Artist Lineup
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3:45 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Pittsford Mendon High School Jazz Band
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4:00 PMKodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Omara Portuondo "Vida"
Omara Portuondo is the grand dame of classic Cuban song. Even in her 90s — her seventh decade of performing — she remains a beloved chanteuse and celebrated entertainer. In her final performances before retirement, Portuondo will share a retrospective of her life in music, simply called “Vida.” Critics and fans alike ...
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4:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Hilton High School Jazz Band
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5:15 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Fairport High School Jazz Band
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5:45 PMHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
Peter Johnstone & Tommy Smith
Peter was part of the first cohort to graduate from the RCS Jazz Course. He continued to a masters in Classical keyboard and is currently completing his Doctoral degree. Peter performs with Tommy Smith in his quartet and duo regularly and also with his own piano trio. Peter received the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year award in 2012, a Yamaha Ja...
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6:00 PMWilder Room
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...
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6:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
New Horizons Jazz Ensemble Directed by Don Sherman
Don became the first principal percussionist for the Duluth SymphonyOrchestra at age 19, while attending the University of Wisconsin in Superior,majoring in Music Education. Soon after earning his Bachelor of Music degree, Don was drafted into theUS Army and served as a bandsman, lead percussionist, jazz drummer,vocalist and concert announcer with the ...
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6:00 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
ESM Jazz Honors Unit 1 - Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy is a drummer, composer, and arranger based out of Los Angeles California. While in high school in Seattle Washington, Kevin had the opportunity to perform as a percussionist and drummer in several ensembles including the NAfME All-Northwest Jazz Ensemble and the Jazz Band of America. While studying at the Eastman School of Music, Kevin has ...
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6:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Nduduzo Makhathini
Nduduzo Makhathini grew up in the lush and rugged hillscapes of umGungundlovu in South Africa, a peri-urban landscape in which music and ritual practices were symbiotically linked. The area is significant historically as the site of the Zulu king Dingane kingdom between 1828 and 1840. It is important to note that the Zulu, in fact the African warrior...
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6:00 PMMontage Music Hall
B.D. Lenz Group
Mix the sophistication of jazz, the grit of Blues, and the grooves of funk and soul, and you have the recipe for contem- po-jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz. The New Jersey native has played guitar since his early teens, is a graduate of Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, and has studied with such masters as Mike Stern, Vic Juris, and Charlie Banacos along the...
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6:15 PMMax of Eastman Place
Chris Whiteman Trio
Chris Whiteman was born in Montclair, New Jersey and started his musical journey at age 10, playing trumpet in the school band. At age 13, his family relocated to Richmond, VA where he was introduced to the guitar by a neighborhood friend. Quickly, the guitar became his main musical focus and by age 18, he was performing professionally in the Richm...
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6:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Dear Marian: Laura Dubin Trio Plays Marian McPartland
For the outstanding pianist/composer Laura Dubin, the serious pursuit of jazz expression began at the age of 12 in her native Rochester, NY. In 2007 she embarked on a 7-year journey of study and performing that brought her to various points in the U.S. and Latin America; and now Laura’s path has come full circle to her hometown. “Wh...
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7:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
USP
What started as a summer jam group of students & recent grads from the Rochester, NY area quickly expanded into a powerful eight-piece pop-funk band called USP. Known for energetic cover arrangements as well as groovy, ambitious original tunes, USP brings a youthfully powerful presence to both the stage and the studio. Every song features a command...
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7:00 PMTemple Theater
Celebrating Toots Thielemans With Kenny Werner & Gregoire Maret
“BETWEEN A SMILE AND A TEAR” – A TRIBUTE TO TOOTS THIELEMANS This Centennial Tribute to the great TOOTS THIELEMANS features Toots’s heir apparent on the harmonica, GRÉGOIRE MARET, and Toots’s longtime pianist KENNY WERNER, in duo or in a quartet with bass and drums. Grégoire and Kenny already d...
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7:00 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Corner House
Originally hailing from Boston, MA, Corner House takes their name from the place where the four young band members found musical family in one another - their shared home in Brighton, as students at Berklee College of Music. Emerging from varied genre backgrounds, the quartet’s unique strength is their desire to learn from one another, not only in...
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7:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Erez Aviram Ensemble
The Erez Aviram Ensemble is a unique group consisting of eight versatile musicians from New York City, including Gabe Terracciano, Nicholas Biello, Justin Mullens and more, who play Aviram’s compositions. The ensemble, combining traditional orchestral instruments with a powerful rhythm and horn sections, creates a bridge&n...
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7:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Durham County Poets
Durham County Poets are a band in the truest sense of the word. Their journey began in a small café in Ormstown, Quebec, and since then, they have continued to grow and spread their music throughout Canada and into the United States. Hand Me Down Blues JUNO was nominated in 2020 for Blues album of the year. Each member of the band writes and a...
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7:45 PMHyatt Regency Rochester Grand Ballroom
Camille Thurman with Darrell Green Quartet
Remember the name Camille Thurman. As an accomplished composer, esteemed saxophonist, vocalist, and unique interpreter of the jazz tradition, she is quickly becoming one of the leading standard bearers of the art form, making a considerable and dynamic contribution to the legacy of jazz while paying tribute to its heroes. Camille is known for her distin...
