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The Lion King has
left town, but the vibrant music and movement of Africa
is alive and well year-round at Bush Mango Drum and Dance.
The 2006 Rochester International Jazz Festival is heavy on
greats who are carrying on legacies.
The 2006 Rochester International Jazz Festival is heavy on greats who are carrying on legacies. McCoy Tyner emerged from John Coltrane’s classic quartet. Wayne Shorter was part of Miles Davis’ greatest septet. And Phil Woods, who, as a teenager, got to know Charlie Parker, will revive some of the master’s music. On the funk side, […]
Asylum Street Spankers Austin, Texas’ The Asylum Street Spankers are Tin Pan Alley ragged and beat poet sharp. They’re Dixieland with a pre-war jazz jump. They’re deranged and irreverent in the extreme. They are 100 percent acoustic (that is to say, un-mic’d and unplugged) and will cordially invite folks to “shut the fuck up” if […]
To take full advantage of all the RIJF has to offer, you have some planning to do. Read this section for short descriptions of nearly every act in the festival. Our critics — Frank De Blase, Ron Netsky, Chad Oliveiri, Saby Reyes-Kulkarni, and Eric Rezsnyak — give you the information you need to decide which […]
Starting Saturday, June 10, check in every day to see our writers’ takes on the previous night’s shows at the 5th Annual Rochester International Jazz Festival. With more than 600 musicians performing in 170 concerts, they’ll have plenty to dish about. Did they get their tongues twisted at BraamDeJoodeVatcher? Who felt good about James Brown? […]
Friday, June 9 Eastman Theatre Woody Allen & His New Orleans Jazz Band $50-$95 Kilbourn Hall Charlie Hunter Trio RIJF Club Pass Big Tent Gap Mangione Quintet 6pm Djabe 8:30 & 10pm Max of Eastman Place Rachel Z Milestones Mahavishnu Project Montage Henderson-Schonig Trio featuring Dr. Lonnie Smith Little Theatre Bill Dobbins Trio Jazz Street […]
The totals: 2453 US soldiers, 222 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 37,813 to 42,180 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to May 22. 3394 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between May […]
Style and Flexibility in Ellwanger Barry Architect C. Storrs Barrows designed the 1927 Stucco Tudor for Dr. John R. Slater, a University of Rochester Professor. The three-bedroom house and two-car, detached garage are situated on a small, scrupulously landscaped lot. The rear yard features a new, custom stone patio. However, many of the details, slate […]
What began in the 90’s as routine taping of meetings and
workshops has evolved into “Students First,” a Rochester School District television show.
