Artist Lineup
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3:00 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Brighton High School Jazz Band
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3:45 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Spencerport High School Jazz Band
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4:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Webster Schroeder High School Jazz Band
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5:15 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Canandaigua High School Jazz Band
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5:45 PMHatch 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...
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6:00 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
ESM Jazz Honors Unit 3 - Dan Mach-Holt
Dan Mach-Holt is an Afro-Polish trombonist born in Monticello, New York and raised in Sarasota, FL. He got into music in high school and studied the tuba and trombone. After high school, he studied music at State College of Florida, receiving an AA degree. Mach-Holt then transferred to Florida State University, receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in ...
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6:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Syndicate Jazz Octet
The Syndicate Jazz Band is a community big band based in Rochester, NY. Formerly known as The Greater Rochester Jazz Orchestra (GRJO) the band has been an active musical organization for 20 years. Originally founded in 2001 by Tony Amoroso and Gary Kuhn, the band has featured the musical talents of a wide range of local resid...
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6:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Curtis Stigers
For the award-winning singer, songwriter, and saxophonist, Curtis Stigers, the story keeps getting better. His string of hit singles, millions of albums sold, and a 30-year recording career aside, Stigers’ commitment to artistic growth, and to bringing new tunes to the Great American Songbook, has become unparalleled in mo...
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6:00 PMWilder Room
Bill Goodwin Trio
Bill Goodwin is like a breath of fresh air blowing through jazz. From the time around 1954 when he was in Los Angelesand just learning the drums, and inspired by Shelly Manne, to today, around his 80th birthday, he has loved jazz and the musicians unconditionally. He has befriended and worked with so many of the great jazz artists that it's ha...
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6:00 PMMontage Music Hall
Nathan-Paul & The Admirables
"I play energy, not notes!" Is Nathan's motto. He calls his music “sound medicine” because after his mother passed of cancer, at a very young age he wanted to heal people through his music. Jazz, improvisation, hip-hop, and funk have been a steady part of Nathan's musical expression. He’s dedicated his life to his craft, pulling...
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6:15 PMMax of Eastman Place
Neil Swainson Trio
Four-time Juno award winner, Neil Swainson is among the most respected and accomplished bassists on the jazz scene today. Born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1955, Neil discovered the acoustic bass in high school and primarily taught himself how to play. From 1975 to 1977, he toured Canada with one of the early pioneers of new age music...
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6:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Richie Goods & Chien Chien "Connected"
Chien Chien Lu is a vibraphonist, contemporary percussionist, and composer whose Taiwanese upbringing, classical music education, and passion for R&B grooves crystallize into a fresh and distinctive approach to contemporary jazz. Lu’s fierce authenticity and jazz mastery shine bright on her September 2020 debut solo project, The Path, which sp...
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7:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
The BuddhaHood
Roots, Rock, Reggae, Ska Worldternative Forged from decades of musical roots in western New York, the eight members of The BuddhaHood weave a bold and brassy tapestry of worldwide rhythmic influences. Performing uplifting original songs, with the right amount of thump and crunch, they brazenly blur the imaginary line between stage and dance floor. This...
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7:00 PMWegmans Stage at Parcel 5
Pedrito Martinez
Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba, Sept 12, 1973 and began his musical career at the age of 11. Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, Pedrito has recorded or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, and Sting, and has contributed to well over 100 albums. A master of ...
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7:00 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Jonatavious Willis
Every generation or so a young bluesman bursts onto the scene. Someone who sends a jolt through blues lovers. Someone who has mastered the craft for sure, but who also has the blues deep down in his heart and soul. At the age of 22, bluesman Jontavious Willis may be the one. “That’s my Wonderboy, the Wunderkind,” Taj Mahal s...
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7:00 PMTemple Theater
Vincent Peirani
The Boston Globe recently wrote about Vincent Peirani that he seems to be a culminating figure of sorts - able to move through various styles with an accomplished grace.Vincent Peirani, a virtuoso accordionist who has won international acclaim in the jazz world, expresses himself with remarkable ease in a wide variety of musical genres, shifti...
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7:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Alexi Tuomarila Trio
For more than 15 years Alexi Tuomarila has been quietly building a considerable reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation in Europe, described by Jazz Times, "as one of the next big deals on jazz piano" and selected as one of the New Future Names of International Jazz by distinguished British jazz journalist Stuart Nicholson in the Obse...
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7:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Eddie 9V
As far back as he can remember, Capricorn Studios was calling Eddie 9V. As a kid scanning the sleeves of his favorite vinyl records, this fabled facility in Macon, Georgia, was always the secret ingredient, adding a little grit and honey to every song born on its floor. Capricorn and the bands who blew through it urged the Atlanta guitarist to ditch sch...
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7:45 PMHatch 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...
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8:30 PMTheater at Innovation Square
Richie Goods & Chien Chien "Connected"
Chien Chien Lu is a vibraphonist, contemporary percussionist, and composer whose Taiwanese upbringing, classical music education, and passion for R&B grooves crystallize into a fresh and distinctive approach to contemporary jazz. Lu’s fierce authenticity and jazz mastery shine bright on her September 2020 debut solo project, The Path, which sp...