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7:45 PMHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
Peter Johnstone & Tommy Smith
Peter was part of the first cohort to graduate from the RCS Jazz Course. He continued to a masters in Classical keyboard and is currently completing his Doctoral degree. Peter performs with Tommy Smith in his quartet and duo regularly and also with his own piano trio. Peter received the Young Scottish Jazz Musician of the Year award in 2012, a Yamaha Ja...
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8:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Dear Marian: Laura Dubin Trio Plays Marian McPartland
For the outstanding pianist/composer Laura Dubin, the serious pursuit of jazz expression began at the age of 12 in her native Rochester, NY. In 2007 she embarked on a 7-year journey of study and performing that brought her to various points in the U.S. and Latin America; and now Laura’s path has come full circle to her hometown. “Wh...
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8:30 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Albino Mbie
Albino Mbie is a multi award-winning musician from Maputo, Mozambique based in Boston USA. Born in Maputo, the art and culture-rich capital of Mozambique, Albino is a Guitarist, singer, composer, and sound engineer. Fueled by the resourcefulness and determination that have always characterized Mozambicans, Mbie built his first guitar from a 5 liter can...
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9:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Nduduzo Makhathini
Nduduzo Makhathini grew up in the lush and rugged hillscapes of umGungundlovu in South Africa, a peri-urban landscape in which music and ritual practices were symbiotically linked. The area is significant historically as the site of the Zulu king Dingane kingdom between 1828 and 1840. It is important to note that the Zulu, in fact the African warrior...
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9:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
USP
What started as a summer jam group of students & recent grads from the Rochester, NY area quickly expanded into a powerful eight-piece pop-funk band called USP. Known for energetic cover arrangements as well as groovy, ambitious original tunes, USP brings a youthfully powerful presence to both the stage and the studio. Every song features a command...
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9:15 PMTemple Theater
Celebrating Toots Thielemans With Kenny Werner & Gregoire Maret
“BETWEEN A SMILE AND A TEAR” – A TRIBUTE TO TOOTS THIELEMANS This Centennial Tribute to the great TOOTS THIELEMANS features Toots’s heir apparent on the harmonica, GRÉGOIRE MARET, and Toots’s longtime pianist KENNY WERNER, in duo or in a quartet with bass and drums. Grégoire and Kenny already d...
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9:15 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Corner House
Originally hailing from Boston, MA, Corner House takes their name from the place where the four young band members found musical family in one another - their shared home in Brighton, as students at Berklee College of Music. Emerging from varied genre backgrounds, the quartet’s unique strength is their desire to learn from one another, not only in...
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9:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Erez Aviram Ensemble
The Erez Aviram Ensemble is a unique group consisting of eight versatile musicians from New York City, including Gabe Terracciano, Nicholas Biello, Justin Mullens and more, who play Aviram’s compositions. The ensemble, combining traditional orchestral instruments with a powerful rhythm and horn sections, creates a bridge&n...
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9:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Durham County Poets
Durham County Poets are a band in the truest sense of the word. Their journey began in a small café in Ormstown, Quebec, and since then, they have continued to grow and spread their music throughout Canada and into the United States. Hand Me Down Blues JUNO was nominated in 2020 for Blues album of the year. Each member of the band writes and a...
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9:45 PMHyatt Regency Rochester Grand Ballroom
Camille Thurman with Darrell Green Quartet
Remember the name Camille Thurman. As an accomplished composer, esteemed saxophonist, vocalist, and unique interpreter of the jazz tradition, she is quickly becoming one of the leading standard bearers of the art form, making a considerable and dynamic contribution to the legacy of jazz while paying tribute to its heroes. Camille is known for her distin...
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10:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Albino Mbie
Albino Mbie is a multi award-winning musician from Maputo, Mozambique based in Boston USA. Born in Maputo, the art and culture-rich capital of Mozambique, Albino is a Guitarist, singer, composer, and sound engineer. Fueled by the resourcefulness and determination that have always characterized Mozambicans, Mbie built his first guitar from a 5 liter can...
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10:00 PMMontage Music Hall
B.D. Lenz Group
Mix the sophistication of jazz, the grit of Blues, and the grooves of funk and soul, and you have the recipe for contem- po-jazz guitarist B.D. Lenz. The New Jersey native has played guitar since his early teens, is a graduate of Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, and has studied with such masters as Mike Stern, Vic Juris, and Charlie Banacos along the...
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10:00 PMMax of Eastman Place
Chris Whiteman Trio
Chris Whiteman was born in Montclair, New Jersey and started his musical journey at age 10, playing trumpet in the school band. At age 13, his family relocated to Richmond, VA where he was introduced to the guitar by a neighborhood friend. Quickly, the guitar became his main musical focus and by age 18, he was performing professionally in the Richm...
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10:00 PMWilder Room
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...
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10:30 PMHyatt Regency Rochester Astor on Main - Squeezers Jam Sessions
Jam Session with Bob Sneider
For all 20 years of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, The Bob Sneider Trio has been playing the Late Night Jam Session. Within the same set, you may hear local players, Eastman students, high school students and festival headliners jamming on the same stage. None of the music is rehearsed. The trio draws upon their collective knowledge of the...
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