists such as Gregg Allman, Little Feat, Levon Helm, and Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Jay Collins is also an exciting singer, arranger, writer, and dynamic band-leader.  Jay played on 2 Grammy-winning recordings with Levon Helm, a platinum-selling DVD with the Allman Brothers Band (Live at the Beacon...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Robin McKelle

    Robin McKelle is pleased to announce the February 14th, 2020 release of her latest release Alterations.  Vocalist Robin McKelle delves into the catalogue of some of the most celebrated women of song, interpreting these masterworks through the lens of the jazz idiom.  On Alterations, McKelle follows in a long tradition of female son...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    NYC Chillharmonic

    The NYChillharmonic is a female fronted, Brooklyn-based, 18 piece, progressive-rock orchestra. The music fuses multiple genres including rock, pop, and jazz, which ultimately creates an ensemble sound that acknowledges the tradition of jazz as much as it sonically embraces experimental textures, arrangements, and harmonies.  The group has performe...

  • 9:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Hot Club of Cowtown

    Since its beginnings in the late 1990s, the Hot Club of Cowtown’s star has continued to rise as its reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows has become the band’s global brand. Lauded for its “down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation” (The Times, London), the Hot Club has always woven a combinatio...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Martin Taylor

    ‘Martin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument. He’s unbelievable’ – Pat Metheny  ‘He out-shred’s all of us put together….I’ve never seen anything like it’ – Jeff Beck  Multi award winning guitarist and composer MARTIN TAYLOR has ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Tiberi & Garzone Quartet

    Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, that performs regularly in the Boston area and has toured Portugal. The group has released three albums. A veteran jazzman, George Garzone has appeared on over 20 recordings. He began on the tenor when he was si...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Kind Folk

    Since its inception in 2014, Kind Folk, comprised of trumpeter/flugelhornist John Raymond, alto saxophonist Alex LoRe, bassist Noam Wiesenberg, and drummer Colin Stranahan, has endured against all odds to create poignant, thoughtful music. After a series of impromptu sessions in a small Brooklyn apartment followed by a string o...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Bad Sneakers

    Bad Sneakers is a 13 piece band that hails from Rochester, NY. The band boasts some of Rochester’s finest musicians including current and past members of Hard Logic, Prime Time Funk, Goodness, The Klick, The Bill Tiberio Band, The Earthtones, Slipton Fell, and The Fools. The infectious groove they lay down, along with their precise and emotional a...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Champian Fulton

    Born in Oklahoma, Champian is considered one of the most gifted pure Jazz musicians of her generation. She grew up with music in the home; her mother and father (Jazz trumpeter and educator Stephen Fulton) recognized her fascination with music at an early age. The presence of her father’s musician friends, including Clark Terry and Major ...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Kenny Werner Trio

    Kenny Werner has been a world-class pianist and composer for over forty years. His prolific output of compositions, recordings and publications continue to impact audiences around the world. In 1996 he wrote his landmark book, Effortless Mastery, Liberating The Master Musician Within. Werner has  since created videos, lectured world-wide and author...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Martin Taylor

    ‘Martin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument. He’s unbelievable’ – Pat Metheny  ‘He out-shred’s all of us put together….I’ve never seen anything like it’ – Jeff Beck  Multi award winning guitarist and composer MARTIN TAYLOR has ...

  • 6:00 PM
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    Wilder Room

    Laura Anglade Quintet

    Toronto-based French/American Jazz singer Laura Anglade is making a name for herself on the Canadian jazz scene and beyond. Originally from a small village in the South of France and raised in Connecticut, Laura’s singing is reminiscent of many of the great vocal stylists of the 20th century: Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Anita O&rsqu...

  • 6:00 PM
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    RIJF Big Tent

    Penfield Big Band

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Michael Weiss Trio

    Since arriving in New York in 1982, pianist, composer, arranger and educator Michael Weiss has forged a formidable career working in the bands of jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, George Coleman, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath and the Heath Brothers, Frank Wess, Charles McPherson, Jon Hendricks, Lou Donaldson, Junior Cook/...

  • 6:30 PM
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    Theater at Innovation Square

    Ravi Coltrane Freedom Trio

    Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Grammy™ nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. In the course of a twenty plus year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many, recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others and founded a prominent independent record label, RKM. Born in Long Island, the second son of John Coltrane and...

  • 7:00 PM
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    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Dayna Kurtz

    Over the past decade, the New Jersey born, now New Orleans (and seasonal Vermont) resident vocalist/writer/musician/producer has been bestowed with many awards and praises, including being named the Female Songwriter of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters.  Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt have raved about her in interviews, and she's pe...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Bill Frisell Trio

    Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as "the best recorded output of the decade." Released March of ’18, Frisell’s latest album for OKeh/Sony is a solo album titled, Music IS - "Taken as a whole, the album beautifully e...

  • 7:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Under The Surface

    Three generations of unique Dutch musicians find each other in a common urge to improvise in which aesthetics, poetry and ensemble play have a major role. The listener is taken to an almost dreamlike new reality.  Under the Surface is a new Dutch band formed by drummer Joost Lijbaart (1967), guitarist Bram Stadhouders (1987) and vocalist Sanne Ram...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Ranky Tanky

    Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20th, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been been profiled on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and their album soared to the #1 position on the Billboard, I-Tunes, and Amazon Jazz Charts. “Gullah” comes from West African language and means “a people blessed by God.&r...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Champian Fulton

    Born in Oklahoma, Champian is considered one of the most gifted pure Jazz musicians of her generation. She grew up with music in the home; her mother and father (Jazz trumpeter and educator Stephen Fulton) recognized her fascination with music at an early age. The presence of her father’s musician friends, including Clark Terry and Major ...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Ravi Coltrane Freedom Trio

    Ravi Coltrane is a critically acclaimed Grammy™ nominated saxophonist, bandleader, and composer. In the course of a twenty plus year career, Mr. Coltrane has worked as a sideman to many, recorded noteworthy albums for himself and others and founded a prominent independent record label, RKM. Born in Long Island, the second son of John Coltrane and...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Jay Collins & the Northern Resistance

    The saxophone player of choice for famous artists such as Gregg Allman, Little Feat, Levon Helm, and Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Jay Collins is also an exciting singer, arranger, writer, and dynamic band-leader.  Jay played on 2 Grammy-winning recordings with Levon Helm, a platinum-selling DVD with the Allman Brothers Band (Live at the Beacon...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Kenny Werner Trio

