Jazz@Rochester

Why do the summer weeks go by so fast. Already it is time to check out some of the jaz happenings in and around Rochester for the next 7 days. Got yer City Paper listings right here :

Thursday, July 27

• Danny “Knuckles” Sullivan> Tournedo’s, The Inn On Broadway, 26 Broadway, 269-3888, 9 p.m., free
• Dave Rivello Ensemble Village Rock Café, 213 Main St, EastRochester, 586-1640, 9 p.m., free
• Fred Costello Fedele’sBrookhouse Restaurant, 3590 W Ridge Rd, 723-9988, 6-9 p.m., free
• Irondequoit Community Concert Band Irondequoit Farmer’s Market, IrondequoitTown Hall, 1280 Titus Ave, 467-8840, 7 p.m., free, all ages
• Jazz Dawgs Boulder Coffee Co, 100 Alexander St, 454-7140, 8 p.m., free, all ages
• Trio East Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum

Friday, July 28

• Bill Dobbins/Mike Kaupa The Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave, 461-5010, 9:30 p.m., free
• Bill Tiberio Clarissa Room, 293 Clarissa St, 325-5350, 10 p.m., free
• Bob Sneider/Paul Hofmann The Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave, 461-5010, 5:30-8:30 p.m., free
• 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
• *Nate Rawls & His Band Billy’s Place, 240 Adams St, 235-9634, 9:30 p.m., free
• Paul Hofmann Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8:30 p.m., $5 table minimum
• Roger Eckers Quartet The River’s Edge, 31 Paul Rd, 235-3630, 6:30-9:30 p.m., free
• Sasha Clark House, 600 Whalen Rd, 385-3700, 7-11 p.m., free

Saturday, July 29

• Bill Dobbins TrioLittle Theatre Café, 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
• Caliente Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St Paul St, 10:30 p.m., free
• Danny “Knuckles” Sullivan Tournedo’s, The Inn On Broadway, 26 Broadway, 269-3888, 9 p.m., free
• Fred Costello Fedele’s Brookhouse Restaurant, 3590 W Ridge Rd, 723-9988, 6-9 p.m., free
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band Horizons @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 7:30 p.m., free
• Honky Tonk Henry Comix Café, 3450 Winton Place, 424-LAFF, 9:30 p.m., free
• Ian Mutch Riffs, 330 East Ave, 325-2010, 7-11 p.m., free
• Jim Nugent Trio Brio, 3400 Monroe Ave, 586-7000, 7-10 p.m., free
• Sasha Clark House, 600 Whalen Rd, 385-3700, 7-11 p.m., free

Sunday, July 30

• Bill Slater Horizons, The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., free
• Finger Lakes Jazz Gazebo @ Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Ave, 467-8840, 2:30 p.m., free, all ages
• Paradigm Shift Flat Iron Café, 561 State St, 454-4830, 5 p.m., $3-$5, all ages
• Open Jazz Jam Clarissa Room, 293 Clarissa St, 325-5350, 7 p.m., free

Monday, July 31

• Steve Green & the White Hots Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum

Tuesday, August 1

• *Hard Logic Penfield Amphitheatre, 3100 Atlantic Ave, Penfield, 340-8655, 7 p.m., free, all ages
• Kathy Kosins Horizons @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 7:30 p.m., free. See the Ron Netsky in the City Paper Highlights

Wednesday, August 2

• Concerts By the Shore Greece Choral Society and Jazz Band Gazebo @ Ontario Beach Park, 7 p.m., free, all ages
• Jazz Jam Daily Perks Coffee House, 389 Gregory St, 271-2340, 8:30-11 p.m., free, all ages
• Kathy Kosins Horizons @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 7:30 p.m., free
• Lumiere Starry Nites Café, 696 University Ave, 271-2630, 8-10 p.m., free, all ages
• Roger Eckers 16 Piece Big Band River’s Edge Restaurant, 31 Paul Rd, 235-3630, 7-10 p.m., $8

One of my favorite albums is Stan Getz’s Getz/Gilberto on Verve, which brought together saxophonist Getz and Brazilian Joao Gilberto on an album that defined bossa nova and really brought that wonderful music to the rest of the world. Mostly songs of the great Brazilian songwriter Carlos Antonio Jobim, it turned out that it was Gilberto’s wife, Astrud, who sang on the track of “The Girl from Ipanema,” who became an international sensation in 1964 when the album was released and the song became one of the smash hits of jazz. Although it isn’t the best song on the album, it is just right for summer (the entire album is, actually) and is on heavy rotation in my CD player. I recently ran across this somewhat kitchy video on YouTube with Astrud singing that hit (and that is Mr. Getz there, too) and thought you might enjoy:

Been a crazy few days around the house. Here’s the jazz in and around Rochester over the next seven days, compliments of the City Paper:

Thursday, July 20

• Danny “Knuckles” Sullivan Tournedo’s, The Inn On Broadway, 26 Broadway, 269-3888, 9 p.m., free
• Fred Costello Fedele’s Brookhouse Restaurant, 3590 W Ridge Rd, 723-9988, 6-9 p.m., free
• Open Jazz Jam w/Russell Fielder Quintet Merchants Grill, 881 Merchants Rd, 482-2010, 8 p.m., free
• The Rick Holland-Evan Dobbins Little Big Band Village Rock Café, 213 Main St, East Rochester, 586-1640, 9 p.m., free
• Trio East Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum

