Jazz@Rochester

Although they were missing all last week, the City Paper music listings are back. I’ve culled out the jazz listings for you:

Thursday, March 30

Danny “Knuckles” Sullivan Tournedo’s, The Inn On Broadway, 26 Broadway, 269-3888, 9 p.m., free

Dueling Pianos Keys Martini & Piano Bar, 233 Mill St, 232-KEYS, 6-10 p.m., call for tix

Fred Costello Fedele’sBrookhouse Restaurant, 3590 W Ridge Rd, 723-9988, 6-9 p.m., free

Roberts Jazz Ensemble w/Russell Scarborough Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan College, 2301 Westside Dr, 594-6008, 7:30 p.m., free, all ages

Roslyn Riffs, 330 East Ave, 325-2010, 6:30-10:30 p.m., free

Swing Dance Swing In St Thomas Episcopal Church, 2000 Highland Ave, 8:30-10:30 p.m., $4, all ages

Trio East Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum

Friday, March 31

Bill Dobbins/Mike Kaupa The Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave, 461-5010, 9:30 p.m., free

Bob Sneider/Paul Hoffman The Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave, 461-5010, 5:30-8:30 p.m., free

Double Stuff Flat Iron Cafe, 561 State St, 454-4830, 8-11 p.m., $4, all ages

Dueling Pianos Keys Martini & Piano Bar, 233 Mill St, 232-KEYS, 6-10 p.m., call for tix

Fox-Boyd Starry Nites Cafe, 696 University Ave, 271-2630, 9-11 p.m., free, all ages

Gap Mangione New Blues Band Horizons @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 7:30 p.m., free

Ian Mutch Riffs, 330 East Ave, 325-2010, 7-11 p.m., free

Paul Hoffman Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8:30 p.m., $5 table minimum

Roger Eckers The River’s Edge, 31 Paul Rd, 235-3630, 6-9 p.m., free

Sasha Clark House, 600 Whalen Rd, 385-3700, 7-11 p.m., free

Sonny Miles ClarissaRoom, 293 Clarissa St, 325-5350, 10 p.m., free

Saturday, April 1

Bill Dobbins Trio Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum

Bob Sneider Duo The Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave, 461-5010, 9:30 p.m., free

Danny “Knuckles” Sullivan Tournedo’s, The Inn On Broadway, 26 Broadway, 269-3888, 9 p.m., free

Dueling Pianos Keys Martini & Piano Bar, 233 Mill St, 232-KEYS, 7 p.m., call for tix

Even Numbers Jazz Quartet Boulder Coffee Co, 100 Alexander St, 454-7140, 7 p.m., free, all ages

Fred Costello Fedele’sBrookhouse Restaurant, 3590 W Ridge Rd, 723-9988, 6-9 p.m., free

Honky Tonk Henry Comix Cafe, 3450 Winton Place, 424-LAFF, 9:30 p.m., free

Peter Nickels Riffs, 330 East Ave, 325-2010, 7-11 p.m., free

Rod Blumenau Quartet Horizons, The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m., free

Sasha Clark House, 600 Whalen Rd, 385-3700, 7-11 p.m., free

Sunday, April 2

Bill Slater Horizons, The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., free

Paradigm Shift Flat Iron Cafe, 561 State St, 454-4830, 5-8 p.m., $5, all ages

Monday, April 3

Dave Rempis Bop Shop Atrium, 274 N Goodman St, 271-3354, 8 p.m., free, all ages

Tuesday, April 4

Big Band Dance w/Caruso Entertainment Stardust Ballroom, The Edgerton Community Center, 41 Backus St, 428-6769, 7:30-9:30 p.m., $2, all ages

Lumiere Little Theatre Cafe, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum

Wednesday, April 5

Jazz Jam Daily Perks Coffee House, 389 Gregory St, 230-5274, 8:30-11 p.m., free, all ages

Joe Santoro & Emily Kirchoff jazz and wine nights Fairport Village Coffee & Wine Bar, 6 N Main St, Fairport, 377-5880, 8 p.m., free

I almost forgot that I promised some time ago that I’d explore some of the voices and sounds I’d like to see at the Rochester International Jazz Festival this year or in the future. I’ll throw out a few here:

Kurt Elling. Blue Note recording artist Elling is one of the best male vocalists out there and can scat like there’s no tomorrow. I really miss seeing him and his band play (when I lived in Chicago I saw him quite often at the Green Mill and other venues). I was introduced to Kurt by a friend who had hung out with him while he was a med student at the University of Chicago (Kurt was in Divinity School there) and saw him early (right after he signed with Blue Note) and often thereafter.

Patricia Barber. Patricia Barber is another Chicago connection. I’ve never had the opportunity to see her live, but have been listening to her records for years. There is something about her sensual voice, her fine chops on the piano, and the diversity of her choices for material (both as covers and original) that I never tire of listening. Check out her site as it has some great streams of her music, including some video. She’s currently open for the RIJF dates, so who knows? Anyway, if she doesn’t make it here, she’ll be playing the Festival Interntaional de Jazz de Montreal this summer in July.

Well there’s a couple to start with. I invite readers to comment to this post and add their thoughts on some artists they’d like to see. More later?

A while back in a post-mortem of RIJF 2005 I mentioned that I thought there should be a greater effort to showcase our local jazz talent during the Rochester International Jazz Fest. This is a start:

On June 9th, Melvin Henderson and Jared Schonig of local trio Paradigm Shift will be playing as the Henderson Schonig Trio, featuring Hammond B3 guru Dr. Lonnie Smith (thus explaining the absence of organist Gerry Youngman from the trio). It will be a Club Pass event at the Montage Grille.

On June 14th, the members of Paradigm Shift will be backing local sax player Bill Tiberio at a venue to be announced.

As you may have noticed, I didn’t get any jazz listings from City Paper in the blog yesterday. While the print edition is out, the listings on the website (the source of my weekly “City Paper” posts after Frank DeBlase graciously gave me the go ahead awhile back) are still from last week. Not sure what’s up, but here are a few highlights for Friday and Saturday, in case they don’t get them up there:

Friday, March 24th

Dave Arenius Quartet, Friday Jazz at Immanuel 2006 Concert Series, at 7-9pm at Immanuel Baptist Church, 815 Park Ave., Rochester. Tickets are $10, $5 Students (family max is $25). Call 585-473-7664.

Vince Ercolamento, 10:00pm, Clarissa Room, 293 Clarissa St., 325-5350. Free.

Saturday, March 25th

Johnny Russo and Doug Robinson, 6:30 to 9:30, Geneva on the Lake, 1001 Lochland Rd., Geneva. Call 800-3-GENEVA. Free.

Mel Henderson and Sara Long, 7pm, Flat Iron Cafe, 561 State St., 454-4830, $5 all ages.

Nazareth College Jazz Combo (playing music of Coltrane, Shorter, Smoker), 3pm, Wilmot Recital Hall, Nazareth College, 4245 East Ave., 389-2700. Free.

Apparently, the Godfather of Soul is going to funk it up at Eastman Theater on June 10th. That day is definitely taking on a blues orientation with Roomful of Blues and Little Feat also playing that night. Now, I might pay good money to see the swells in Eastman getting their groove on to Sex Machine.