    Kenny Werner has been a world-class pianist and composer for over forty years. His prolific output of compositions, recordings and publications continue to impact audiences around the world. In 1996 he wrote his landmark book, Effortless Mastery, Liberating The Master Musician Within. Werner has  since created videos, lectured world-wide and author...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Dayna Kurtz

    Over the past decade, the New Jersey born, now New Orleans (and seasonal Vermont) resident vocalist/writer/musician/producer has been bestowed with many awards and praises, including being named the Female Songwriter of the Year by the National Academy of Songwriters.  Norah Jones and Bonnie Raitt have raved about her in interviews, and she's pe...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Bill Frisell Trio

    Bill Frisell’s career as a guitarist and composer has spanned more than 40 years and many celebrated recordings, whose catalog has been cited by Downbeat as "the best recorded output of the decade." Released March of ’18, Frisell’s latest album for OKeh/Sony is a solo album titled, Music IS - "Taken as a whole, the album beautifully e...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Under The Surface

    Three generations of unique Dutch musicians find each other in a common urge to improvise in which aesthetics, poetry and ensemble play have a major role. The listener is taken to an almost dreamlike new reality.  Under the Surface is a new Dutch band formed by drummer Joost Lijbaart (1967), guitarist Bram Stadhouders (1987) and vocalist Sanne Ram...

  • 9:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Ranky Tanky

    Ranky Tanky released their eponymous debut on Oct. 20th, 2017. By December of that year, the group had been been profiled on NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross and their album soared to the #1 position on the Billboard, I-Tunes, and Amazon Jazz Charts. “Gullah” comes from West African language and means “a people blessed by God.&r...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Michael Weiss Trio

    Since arriving in New York in 1982, pianist, composer, arranger and educator Michael Weiss has forged a formidable career working in the bands of jazz legends Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, Benny Golson, George Coleman, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Heath and the Heath Brothers, Frank Wess, Charles McPherson, Jon Hendricks, Lou Donaldson, Junior Cook/...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Martin Taylor

    ‘Martin Taylor is one of the most awesome solo guitar players in the history of the instrument. He’s unbelievable’ – Pat Metheny  ‘He out-shred’s all of us put together….I’ve never seen anything like it’ – Jeff Beck  Multi award winning guitarist and composer MARTIN TAYLOR has ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Laura Anglade Quintet

    Toronto-based French/American Jazz singer Laura Anglade is making a name for herself on the Canadian jazz scene and beyond. Originally from a small village in the South of France and raised in Connecticut, Laura’s singing is reminiscent of many of the great vocal stylists of the 20th century: Carmen McRae, Sarah Vaughan, Nancy Wilson, Anita O&rsqu...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Jay Collins & the Northern Resistance

    The saxophone player of choice for famous artists such as Gregg Allman, Little Feat, Levon Helm, and Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen, Jay Collins is also an exciting singer, arranger, writer, and dynamic band-leader.  Jay played on 2 Grammy-winning recordings with Levon Helm, a platinum-selling DVD with the Allman Brothers Band (Live at the Beacon...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Michael Weiss

    “he can focus the intensity in a tune as well as any pianist in mainstream jazz.” – New York Times "Weiss' shrewd writing and arranging skills are as clearly in view as his sleek piano work" – The New Yorker “An energy and irrepressible inventiveness… The nimbleness of Weiss’ technique was matched by the intellectual heft of his ideas.”...

  • 6:00 PM
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    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Sammy Miller & The Congregation

    Sammy Miller and The Congregation are on a mission to put the generosity back into jazz and bring art back to the people.  A native of Los Angeles, Grammy® nominated drummer Sammy Miller has become known for his relentless focus on making music that feels good as a drummer, singer, and bandleader. Upon completing his Master’s at The Juil...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Jeremy Beck & the Heavy Duty Horns

    “Everyone told me I was crazy,” laughs Jeremy Beck. “They’d ask, ‘What are you going to do with a band this big?’” A better question, it seems, might have been what can’t you do with a band this big? Blurring the lines between vintage soul, gospel, and rock, Jeremy Beck & The Heavy Duty Horns ...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Matt Savage Trio

    Matt Savage, age 29, has had a professional career since childhood as a jazz musician, bandleader and composer with ensembles of different size. He’s played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Chick Corea, the Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Jason Moran, Arturo O’Farrill...

  • 6:00 PM
    FREE
    RIJF Big Tent

    Brockport Big Band

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
    $30 or Club Pass
    Max of Eastman Place

    Dan Wilson

    Growing up in Akron, Ohio, Dan Wilson spent the majority of his youth within the church community, where his musical path began.Traces of his major guitar influences – including Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, and George Benson to name a few – can be discerned through his playing, but his musical identity has been shaped by everything f...

  • 6:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Mike Cottone & Friends

    Mike Cottone is a Juilliard and Eastman School graduate hailing from Rochester, NY. He also attended the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz led by jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.  He has performed and recorded with the likes of Al Jarreau, Haley Reinhart, Casey Abrams, Laura Dickenson, Neil Diamond, Ruben Blades, Mike...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Ana Egge

    Ana Egge grabbed hold of her life as a musician early on - as a teenager, she built her own guitar and moved to Austin, TX to observe, absorb and take risks. The striking depth and unusual maturity of her singing, playing, and songwriting got her noticed, and she recorded her first album, River Under the Road (1997) with the legendary western swing band...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Ms. Lisa Fischer

    After four decades of featured background singing with icons like Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, and Nine Inch Nails, MS. LISA FISCHER set out to take center stage with her own humble, heartfelt song. The 2013 Best Documentary Oscar winning film “Twenty Feet from Stardom” altered the course of Lisa&...

  • 7:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Kaisa's Machine

    Kaisa Mäensivu is an award-winning Finnish jazz bassist based inNew York. She playes with a variety of groups in Europe and in theU.S. While Kaisa mostly performs as a sidewoman, Kaisa’s Machineis her main project as a leader. She moved to New York to pursue hercareer in music in 2015. She finished her Master's degree at thehighly acclaimed M...