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8:30 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra
The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra makes their very first special appearance at RIJF with Special Guests Conrad Herwig on Trombone on June 30 (2nd Set) and Special Guest vocalist Russell Thompkins Jr. (Legendary Original Lead Singer of The Stylistics) on July 1 (2nd Set). "The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra is currently and quickly on the rise and ...
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9:00 PMKilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
Curtis Stigers
For the award-winning singer, songwriter, and saxophonist, Curtis Stigers, the story keeps getting better. His string of hit singles, millions of albums sold, and a 30-year recording career aside, Stigers’ commitment to artistic growth, and to bringing new tunes to the Great American Songbook, has become unparalleled in mo...
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9:00 PMWegmans Stage at Parcel 5
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
It was after midnight when Trombone Shorty stepped offstage at the House of Blues in New Orleans, but he wasn’t done playing yet. Not by a long shot. “I had an idea for a new song right after the show,” says Shorty, “so the band and I decided to go straight into the studio and record it that night. We were still sweaty and buzzi...
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9:00 PMWegmans Pavilion
The BuddhaHood
Roots, Rock, Reggae, Ska Worldternative Forged from decades of musical roots in western New York, the eight members of The BuddhaHood weave a bold and brassy tapestry of worldwide rhythmic influences. Performing uplifting original songs, with the right amount of thump and crunch, they brazenly blur the imaginary line between stage and dance floor. This...
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9:15 PMTemple Theater
Vincent Peirani
The Boston Globe recently wrote about Vincent Peirani that he seems to be a culminating figure of sorts - able to move through various styles with an accomplished grace.Vincent Peirani, a virtuoso accordionist who has won international acclaim in the jazz world, expresses himself with remarkable ease in a wide variety of musical genres, shifti...
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9:15 PMThe Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Jonatavious Willis
Every generation or so a young bluesman bursts onto the scene. Someone who sends a jolt through blues lovers. Someone who has mastered the craft for sure, but who also has the blues deep down in his heart and soul. At the age of 22, bluesman Jontavious Willis may be the one. “That’s my Wonderboy, the Wunderkind,” Taj Mahal s...
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9:30 PMCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage presented by the Community Foundation
Eddie 9V
As far back as he can remember, Capricorn Studios was calling Eddie 9V. As a kid scanning the sleeves of his favorite vinyl records, this fabled facility in Macon, Georgia, was always the secret ingredient, adding a little grit and honey to every song born on its floor. Capricorn and the bands who blew through it urged the Atlanta guitarist to ditch sch...
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9:30 PMChrist Church - Global Jazz Now
Alexi Tuomarila Trio
For more than 15 years Alexi Tuomarila has been quietly building a considerable reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation in Europe, described by Jazz Times, "as one of the next big deals on jazz piano" and selected as one of the New Future Names of International Jazz by distinguished British jazz journalist Stuart Nicholson in the Obse...
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10:00 PMMax of Eastman Place
Neil Swainson Trio
Four-time Juno award winner, Neil Swainson is among the most respected and accomplished bassists on the jazz scene today. Born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1955, Neil discovered the acoustic bass in high school and primarily taught himself how to play. From 1975 to 1977, he toured Canada with one of the early pioneers of new age music...
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10:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Russell Thompkins Jr. With the Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra
For over 30 years, Russell Thompkins, Jr. was the original lead singer of the Stylistics. His impeccable falsetto voice led the group to international fame and recognition, recording such hits as “You’re A Big Girl Now”, “Stop, Look, Listen”, “You Are Everything”, “Rockin’ Roll Baby”, “Be...
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10:00 PMMontage Music Hall
Nathan-Paul & The Admirables
"I play energy, not notes!" Is Nathan's motto. He calls his music “sound medicine” because after his mother passed of cancer, at a very young age he wanted to heal people through his music. Jazz, improvisation, hip-hop, and funk have been a steady part of Nathan's musical expression. He’s dedicated his life to his craft, pulling...
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10:00 PMWilder Room
Bill Goodwin Trio
Bill Goodwin is like a breath of fresh air blowing through jazz. From the time around 1954 when he was in Los Angelesand just learning the drums, and inspired by Shelly Manne, to today, around his 80th birthday, he has loved jazz and the musicians unconditionally. He has befriended and worked with so many of the great jazz artists that it's ha...
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10:00 PMRochester Regional Health Big Tent
Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra
The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra makes their very first special appearance at RIJF with Special Guests Conrad Herwig on Trombone on June 30 (2nd Set) and Special Guest vocalist Russell Thompkins Jr. (Legendary Original Lead Singer of The Stylistics) on July 1 (2nd Set). "The Los Angeles Jazz Orchestra is currently and quickly on the rise and ...
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10:30 PMHyatt Regency Rochester Astor on Main - Squeezers Jam Sessions
Jam Session with Mike Cottone
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