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Kidd leaves UR over sexual harassment case

Celeste Kidd, the University of Rochester assistant professor who was one of the women that complained about sexual harassment from Professor T. Florian Jaeger, has formally resigned from the school. In a scathing letter to the university, Kidd recounted many of the previously reported charges against Jaeger, noting that he is still employed by the…

Tim Louis Macaluso

Hotel Cadillac showdown is over

The vigil at the Hotel Cadillac is over. But housing activists and advocates for the homeless say they’re going to keep raising the issue of affordable, low-barrier housing in Rochester. At 9 46 p.m. yesterday, the a representative for the building’s owner, DHD Ventures called Rochester police and requested officers clear out the main entrance…

Jeremy Moule

Schedule: Sunday, June 24

Sunday, June 24 3:45 p.m. West Irondequoit HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Pittsford Mendon HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. Hilton HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. The Dustbowl Revival Harro East Ballroom ($30 or Club Pass) 5:45 p.m. Bill Dobbins Hatch Recital Hall ($30…

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Schedule: Wednesday, June 27

Wednesday, June 27 12:00 p.m. Brendan Lanighan Central Library (FREE) 1:00 p.m. Youth Jazz Workshop with Mike Melito Eastman School of Music (Room 120) (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Victor HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. Webster Thomas HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. Ghost-Note with MonoNeon Harro East Ballroom ($30…

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Musician Bios: Friday, June 22

Friday, June 22 Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez (Afro-Cuban jazz) Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez was headed into a career as a classical player until he heard Keith Jarrett’s “The Köln Concert” and realized the possibilities of jazz improvisation. Rodriguez possesses the technique of Evgeny Kissin with an Afro-Cuban sensibility. Raised in Havana, Pedrito Martinez is…

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FEATURE: Jack Broadbent

By the time British slide guitarist, Jack Broadbent took the Montage Music Hall stage for his second set at last year’s Jazz Fest, the buzz was on and the word was out. Armed with a Hofner archtop guitar and a whiskey flask as a slide, Broadbent played those beautiful blues to a knocked-out audience. I…

Frank De Blase

JAZZ | Susan Alcorn

You know the pedal steel guitar: those beautiful sliding chords that shimmer in country music and the talking notes that enliven gospel. Well, you don’t know the full scope of the pedal steel until you hear Susan Alcorn take the instrument for a wild ride. Alcorn emerged from the Baltimore scene playing pedal steel in…

Ron Netsky

Musician Bios: Friday, June 29

Friday, June 29 Buried Treasure feat. Bari Koral (Rock, pop) Hailing from the Hudson Valley, Buried Treasure comes with its take on hits of the 1970’s, goosed with four-part harmonies. Dig hits by JJ Cale and Chuck Berry to mention two. (FD) facebook.com/buriedtreasuretheband Community Soul Project (Funk, soul) It’s too powerful to be simply called…

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DANCE | Dances at MuCCC

Festival season is well under way, and this week marks the start of the fifth iteration of Dances at MuCCC. This year’s festival celebration of movement features an expanded lineup of nearly 30 choreographers and performance groups presenting 10 performances. Local artists BIODANCE, Hanlon Dance & Company, and School of the Arts students and alumni…

Daniel J. Kushner

Schedule: Friday, June 29

Friday, June 29 12:00 p.m. Ryan Johnson Project Central Library (FREE) 1:00 p.m. Youth Jazz Workshop with Jon Ballantyne Eastman School of Music (Room 120) (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Canandaigua HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. Brockport HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. Robin McKelle Harro East Ballroom ($30 or…

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ART | ‘Uncharted Tails’

There is something surrealistic yet understated about the art of Jonathan Schnapp in his new exhibition “Uncharted Tails” at Create Art 4 Good Gallery. Sure, Schnapp’s paintings evoke children’s book illustrations, with their vivid colors and fantastical, detailed depictions anthropomorphized animals. But there is gravitas in the work, and scene implies an epic story filled…

Daniel J. Kushner

INTERVIEW: Jazzmeia Horn

She was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, where her grandmother gave her a name that would prove to be prescient. “Jazzmeia” flowed nicely with her last name, Horn, but what are the odds she would grow into a sensational singer and breathe new life into a field once occupied by greats like Ella Fitzgerald…