  • 7:45 PM
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    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Tivon Pennicott Quartet

    For years, Tivon Pennicott has been transporting audiences and listeners to a higher level of consciousness. The highly sought saxophone player, composer and multi-instrumentalist is a key contributor to three GRAMMY Award winning albums, appearing on Esperanza Spalding’s disruptive recording Radio Music Society (Heads Up International, 2012), and...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Michael Weiss

    “he can focus the intensity in a tune as well as any pianist in mainstream jazz.” – New York Times "Weiss' shrewd writing and arranging skills are as clearly in view as his sleek piano work" – The New Yorker “An energy and irrepressible inventiveness… The nimbleness of Weiss’ technique was matched by the intellectual heft of his ideas.”...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Mike Cottone & Friends

    Mike Cottone is a Juilliard and Eastman School graduate hailing from Rochester, NY. He also attended the prestigious Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz led by jazz legends Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter.  He has performed and recorded with the likes of Al Jarreau, Haley Reinhart, Casey Abrams, Laura Dickenson, Neil Diamond, Ruben Blades, Mike...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Bill Warfield's Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra

    The Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra is a group of jazz artists that have come together to facilitate and explore the bond that exists between musicians from many different countries. The Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra's latest CD is Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.  Originally known as the “International Core-tet", the group was made up of tr...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Sammy Miller & The Congregation

    Sammy Miller and The Congregation are on a mission to put the generosity back into jazz and bring art back to the people.  A native of Los Angeles, Grammy® nominated drummer Sammy Miller has become known for his relentless focus on making music that feels good as a drummer, singer, and bandleader. Upon completing his Master’s at The Juil...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Ana Egge

    Ana Egge grabbed hold of her life as a musician early on - as a teenager, she built her own guitar and moved to Austin, TX to observe, absorb and take risks. The striking depth and unusual maturity of her singing, playing, and songwriting got her noticed, and she recorded her first album, River Under the Road (1997) with the legendary western swing band...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Ms. Lisa Fischer

    After four decades of featured background singing with icons like Luther Vandross, The Rolling Stones, Chaka Khan, Tina Turner, and Nine Inch Nails, MS. LISA FISCHER set out to take center stage with her own humble, heartfelt song. The 2013 Best Documentary Oscar winning film “Twenty Feet from Stardom” altered the course of Lisa&...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Kaisa's Machine

    Kaisa Mäensivu is an award-winning Finnish jazz bassist based inNew York. She playes with a variety of groups in Europe and in theU.S. While Kaisa mostly performs as a sidewoman, Kaisa’s Machineis her main project as a leader. She moved to New York to pursue hercareer in music in 2015. She finished her Master's degree at thehighly acclaimed M...

  • 9:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Tivon Pennicott Quartet

    For years, Tivon Pennicott has been transporting audiences and listeners to a higher level of consciousness. The highly sought saxophone player, composer and multi-instrumentalist is a key contributor to three GRAMMY Award winning albums, appearing on Esperanza Spalding’s disruptive recording Radio Music Society (Heads Up International, 2012), and...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Jeremy Beck & the Heavy Duty Horns

    “Everyone told me I was crazy,” laughs Jeremy Beck. “They’d ask, ‘What are you going to do with a band this big?’” A better question, it seems, might have been what can’t you do with a band this big? Blurring the lines between vintage soul, gospel, and rock, Jeremy Beck & The Heavy Duty Horns ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Matt Savage Trio

    Matt Savage, age 29, has had a professional career since childhood as a jazz musician, bandleader and composer with ensembles of different size. He’s played with some of the biggest names in jazz, including Chick Corea, the Ellington All Stars, Chaka Khan, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Jason Moran, Arturo O’Farrill...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Bill Warfield's Hell's Kitchen Funk Orchestra

    The Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra is a group of jazz artists that have come together to facilitate and explore the bond that exists between musicians from many different countries. The Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra's latest CD is Mercy, Mercy, Mercy.  Originally known as the “International Core-tet", the group was made up of tr...

  • 10:00 PM
    $30 or Club Pass
    Max of Eastman Place

    Dan Wilson

    Growing up in Akron, Ohio, Dan Wilson spent the majority of his youth within the church community, where his musical path began.Traces of his major guitar influences – including Wes Montgomery, Charlie Christian, Joe Pass, and George Benson to name a few – can be discerned through his playing, but his musical identity has been shaped by everything f...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Connie Han

    “With this album [CRIME ZONE] she’s booking a place as a star in the jazz firmament of tomorrow. Watch out for Connie Han, the face (and shape) of jazz to come.— All About Jazz   Pianist and provocateur Connie Han has created an edgy blend of modern and traditional jazz with her incendiary Mack Avenue Records debut CRIME...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Jeremy Pelt Quartet

    Jeremy Pelt has become one of the preeminent young trumpeters within the world of jazz. Forging a bond with the Mingus Big Band very early on, as his career progressed, Pelt built upon these relationships and many others which eventually lead to collaborations with some of the genre's greatest masters. These projects include performances and recordings ...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Dmitry Baevsky Quartet

    "You can hear it loud and clear in his music: Dmitry Baevsky is here!  The Russian born alto saxophonist has made quite a name for himself since immigrating to New York from his St. Petersburg birthplace nearly twenty years ago.  Now a charter member of the world jazz community, Baevsky has proven himself to be a formidable force to be...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Helen Sung Quartet+ with guest violinist Sara Caswell

    Acclaimed pianist/composer and 2021 Guggenheim Fellow Helen Sung returns to the Rochester International Jazz Festival with Quartet+, her latest project and release on Sunnyside Records. Having lived much of her life at the intersection of different worlds — classical and jazz, and as the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants ...

  • 6:00 PM
    FREE
    RIJF Big Tent

    Gate Swingers Big Band

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Nabate Isles

    Nabaté Isles is a Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer, born and raised in New York City. Nabaté released his debut album called, 'Eclectic Excursions' in the Summer of 2018. The independent album was in the Top-50 in the JazzWeek charts for 6 weeks (peaking at #34) and is receiving critical acclaim. The album features a plethor...

  • 6:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Peter Bernstein

    Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein (b. 1967, New York City) has been a part of the jazz scene inNew York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in over 200 recordings and numerous festival, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader, Peter has released 12 albums and a DVD, Live at Smoke. He got his f...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Adam Melchor

    ...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30 at the door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Will Bryant

    Hailing from the Hudson Valley, NY, singer-songwriter Will Bryant draws inspiration from the songwriting styles of the 60s and 70s and captivates listeners with the familiarity and instant memorability of his songs. Will grew up in a musical family in Austin, TX, immersed in music from the earliest age, with artists such as Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, a...

