Artist Lineup
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12:00 PMCentral Library of Rochester and Monroe County
Amanda Ashley
Writer, Singer-songwriter, National touring/recording artist, music educator from Long Island, NY. Amanda Ashley, raised in Holtsville, Long Island, began writing and composing at the early age of fourteen, and was performing solo by the age of sixteen in local coffee houses. After graduating Fredonia State University of New York, Amanda found her...
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1:00 PMEastman School of Music Ray Wright Room
Jazz Workshop with Tommy Smith
Tommy Smith is one of the world's leading saxophonists. A presence on the international jazz scene since his teenage years, when he toured the world with vibes virtuoso Gary Burton's Whiz Kids quintet, Smith has gone to record with the definitive jazz label, Blue Note and work with myriad jazz greats including Chick Corea, John Scofield, Randy Brecker, ...
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4:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Greece Athena High School Jazz Band
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5:15 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
School of the Arts Jazz Band
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5:45 PMHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
Christian Sands
Christian Sands — Steinway Artist and five-time Grammy Nominee — is an emerging jazz force. His abundant piano technique perfectly matches his conception, accomplishing a much deeper musical goal: a fresh look at the entire language of jazz. Christian says, “My music is about teaching the way of jazz and keeping it alive.&rd...
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6:00 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
New Horizons Big Band Directed by Priscilla Todd Brown
After completing a preparatory degree at Eastman School of Music, Priscilla Todd Brown studied at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she graduated with a degree in oboe performance. A professional oboist, Priscilla has played, toured, and recorded with the Boston Symphony, the Boston Pops, and the Bethlehem Bach Orchestra. She played with the Roche...
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6:00 PMWilder Room
Rich Thompson Trio "Generations"
Drummer Rich Thompson has been in demand as a top call drummer in Rochester for the past 25 years. Besides serving as the drum set instructor at the Eastman School of Music since the fall of 1996, Rich has toured, performed, and recorded with the “who’s who” of jazz greats including pianist James Williams (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messe...
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6:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Houston Person & Eric Person "Person2Person"
In 2009, at a performance in Rochester, New York, saxophonists Houston Person and Eric Person came together on stage for the first time. The large and enthusiastic audience saw the debut of the pairing that is now known as Person2Person. Eric says the collaboration “was a long time coming and I enjoyed every minute of it. Performing alongside Hous...
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6:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Gate Swingers Big Band
Rochester’s original dance band, the GateSwingers Big Band is an exciting 15-piece band with vocalists and a master of ceremonies. The band features dance music from the '40s, '50s, '60s, and present-day for your dancing and listening pleasure. The GateSwingers play the big band standards in the authentic traditions of the great dance bands...
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6:00 PMMontage Music Hall
Glen David Andrews
Glen David Andrews, a native son and a beloved musician of New Orleans, is a warrior for cultural preservation at a time when indigenous traditions are being threatened in the city. His commanding voice and fierce trombone sound – both a powerful, emotional, and resonant blend of smoothness and grit – as well as his disarmingly honest manne...
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6:15 PMMax of Eastman Place
Cory Weeds Quartet
A saxophonist with an expressive sound rooted in Jazz tradition, a label owner tirelessly documenting unsung Jazz heroes, one of Canada’s most important Jazz impresarios, the hardest-working man in the Jazz business – Cory Weeds is all of these things and much more. Weeds may be best known as the founder and owner of Cory Weeds&rs...
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6:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Joe Robinson
Joe Robinson is a true force in the pantheon of exceptional artists in modern music. He has joined an exclusive group of elite performers whose impact continues to shape our unique American musical culture. With his popularity continuing to rise, Robinson has earned a reputation as one of the world’s greatest guitar players and a brilliant si...
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7:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
Atlas Band
ATLAS was born June 4th 1981 in Syracuse, NY. In the early days, the band was named “Atlas Linen Company.” Year after year ATLAS consistently featured the finest musicians in Upstate New York. From the beginning, ATLAS has been setting the standard for hi-energy Horn-Driven dance music for Weddings, Corporate Events, Festivals, and Nig...
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7:00 PMTemple Theater
The Baylor Project
A husband. A wife. An astonishing debut. The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor highly anticipated collaboration is steeped in the heart and soul of Jazz. As the children of Pastors, Marcus and Jean's musical roots were planted deep within the church, and it was there that the road was paved for the influence of gospel, blues,...
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7:00 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Miss Tess
When most people think of defiant music, they think of punk rock or outlaw country. But defying genres while transcending eras and resisting cliches is hard to pin down when it comes to artistry unless you're talking about Miss Tess, who does all of that and more on her new release, The Moon Is an Ashtray. Swinging for the fences and from the branches o...
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7:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Joona Toivanen Jazz & Fly Fishing
In June 2023, the world’s only fly-fishing and film-making jazz quartet is embarking on their next big project, fulfilling a lifelong dream: A tour of the United States, playing concerts and fly fishing, and making some sort of outlandish documentary about themselves as they go along. The band will perform at clubs, festivals, fly shops, and...
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7:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
ECMS Music Educators Jazz Ensemble
Veteran Rochester area music educator and saxophonist Bill Tiberio founded the ECMS Educators Jazz Ensemble 20 years ago. The band is comprised of active and retired music teachers and related professionals from around Monroe County. The current directions in contemporary big band writing are core to the group's mission, as well as honoring ...