Friday, July 21

• Bob Sneider/Paul Hofmann The Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave, 461-5010, 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m., free
• Bill Dobbins/Mike Kaupa The Grill at Strathallan, 550 East Ave, 461-5010, 9:30 p.m., free
• Brad Batz High Falls Entertainment Center, 61 Commercial St, 325-3030, 9 p.m., free
• 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
• Maggie Mullen Quartet Brio, 3400 Monroe Ave, 586-7000, 7-10 p.m., free
• Nate Rawls & His Band Billy’s Place, 240 Adams St, 235-9634, 9:30 p.m., free
• Paul Hofmann Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8:30 p.m., $5 table minimum
• Roger Eckers Quartet The River’s Edge, 31 Paul Rd, 235-3630, 6:30-9:30 p.m., free
• Sasha Clark House, 600 Whalen Rd, 385-3700, 7-11 p.m., free
• Urban Transit The Landing, 30 Main St, Fairport, 425-7490, 10 p.m., free
• Vince Ercolomento Clarissa Room, 293 Clarissa St, 325-5350, 10 p.m., free

Saturday, July 22

• Bill Dobbins Trio Little Theatre Café, 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
• Fred Costello Fedele’s Brookhouse Restaurant, 3590 W Ridge Rd, 723-9988, 6-9 p.m., free
• Gap Mangione New Blues Band Horizons @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 7:30 p.m., free
• Honky Tonk Henry Comix Café, 3450 Winton Place, 424-LAFF, 9:30 p.m., free
• Ian Mutch Riffs, 330 East Ave, 325-2010, 7-11 p.m., free
• Open Fest 2006 w/Daniel Bennett Honeoye Falls Fireman’s Field, 383 Monroe St, Honeoye Falls, 451-0915, noon, $8, all ages (See City’s Highlights)
• Jimmy Highsmith Milestones, 170 East Ave, 325-6490, 7 p.m., $10
• Jon Seiger and the All-Stars Penfield Amphitheatre, 3100 Atlantic Ave, Penfield, 340-8655, 7 p.m., free, all ages
• Latin Vibes Tapas 177 Lounge, 177 St Paul St, 10:30 p.m., free
• Sasha Clark House, 600 Whalen Rd, 385-3700, 7-11 p.m., free

Sunday, July 23

• 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 Café, 561 State St, 454-4830, 5 p.m., $3-$5, all ages

Monday, July 24

• Steve Green & the White Hots Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum

Tuesday, July 25

• Gap Mangione Penfield Amphitheatre, 3100 Atlantic Ave, Penfield, 340-8655, 7 p.m., free, all ages
• Lumiere Little Theatre Café, 240 East Ave, 258-0412, 8 p.m., $5 table minimum
• Sara Gazarek Horizons @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 7:30 p.m., free (See City’s Highlights)

Wednesday, July 26

• Jazz Jam Daily Perks Coffee House, 389 Gregory St, 271-2340, 8:30-11 p.m., free, all ages
• Lumiere Starry Nites Café, 8-10 p.m., free, all ages
• Plan B Earthtone’s Coffeehouse, 1217 Bay Rd, Webster, 671-3060, 7:30 p.m., free, all ages
• Roger Eckers 16 Piece Big Band River’s Edge Restaurant, 31 Paul Rd, 235-3630, 7-10 p.m., $8
• Sara Gazarek Horizons @ The Lodge at Woodcliff, 199 Woodcliff Dr, 248-4825, 7:30 p.m., free

Local website (or is it a blog or is it an art/music/word happening), the Refrigerator has come to my attention before. Well, the Refrigerator has added another Club Pass to its collection, with a whole new crop of great pictures from the 2006 Rochester International Jazz Festival. This is one of the best collections of photos and descriptions of the RIJF available, so check it out!

The city that is only a short hop, skip and jump-jive down the Thruway, Syracuse, will be having its own international jazz festival, Jazz in the Square 2006, on July 27-29. This year’s Jazz in the Square, while not holding a candle to our own RIJF, will feature major artists on the mainstage in Clinton Square, the heart of downtown Syracuse. Two other downtown stages present jazz in many forms. Additionally, the festival opens with a symphonic jazz concert featuring the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra with a night of great swing featuring a special guest jazz artist. Some of the artists who will be appearing in this year’s Jazz in the Square include:

Branford Marsalis
Chuck Mangione
Joyce Cooling
Criss Cross All-Stars
Sipiagin/Reid Quintet
Danny Sinoff Quartet
Nancy Kelly and the Syracuse Symphony
CNY Jazz Orchestra
The Breakers

According the website, there will also a “Jazz Alley” restaurant row and wine court in Clinton Square, late night jam sessions in the “Jazz Central” arts center, and jazz and funk groups populating the downtown club scene surrounding Clinton Square , and strolling jazz groups will perform on streets.