  • 7:30 PM
    $30 or Club Pass
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Oskar Stenmark Trio

    Oskar Stenmark is born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. His family has a long legacy in music that has been traced back to 1762. Oskar developed a musical interest at an early age and eventually picked up the trumpet. After a Bachelor’s degree in improvisation at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg Oskar moved to New York to pursue his m...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Brubeck Brothers Celebrating Dave Brubeck's Centennial

    “The Brubeck Brothers Quartet attains that rarefield level where music is both relaxed and expressive, and their joy in its creation is contagious. There’s nothing out there that comes close to their unique blend of inventiveness.””  — All About Jazz  Chris and Dan Brubeck have been making music together practic...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Connie Han

    “With this album [CRIME ZONE] she’s booking a place as a star in the jazz firmament of tomorrow. Watch out for Connie Han, the face (and shape) of jazz to come.— All About Jazz   Pianist and provocateur Connie Han has created an edgy blend of modern and traditional jazz with her incendiary Mack Avenue Records debut CRIME...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Peter Bernstein

    Jazz guitarist Peter Bernstein (b. 1967, New York City) has been a part of the jazz scene inNew York and abroad since 1989. During that time he has participated in over 200 recordings and numerous festival, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations. As a leader, Peter has released 12 albums and a DVD, Live at Smoke. He got his f...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Jeremy Beck & the Heavy Duty Horns

    “Everyone told me I was crazy,” laughs Jeremy Beck. “They’d ask, ‘What are you going to do with a band this big?’” A better question, it seems, might have been what can’t you do with a band this big? Blurring the lines between vintage soul, gospel, and rock, Jeremy Beck & The Heavy Duty Horns ...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Jeremy Pelt Quartet

    Jeremy Pelt has become one of the preeminent young trumpeters within the world of jazz. Forging a bond with the Mingus Big Band very early on, as his career progressed, Pelt built upon these relationships and many others which eventually lead to collaborations with some of the genre's greatest masters. These projects include performances and recordings ...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Adam Melchor

    ...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30 at the door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Will Bryant

    Hailing from the Hudson Valley, NY, singer-songwriter Will Bryant draws inspiration from the songwriting styles of the 60s and 70s and captivates listeners with the familiarity and instant memorability of his songs. Will grew up in a musical family in Austin, TX, immersed in music from the earliest age, with artists such as Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, a...

  • 9:30 PM
    $30 or Club Pass
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Oskar Stenmark Trio

    Oskar Stenmark is born and raised in Gothenburg, Sweden. His family has a long legacy in music that has been traced back to 1762. Oskar developed a musical interest at an early age and eventually picked up the trumpet. After a Bachelor’s degree in improvisation at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg Oskar moved to New York to pursue his m...

  • 9:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Brubeck Brothers Celebrating Dave Brubeck's Centennial

    “The Brubeck Brothers Quartet attains that rarefield level where music is both relaxed and expressive, and their joy in its creation is contagious. There’s nothing out there that comes close to their unique blend of inventiveness.””  — All About Jazz  Chris and Dan Brubeck have been making music together practic...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Nabate Isles

    Nabaté Isles is a Grammy-winning trumpeter and composer, born and raised in New York City. Nabaté released his debut album called, 'Eclectic Excursions' in the Summer of 2018. The independent album was in the Top-50 in the JazzWeek charts for 6 weeks (peaking at #34) and is receiving critical acclaim. The album features a plethor...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Dmitry Baevsky Quartet

    "You can hear it loud and clear in his music: Dmitry Baevsky is here!  The Russian born alto saxophonist has made quite a name for himself since immigrating to New York from his St. Petersburg birthplace nearly twenty years ago.  Now a charter member of the world jazz community, Baevsky has proven himself to be a formidable force to be...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Helen Sung Quartet+ with guest violinist Sara Caswell

    Acclaimed pianist/composer and 2021 Guggenheim Fellow Helen Sung returns to the Rochester International Jazz Festival with Quartet+, her latest project and release on Sunnyside Records. Having lived much of her life at the intersection of different worlds — classical and jazz, and as the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Jeremy Beck & the Heavy Duty Horns

    “Everyone told me I was crazy,” laughs Jeremy Beck. “They’d ask, ‘What are you going to do with a band this big?’” A better question, it seems, might have been what can’t you do with a band this big? Blurring the lines between vintage soul, gospel, and rock, Jeremy Beck & The Heavy Duty Horns ...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Helen Sung

    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 UT Austin. Helen went on to become part of the inaugural class o...

  • 6:00 PM
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    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Arturo O'Farrill Quintet

    ARTURO O’FARRILL, pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte. In 2007, he founded the Afro Latin Ja...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Connie Han Trio

    Pianist/composer and Steinway Artist Connie Han has been described as “a decisively brazen talent with an exhilarating control of her skills and vision” by All About Jazz.  On her imminent Mack Avenue release Iron Starlet, Han manifests "an intimate clairvoyance into all that has come before her” with “uncompromisi...

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    Wilder Room

    Jamie Baum Quintet

    NYC flutist/composer/recording artist/clinician,Jamie Baum, has toured the US and over 30 countries performing at major fes-tivals and concert halls including The Monterey and London Jazz Festivals, Tampere Jazz Happening, North Sea Jazz Festival,Guimaraes Jazz Festival, Jazztopad and “jaZZ & beyond Improvised Music Festival” (Poland), S...

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    FREE
    RIJF Big Tent

    Prime Time Brass

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
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    Max of Eastman Place

    Samara Joy

    With a voice as smooth as velvet, SAMARA JOY’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she is currently recording her debut recording, which will feature Samara backed by the Pasquale Grasso Trio.  Growing up in New York, music was a pervasive presence, due ...

  • 6:30 PM
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    Theater at Innovation Square

    Stephane Wrembel

    Stephane Wrembel is quite simply one of the finest guitar players in the world.  The breadth and range of his playing and compositions are unmatched. This prolific musician from France has been releasing a steady stream of music since 2002 and has truly made his mark as one of the most original guitar voices in contemporary music. David Fricke at R...

  • 7:00 PM
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    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Scott Mulvahill

    Frontman. Singer-songwriter. World-renowned upright bassist. Multi-instrumentalist. For thepast decade, Scott Mulvahill has left his unique mark on the intersecting worlds of Americana,bluegrass, folk, jazz, rock & roll, and roots music. Already acclaimed for his work alongside icons like Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, he turns a new page with Hima...

  • 7:00 PM
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    Temple Theater

    Tommy Smith

    ...

  • 7:30 PM
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    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Joonas Haavisto Trio

    Joonas Haavisto is a Finnish pianist and composer. He is one of the most exciting young jazzmusicians coming from the Nordic jazz scene. He joined the world famous Steinway Artist roster in2017. Joonas has played as a soloist with chamber orchestras and big bands and leading his owngroup Joonas Haavisto Trio, which released their fifth album Offshore by...

  • 7:45 PM
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    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Emmaline

    Though still in the early stages of her blossoming career, 23-year-old vocalist, violinist and songwriter, Emmaline, has accomplished an impressive laundry list of achievements so far. From being featured in top music publications such as Rolling Stone and American Songwriter to performing as the opening act for 10-time-GRAMMY winner Chaka Khan on her f...