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7:45 PMHatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music
Christian Sands
Christian Sands — Steinway Artist and five-time Grammy Nominee — is an emerging jazz force. His abundant piano technique perfectly matches his conception, accomplishing a much deeper musical goal: a fresh look at the entire language of jazz. Christian says, “My music is about teaching the way of jazz and keeping it alive.&rd...
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7:45 PMHyatt Regency Rochester Grand Ballroom
Tia Fuller Quintet
When Grammy-nominated Mack Avenue recording artist, composer, and bandleader Tia Fuller picks up her saxophone, something amazing happens. Blending technical brilliance, melodic creativity, and the performing precision drawn from both her academic and stage experience, Fuller is a force to be reckoned with in the worlds of jazz, pop, R&B, and more. ...
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8:00 PMKodak Hall at Eastman Theatre
Bonnie Raitt: Just Like That…Tour 2023
SOLD OUT! With Just Like That…, her twenty-first album and her first new release in more than six years, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt continues to draw on the range of influences that have shaped her legendary career, while creating something that speaks to the circumstances and challenges of these unprecedented times. Th...
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8:30 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Doc Robinson
Melding eccentric lyricism, heartbreak harmonies, and dueling lead guitar synergy, the band has catapulted itself beyond genre categorization into a midwestern “gumbo” concoction. From frontman Jon Elliott’s commanding tenor vocals, abstract interludes at a moment’s notice, and blissful melodic interjections, Doc revels in a deli...
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8:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Joe Robinson
Joe Robinson is a true force in the pantheon of exceptional artists in modern music. He has joined an exclusive group of elite performers whose impact continues to shape our unique American musical culture. With his popularity continuing to rise, Robinson has earned a reputation as one of the world’s greatest guitar players and a brilliant si...
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9:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Houston Person & Eric Person "Person2Person"
In 2009, at a performance in Rochester, New York, saxophonists Houston Person and Eric Person came together on stage for the first time. The large and enthusiastic audience saw the debut of the pairing that is now known as Person2Person. Eric says the collaboration “was a long time coming and I enjoyed every minute of it. Performing alongside Hous...
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9:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
Atlas Band
ATLAS was born June 4th 1981 in Syracuse, NY. In the early days, the band was named “Atlas Linen Company.” Year after year ATLAS consistently featured the finest musicians in Upstate New York. From the beginning, ATLAS has been setting the standard for hi-energy Horn-Driven dance music for Weddings, Corporate Events, Festivals, and Nig...
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9:15 PMTemple Theater
The Baylor Project
A husband. A wife. An astonishing debut. The Baylor Project featuring Jean Baylor and Marcus Baylor highly anticipated collaboration is steeped in the heart and soul of Jazz. As the children of Pastors, Marcus and Jean's musical roots were planted deep within the church, and it was there that the road was paved for the influence of gospel, blues,...
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9:15 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Miss Tess
When most people think of defiant music, they think of punk rock or outlaw country. But defying genres while transcending eras and resisting cliches is hard to pin down when it comes to artistry unless you're talking about Miss Tess, who does all of that and more on her new release, The Moon Is an Ashtray. Swinging for the fences and from the branches o...
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9:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
ECMS Music Educators Jazz Ensemble
Veteran Rochester area music educator and saxophonist Bill Tiberio founded the ECMS Educators Jazz Ensemble 20 years ago. The band is comprised of active and retired music teachers and related professionals from around Monroe County. The current directions in contemporary big band writing are core to the group's mission, as well as honoring ...
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9:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Joona Toivanen Jazz & Fly Fishing
In June 2023, the world’s only fly-fishing and film-making jazz quartet is embarking on their next big project, fulfilling a lifelong dream: A tour of the United States, playing concerts and fly fishing, and making some sort of outlandish documentary about themselves as they go along. The band will perform at clubs, festivals, fly shops, and...
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9:45 PMHyatt Regency Rochester Grand Ballroom
Tia Fuller Quintet
When Grammy-nominated Mack Avenue recording artist, composer, and bandleader Tia Fuller picks up her saxophone, something amazing happens. Blending technical brilliance, melodic creativity, and the performing precision drawn from both her academic and stage experience, Fuller is a force to be reckoned with in the worlds of jazz, pop, R&B, and more. ...
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10:00 PMWilder Room
Rich Thompson Trio "Generations"
Drummer Rich Thompson has been in demand as a top call drummer in Rochester for the past 25 years. Besides serving as the drum set instructor at the Eastman School of Music since the fall of 1996, Rich has toured, performed, and recorded with the “who’s who” of jazz greats including pianist James Williams (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messe...
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10:00 PMMax of Eastman Place
Cory Weeds Quartet
A saxophonist with an expressive sound rooted in Jazz tradition, a label owner tirelessly documenting unsung Jazz heroes, one of Canada’s most important Jazz impresarios, the hardest-working man in the Jazz business – Cory Weeds is all of these things and much more. Weeds may be best known as the founder and owner of Cory Weeds&rs...
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10:00 PMMontage Music Hall
Glen David Andrews
Glen David Andrews, a native son and a beloved musician of New Orleans, is a warrior for cultural preservation at a time when indigenous traditions are being threatened in the city. His commanding voice and fierce trombone sound – both a powerful, emotional, and resonant blend of smoothness and grit – as well as his disarmingly honest manne...
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10:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Doc Robinson
Melding eccentric lyricism, heartbreak harmonies, and dueling lead guitar synergy, the band has catapulted itself beyond genre categorization into a midwestern “gumbo” concoction. From frontman Jon Elliott’s commanding tenor vocals, abstract interludes at a moment’s notice, and blissful melodic interjections, Doc revels in a deli...
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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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