  • 7:45 PM
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    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Helen Sung

    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 UT Austin. Helen went on to become part of the inaugural class o...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Stephane Wrembel

    Stephane Wrembel is quite simply one of the finest guitar players in the world.  The breadth and range of his playing and compositions are unmatched. This prolific musician from France has been releasing a steady stream of music since 2002 and has truly made his mark as one of the most original guitar voices in contemporary music. David Fricke at R...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Paul Beaubrun

    “Ayibobo is a phenomenal illustration of Beaubrun’s artistic brilliance. As listeners, we are treated to the wonderful collage of musical sounds while experiencing the exhilarating spirit and cultural sentiments of the Haitian community. Furthermore, this album serves as an exemplar of music and activism. But above all, Ayibobo is a heartfel...

  • 9:00 PM
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    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Arturo O'Farrill Quintet

    ARTURO O’FARRILL, pianist, composer, and educator, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. Arturo’s professional career began with the Carla Bley Band and continued as a solo performer with a wide spectrum of artists including Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Bowie, Wynton Marsalis, and Harry Belafonte. In 2007, he founded the Afro Latin Ja...

  • 9:15 PM
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    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Scott Mulvahill

    Frontman. Singer-songwriter. World-renowned upright bassist. Multi-instrumentalist. For thepast decade, Scott Mulvahill has left his unique mark on the intersecting worlds of Americana,bluegrass, folk, jazz, rock & roll, and roots music. Already acclaimed for his work alongside icons like Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby, he turns a new page with Hima...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Tommy Smith

    ...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Joonas Haavisto Trio

    Joonas Haavisto is a Finnish pianist and composer. He is one of the most exciting young jazzmusicians coming from the Nordic jazz scene. He joined the world famous Steinway Artist roster in2017. Joonas has played as a soloist with chamber orchestras and big bands and leading his owngroup Joonas Haavisto Trio, which released their fifth album Offshore by...

  • 9:30 PM
    FREE
    City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation

    Music Educators' Big Band

    ...

  • 9:45 PM
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    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Emmaline

    Though still in the early stages of her blossoming career, 23-year-old vocalist, violinist and songwriter, Emmaline, has accomplished an impressive laundry list of achievements so far. From being featured in top music publications such as Rolling Stone and American Songwriter to performing as the opening act for 10-time-GRAMMY winner Chaka Khan on her f...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Samara Joy

    With a voice as smooth as velvet, SAMARA JOY’s star seems to rise with each performance. Following her winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, she is currently recording her debut recording, which will feature Samara backed by the Pasquale Grasso Trio.  Growing up in New York, music was a pervasive presence, due ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Connie Han Trio

    Pianist/composer and Steinway Artist Connie Han has been described as “a decisively brazen talent with an exhilarating control of her skills and vision” by All About Jazz.  On her imminent Mack Avenue release Iron Starlet, Han manifests "an intimate clairvoyance into all that has come before her” with “uncompromisi...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Jamie Baum Quintet

    NYC flutist/composer/recording artist/clinician,Jamie Baum, has toured the US and over 30 countries performing at major fes-tivals and concert halls including The Monterey and London Jazz Festivals, Tampere Jazz Happening, North Sea Jazz Festival,Guimaraes Jazz Festival, Jazztopad and “jaZZ & beyond Improvised Music Festival” (Poland), S...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Paul Beaubrun

    “Ayibobo is a phenomenal illustration of Beaubrun’s artistic brilliance. As listeners, we are treated to the wonderful collage of musical sounds while experiencing the exhilarating spirit and cultural sentiments of the Haitian community. Furthermore, this album serves as an exemplar of music and activism. But above all, Ayibobo is a heartfel...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    RINA

    RINA was born in Japan and is now based in New York City, USA.RINA holds a Degree from the Kunitachi College Of Music in Japan where she studied with pianist Makoto Ozone. After graduation, RINA took an audition for the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, USA and her talent and exceptional abilities were clearly noticed. She received a full-scholarship ...

  • 6:00 PM
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    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Wayne Escoffrey Quartet

    2014 Downbeat Critics Poll Winner and Grammy Award winning tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery is one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. In 2006 he secured one of the most coveted gigs in jazz: a frontline position in Tom Harrell’s working quintet. For over a decade Escoffery was mostly associated with trumpe...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Big Lazy

    "The Big Apple Crème de la Crème." -Robert Christgau Big Lazy has flourished for over two decades in New York’s downtown music scene, playing their singular brand of noir and twang from dive bars to the The Whitney Museum of American Art. Big Lazy founder Stephen Ulrich is the composer for the HBO series Bo...

  • 6:00 PM
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    Wilder Room

    Itamar Borochov Quartet

    Raised in the cosmopolitan port city of Jaffa, now a significant presence on the international jazz scene, Borochov is creating a new musical hybrid - bringing the sacred sounds of his upbringing to a jazz quartet setting. His latest release Blue Nights (Laborie Jazz 2019) is a nine-track multi-cultural joyride of enchanting lyricism, exotic motif...

  • 6:00 PM
    FREE
    RIJF Big Tent

    Syndicate Jazz Band

    ...

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    John Bailey Sextet

    “John Bailey is a great improviser. Since we met as teenagers I've been taken with how natural a musician he is and how deeply his roots go into the tradition of jazz music. He's a joy to listen to!” - Donny McCaslin Known as one of the most eclectic trumpet players in New York City, Bailey is an in-demand musician and teaching artist on cal...

  • 6:30 PM
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    Theater at Innovation Square

    Lioness

    “On their debut album, (Posi-Tone), the all-female sextet Lioness makes a potent jazz statement  while celebrating female jazz artistry past and present.” – Lucy Tauss, Jazz Times  Lioness is a brand new collective of female jazz instrumentalists living in New York City whose mission is to inspire and educate the community ...

  • 7:00 PM
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    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Hans Bilger Group

    Hans Bilger is a bassist, songwriter, and composer from Brooklyn, NY. The eldest in a musical household, he spent his childhood playing folk and country gospel in a family band. The experience colored his later studies of improvised, classical, and experimental music. His mentors include the bassists Greg Coh...

  • 7:00 PM
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    Temple Theater

    Tuck & Patti

    For 40 years this unique, genre-crossing vocal/guitar jazz duo has cast its passionate musical spell worldwide, capturing the hearts of lovers, the respect of jazz buffs and the jaw-dropping awe of guitarists and singers.  To understand Tuck & Patti, start with the wellspring of love within them, then their music begins to make perfect sense. ...

  • 7:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Jochen Rueckert Quartet

    Jazz-center-of-the-universe-based, exiled German-born drummer Jochen Rueckert presents his working quartet with guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Matt Penman and legendary saxophonist Dayna Stephes. The band from New York City plays Jochen's compositions containing surprisingly more optimistically swinging sections rich with chords than one would expect f...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Huntertones

    Huntertones brings people together around the globe with fun, imaginative and fearless music. Their high energy, horn-driven sound fuses inspired improvisation and adventurous composition melding jazz, funk, rock, and soul. Adding depth and contrast to their live set, Huntertones shift from a dynamic six-piece ensemble to a trio featuring saxophone, sou...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    RINA

    RINA was born in Japan and is now based in New York City, USA.RINA holds a Degree from the Kunitachi College Of Music in Japan where she studied with pianist Makoto Ozone. After graduation, RINA took an audition for the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, USA and her talent and exceptional abilities were clearly noticed. She received a full-scholarship ...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Lioness

    “On their debut album, (Posi-Tone), the all-female sextet Lioness makes a potent jazz statement  while celebrating female jazz artistry past and present.” – Lucy Tauss, Jazz Times  Lioness is a brand new collective of female jazz instrumentalists living in New York City whose mission is to inspire and educate the community ...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Emmaline

    Though still in the early stages of her blossoming career, 23-year-old vocalist, violinist and songwriter, Emmaline, has accomplished an impressive laundry list of achievements so far. From being featured in top music publications such as Rolling Stone and American Songwriter to performing as the opening act for 10-time-GRAMMY winner Chaka Khan on her f...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Wayne Escoffrey Quartet

    2014 Downbeat Critics Poll Winner and Grammy Award winning tenor saxophonist Wayne Escoffery is one of the Jazz world’s most talented rising stars and in-demand sidemen. In 2006 he secured one of the most coveted gigs in jazz: a frontline position in Tom Harrell’s working quintet. For over a decade Escoffery was mostly associated with trumpe...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Hans Bilger Group

    Hans Bilger is a bassist, songwriter, and composer from Brooklyn, NY. The eldest in a musical household, he spent his childhood playing folk and country gospel in a family band. The experience colored his later studies of improvised, classical, and experimental music. His mentors include the bassists Greg Coh...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Tuck & Patti

    For 40 years this unique, genre-crossing vocal/guitar jazz duo has cast its passionate musical spell worldwide, capturing the hearts of lovers, the respect of jazz buffs and the jaw-dropping awe of guitarists and singers.  To understand Tuck & Patti, start with the wellspring of love within them, then their music begins to make perfect sense. ...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Jochen Rueckert Quartet

    Jazz-center-of-the-universe-based, exiled German-born drummer Jochen Rueckert presents his working quartet with guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Matt Penman and legendary saxophonist Dayna Stephes. The band from New York City plays Jochen's compositions containing surprisingly more optimistically swinging sections rich with chords than one would expect f...

  • 9:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Huntertones

    Huntertones brings people together around the globe with fun, imaginative and fearless music. Their high energy, horn-driven sound fuses inspired improvisation and adventurous composition melding jazz, funk, rock, and soul. Adding depth and contrast to their live set, Huntertones shift from a dynamic six-piece ensemble to a trio featuring saxophone, sou...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    John Bailey Sextet

    “John Bailey is a great improviser. Since we met as teenagers I've been taken with how natural a musician he is and how deeply his roots go into the tradition of jazz music. He's a joy to listen to!” - Donny McCaslin Known as one of the most eclectic trumpet players in New York City, Bailey is an in-demand musician and teaching artist on cal...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Big Lazy

    "The Big Apple Crème de la Crème." -Robert Christgau Big Lazy has flourished for over two decades in New York’s downtown music scene, playing their singular brand of noir and twang from dive bars to the The Whitney Museum of American Art. Big Lazy founder Stephen Ulrich is the composer for the HBO series Bo...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Itamar Borochov Quartet

    Raised in the cosmopolitan port city of Jaffa, now a significant presence on the international jazz scene, Borochov is creating a new musical hybrid - bringing the sacred sounds of his upbringing to a jazz quartet setting. His latest release Blue Nights (Laborie Jazz 2019) is a nine-track multi-cultural joyride of enchanting lyricism, exotic motif...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Emmaline

    Though still in the early stages of her blossoming career, 23-year-old vocalist, violinist and songwriter, Emmaline, has accomplished an impressive laundry list of achievements so far. From being featured in top music publications such as Rolling Stone and American Songwriter to performing as the opening act for 10-time-GRAMMY winner Chaka Khan on her f...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Sunna Gunnlaugs

    Sunna Gunnlaugs’ work has received significant critical acclaim since her 2000 release ‘Mindful’ was selected among the top 10 albums of the year by the Washington Post. Her 2003 release 'live in Europe’ reached top 10 on both Canadian and US jazz radio charts. Her 2010 release ’The Dream’ jumped to number 2 on the Ca...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Sarah McKenzie

    After the great success of Sarah McKenzie’s 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain (Impulse! Records), the 31-year-oldpianist, singer, and composer returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart. The former disc opened moreopportunities for her to perform around the world in such far away places as Brazil, Korea, Japan, and alsoestablished her in the United...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

    Jonathan Scales is one of the most innovative steel pannists on the planet, and is redefining and challenging traditional expectations of his signature instrument. In his hands, the sonic palette of an instrument often associated with cruise ships and tropical resorts is radically expanded to mimic the role of horns, piano, vibraphone or marimba due to ...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Parker Trio

    Perla / Nussbaum / Ballantyne  As the world emerged from a winter of isolation and uncertainty Gene Perla, Adam Nussbaum, and Jon Ballantyne entered Gene’s studio on Parker Avenue in Easton, PA in early 2021 to produce a nine-song affirmation of the creative spirit, culminating in their acclaimed self-titled recording, The Parker Trio. ...

  • 6:00 PM
    FREE
    RIJF Big Tent

    Greece Jazz Band

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
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    Max of Eastman Place

    Mike Ledonne Trio

    A gifted jazz pianist and Hammond B-3 specialist, Mike LeDonne has earned praise for his deeply swinging work with jazz greats, as well as with his own trio and Groover Quartet. Arriving in New York in the early '80s, LeDonne distinguished himself as a regular member of the Milt Jackson Quartet, the Widespread Depression Orchestra, and as a sideman with...

  • 6:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Davina & The Vagabonds

    “Listening to Davina & the Vagabonds is like stepping into a wondrous musical time machine. They havethe panache and superlative musicianship to recreate the retro sound and ageless appeal of golden ageAmericana in high-­‐definition reality on stage for your immense pleasure and enjoyment.”  -­‐Thunder BayBlues Festival/...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Big Lazy

    "The Big Apple Crème de la Crème." -Robert Christgau Big Lazy has flourished for over two decades in New York’s downtown music scene, playing their singular brand of noir and twang from dive bars to the The Whitney Museum of American Art. Big Lazy founder Stephen Ulrich is the composer for the HBO series Bo...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Joe Locke Group

    Joe Locke is widely considered to be one of the major voices of his instrument. He has performed and recordedwith a diverse range of notable musicians, including Grover Washington Jr, Raul Midón, Kenny Barron, EddieHenderson, Cecil Taylor, Dianne Reeves, Eddie Palmieri, Ron Carter, The Beastie Boys, the Münster SymphonyOrchestra, the Spanish...

  • 7:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Jonathan Kreisberg Trio featuring Eric Harland and Rick Rosato

    Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has been steadily building his name as one of the most compelling composer/performers in Jazz.  Combining timeless melodicism with forward thinking lines and textures, His style and approach has created a strong following of fans around the world.  He frequently tours worldwide and records with his own groups as we...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Bobby Rush

    Bobby Rush... GRAMMY winning blues legend, Blues Hall of Famer, 12x Blues Music Award winner, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and makes a cameo in the Netflix Original ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Starring Eddie Murphy.After decades of tearing up the chitlin’ circuit on a nightly basis with his sweaty, no-holds-barred funkfests, Bobby has thoroughly b...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Sunna Gunnlaugs

    Sunna Gunnlaugs’ work has received significant critical acclaim since her 2000 release ‘Mindful’ was selected among the top 10 albums of the year by the Washington Post. Her 2003 release 'live in Europe’ reached top 10 on both Canadian and US jazz radio charts. Her 2010 release ’The Dream’ jumped to number 2 on the Ca...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Davina & The Vagabonds

    “Listening to Davina & the Vagabonds is like stepping into a wondrous musical time machine. They havethe panache and superlative musicianship to recreate the retro sound and ageless appeal of golden ageAmericana in high-­‐definition reality on stage for your immense pleasure and enjoyment.”  -­‐Thunder BayBlues Festival/...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Huntertones

    Huntertones brings people together around the globe with fun, imaginative and fearless music. Their high energy, horn-driven sound fuses inspired improvisation and adventurous composition melding jazz, funk, rock, and soul. Adding depth and contrast to their live set, Huntertones shift from a dynamic six-piece ensemble to a trio featuring saxophone, sou...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Sarah McKenzie

    After the great success of Sarah McKenzie’s 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain (Impulse! Records), the 31-year-oldpianist, singer, and composer returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart. The former disc opened moreopportunities for her to perform around the world in such far away places as Brazil, Korea, Japan, and alsoestablished her in the United...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Big Lazy

    "The Big Apple Crème de la Crème." -Robert Christgau Big Lazy has flourished for over two decades in New York’s downtown music scene, playing their singular brand of noir and twang from dive bars to the The Whitney Museum of American Art. Big Lazy founder Stephen Ulrich is the composer for the HBO series Bo...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Joe Locke Group

    Joe Locke is widely considered to be one of the major voices of his instrument. He has performed and recordedwith a diverse range of notable musicians, including Grover Washington Jr, Raul Midón, Kenny Barron, EddieHenderson, Cecil Taylor, Dianne Reeves, Eddie Palmieri, Ron Carter, The Beastie Boys, the Münster SymphonyOrchestra, the Spanish...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Jonathan Kreisberg Trio featuring Eric Harland and Rick Rosato

    Guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg has been steadily building his name as one of the most compelling composer/performers in Jazz.  Combining timeless melodicism with forward thinking lines and textures, His style and approach has created a strong following of fans around the world.  He frequently tours worldwide and records with his own groups as we...

  • 9:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom

    Bobby Rush

    Bobby Rush... GRAMMY winning blues legend, Blues Hall of Famer, 12x Blues Music Award winner, B.B. King Entertainer of the Year, and makes a cameo in the Netflix Original ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ Starring Eddie Murphy.After decades of tearing up the chitlin’ circuit on a nightly basis with his sweaty, no-holds-barred funkfests, Bobby has thoroughly b...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    Mike Ledonne Trio

    A gifted jazz pianist and Hammond B-3 specialist, Mike LeDonne has earned praise for his deeply swinging work with jazz greats, as well as with his own trio and Groover Quartet. Arriving in New York in the early '80s, LeDonne distinguished himself as a regular member of the Milt Jackson Quartet, the Widespread Depression Orchestra, and as a sideman with...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Jonathan Scales Fourchestra

    Jonathan Scales is one of the most innovative steel pannists on the planet, and is redefining and challenging traditional expectations of his signature instrument. In his hands, the sonic palette of an instrument often associated with cruise ships and tropical resorts is radically expanded to mimic the role of horns, piano, vibraphone or marimba due to ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    Parker Trio

    Perla / Nussbaum / Ballantyne  As the world emerged from a winter of isolation and uncertainty Gene Perla, Adam Nussbaum, and Jon Ballantyne entered Gene’s studio on Parker Avenue in Easton, PA in early 2021 to produce a nine-song affirmation of the creative spirit, culminating in their acclaimed self-titled recording, The Parker Trio. ...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Huntertones

    Huntertones brings people together around the globe with fun, imaginative and fearless music. Their high energy, horn-driven sound fuses inspired improvisation and adventurous composition melding jazz, funk, rock, and soul. Adding depth and contrast to their live set, Huntertones shift from a dynamic six-piece ensemble to a trio featuring saxophone, sou...

  • 5:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Jon Ballantyne

    For more than three decades, New York area-based pianist and composer and educator Jon Ballantyne has performed to acclaim in solo, trio, quartet and big band concerts in the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, the UK, Ireland and Israel.   Jon has released 12 albums under his own name and has garnered 2 Juno awards and 4 Juno award nominations. ...

  • 6:00 PM
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    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Kurt Elling "Super Blue" with Charlie Hunter

    Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, two-time GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. The New York Times proclaimed Elling, “the standout male vocalist of our time”. Over a twenty-five year career of touring and recording, Elling has won three Prix ...

  • 6:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Davina & The Vagabonds

    “Listening to Davina & the Vagabonds is like stepping into a wondrous musical time machine. They havethe panache and superlative musicianship to recreate the retro sound and ageless appeal of golden ageAmericana in high-­‐definition reality on stage for your immense pleasure and enjoyment.”  -­‐Thunder BayBlues Festival/...

  • 6:00 PM
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    Wilder Room

    McDonald La Barbera Quintet "Trane of Thought"

    ometimes the name of an album can be a dead giveaway. Clearly, tenors Pat La Barbera and Kirk MacDonald, the co-leaders of this admirable quintet from north of the border, are enthusiastic admirers and champions of the late great saxophonist John Coltrane. Disciples, yes, but leagues away from slavish imitators. LaBarbera and MacDonald have strong...

  • 6:00 PM
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    RIJF Big Tent

    Melody Masters Big Band

    ...

  • 6:15 PM
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    Max of Eastman Place

    3D Jazz Trio in the Spirit of Ray Brown

    Sherrie, Amy, and Jackie met in May of 2014 at the Cleveland Playhouse while playing in The DIVA Jazz Orchestra as part of Maurice Hines’ award-winning show Tappin’ Thru Life. From their first shared downbeat, they became kindred-swinging spirits and the resulting musical synergy was fast and fierce...or as the New York T...

  • 6:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Drum Battle: Kenny Washington vs. Joe Farnsworth

    Jazz drumming superstars Kenny Washington & Joe Farnsworth will visit RIJF and will present their own version of a straight up slugfest in the old school jazz tradition. Expect magical fireworks and epic explosions as these two masters trade back and forth punches (with much love)! Kenny Washington is the premiere straight ahead drummer of this gen...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Immanuel Wilkins

    The music of saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is filled with empathy and conviction, bonding arcs of melody and lamentation to pluming gestures of space and breath. Listeners were introduced to this riveting sound with his acclaimed debut album Omega, which was named the #1 Jazz Album of 2020 by The New York Times. The album...

  • 7:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Majestics

    Ron Stackman, Jim Schwarz and Lou LaVilla began performing together in 1972.  The following year they created Bahama Mama, one of the first American bands to embrace Reggae music. When the group split up in 1980, Stackman, Schwarz and Lavilla remained together and formed the Majestics. Originally a trio with Ron on Hammond B-3, clavinet and guita...

  • 7:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio

    Sunna Gunnlaugs’ work has received significant critical acclaim since her 2000 release ‘Mindful’ was selected among the top 10 albums of the year by the Washington Post. Her 2003 release 'live in Europe’ reached top 10 on both Canadian and US jazz radio charts. Her 2010 release ’The Dream’ jumped to number 2 o...

  • 7:45 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Jon Ballantyne

    For more than three decades, New York area-based pianist and composer and educator Jon Ballantyne has performed to acclaim in solo, trio, quartet and big band concerts in the USA, Canada, Europe, Japan, the UK, Ireland and Israel.   Jon has released 12 albums under his own name and has garnered 2 Juno awards and 4 Juno award nominations. ...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Theater at Innovation Square

    Drum Battle: Kenny Washington vs. Joe Farnsworth

    Jazz drumming superstars Kenny Washington & Joe Farnsworth will visit RIJF and will present their own version of a straight up slugfest in the old school jazz tradition. Expect magical fireworks and epic explosions as these two masters trade back and forth punches (with much love)! Kenny Washington is the premiere straight ahead drummer of this gen...

  • 8:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Vanessa Collier

    If you haven’t been fortunate enough to meet Vanessa Collier and witness one of her head-turning, fiery, and passionate performances, you should definitely make sure you do. As a master musician and multi-instrumentalist, Vanessa weaves funk, soul, rock, and blues into every powerful performance and she is downright impressive. With soulful vocals...

  • 9:00 PM
    Club Pass or $35/door
    Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

    Kurt Elling "Super Blue" with Charlie Hunter

    Renowned for his singular combination of robust swing and poetic insight, two-time GRAMMY winner Kurt Elling has secured his place among the world’s foremost jazz vocalists. The New York Times proclaimed Elling, “the standout male vocalist of our time”. Over a twenty-five year career of touring and recording, Elling has won three Prix ...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Temple Theater

    Immanuel Wilkins

    The music of saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins is filled with empathy and conviction, bonding arcs of melody and lamentation to pluming gestures of space and breath. Listeners were introduced to this riveting sound with his acclaimed debut album Omega, which was named the #1 Jazz Album of 2020 by The New York Times. The album...

  • 9:15 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Little Theatre Roots & Americana Series

    Majestics

    Ron Stackman, Jim Schwarz and Lou LaVilla began performing together in 1972.  The following year they created Bahama Mama, one of the first American bands to embrace Reggae music. When the group split up in 1980, Stackman, Schwarz and Lavilla remained together and formed the Majestics. Originally a trio with Ron on Hammond B-3, clavinet and guita...

  • 9:30 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Glory House International - Global Jazz Now Series

    Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio

    Sunna Gunnlaugs’ work has received significant critical acclaim since her 2000 release ‘Mindful’ was selected among the top 10 albums of the year by the Washington Post. Her 2003 release 'live in Europe’ reached top 10 on both Canadian and US jazz radio charts. Her 2010 release ’The Dream’ jumped to number 2 o...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Max of Eastman Place

    3D Jazz Trio in the Spirit of Ray Brown

    Sherrie, Amy, and Jackie met in May of 2014 at the Cleveland Playhouse while playing in The DIVA Jazz Orchestra as part of Maurice Hines’ award-winning show Tappin’ Thru Life. From their first shared downbeat, they became kindred-swinging spirits and the resulting musical synergy was fast and fierce...or as the New York T...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Montage Music Hall

    Davina & The Vagabonds

    “Listening to Davina & the Vagabonds is like stepping into a wondrous musical time machine. They havethe panache and superlative musicianship to recreate the retro sound and ageless appeal of golden ageAmericana in high-­‐definition reality on stage for your immense pleasure and enjoyment.”  -­‐Thunder BayBlues Festival/...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    Wilder Room

    McDonald La Barbera Quintet "Trane of Thought"

    ometimes the name of an album can be a dead giveaway. Clearly, tenors Pat La Barbera and Kirk MacDonald, the co-leaders of this admirable quintet from north of the border, are enthusiastic admirers and champions of the late great saxophonist John Coltrane. Disciples, yes, but leagues away from slavish imitators. LaBarbera and MacDonald have strong...

  • 10:00 PM
    Club Pass or $30/door
    RIJF Big Tent

    Vanessa Collier

    If you haven’t been fortunate enough to meet Vanessa Collier and witness one of her head-turning, fiery, and passionate performances, you should definitely make sure you do. As a master musician and multi-instrumentalist, Vanessa weaves funk, soul, rock, and blues into every powerful performance and she is downright impressive. With soulful vocals...

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