Ron Netsky

INTERVIEW: Pokey LaFarge

Gather ’round children and let me tell you of a man that plays a mean guitar and sings pretty. You can practically hear him jump out of a gramophone. St. Louis musician Pokey LaFarge is coming to town with his jumpin’ style of hi-tone bop. LaFarge plays what some call “hot music.” He mixes country,…

Frank De Blase

THEATER | ‘Italian Bred’

For one performance only, writer and actress Candice Guardino brings her successful one-woman show “Italian Bred” — now being developed into a T.V. series — to The Lyric Theatre this Friday. The comedy, originally developed through a series of stand-up performances, draws from Guardino’s Italian upbringing in Brooklyn. Through humorous impersonations of her own family…

Daniel J. Kushner

HIP-HOP | Grandmaster Flash

Grandmaster Flash is a visionary legend — he may not be one of the founding fathers of hip-hop, but he’s most definitely a pioneer in DJ turntablism. Given his name, Flash, for the quickness of his hands while scratching records, he created the art of looping beats and transitioning through records without a pause. That…

Amanda Fintak

Musician Bios: Saturday, June 30

Saturday, June 30 Akiko Tsuruga Trio (B-3 organ jazz) Click here for a feature on Akiko Tsuruga. Bill Goodwin Trio (Straight-ahead jazz) Drummer Bill Goodwin was only 17 years old when he was tapped to go on the road with saxophonist Charles Lloyd. That was the beginning of a long career that has brought him…

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KIDS | ‘Rockets, Robots, and Ray Guns’

The Strong National Museum of Play has brought back its popular “Rockets, Robots, and Ray Guns,” a showcase of science fiction’s influence on culture and in particular, the way people play. The exhibition — with themes like “Space Heroes” and “Aliens and Monsters” — already had prominent interactive features, but this new version has been…

Daniel J. Kushner

METAL | The Black Dahlia Murder

It’s hard to believe The Black Dahlia Murder has been at it for 16 years and seven albums. Doesn’t playing this loud and fast for so long take a toll on the body? This death metal band from Michigan covers all the metal subgenres as well and dishes them out like a 90-minute hardcore punch…

Frank De Blase

Schedule: Saturday, June 30

Saturday, June 30 3:45 p.m. Hobart and William Smith Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Newark HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. MCC Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. Deva Mahal Harro East Ballroom ($30 or Club Pass) 5:45 p.m. Geoffrey Keezer Hatch Recital Hall ($30 or Club…

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Feedback 6/13

Send comments to themail@rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews. We do edit selections for publication in print, and we don’t publish comments sent to other media. Special ed and the school board It was with interest and hope that I initially began reading your article…

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ROOTS | Honeysuckle

Boston folksters Honeysuckle bust out a whole lotta sound for a three-piece outfit. It’s literally a loaded freight train of harmony, done up nice and tight. You’ll swear it’s in four-part harmony when you hear this progressive trio play its new single, “Deep Blue Eyes,” off of the album “Catacombs.” Where tradition and curiosity collide.…

Frank De Blase

FEATURE: Akiko Tsuruga

Once in a while, Akiko Tsuruga has to pinch herself and ask, “How did I get here?” She had a steady gig playing the organ in her hometown of Osaka, Japan, when she took a vacation in New York City. While there, she heard her hero, Hammond B3 organ icon Dr. Lonnie Smith, playing in…

Ron Netsky

Urban Action 6/13

This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) New downtown taking shape The Rochester Downtown Development Corporation will hold “Downtown Rising 2018” on Tuesday, June 19. The event will feature presentations by several downtown developers and investors: Meade Curtis, vice president…

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SOUL | Ruby Velle & The Soulphonics

There’s plenty to sing the blues about these days, but chances are, the blues never made you feel this good. Ruby Velle and her Atlanta-based band, The Soulphonics, are the modern riposte to a long neglected, vintage Motown sound. Velle’s velvet pipes sit snug between the caterwaul of the tenor sax and the sweet lament…

Katie Preston

Mt. Hope braces for big build

City Council is expected to vote on legislation that would change the zoning code by limiting the height of new buildings along a stretch of Mt. Hope Avenue that is mostly residential, with the exception of a chiropractor office. But even if Council approves the measure, it won’t stop a highly controversial project from being…

Tim Louis Macaluso

ART | ‘Political Impressions’

Print Club of Rochester’s current exhibit, “Political Impressions,” is the organization’s second international exhibition developed in partnership with Rochester Institute of Technology, with the aim of introducing fresh perspectives and technical approaches to Rochester audiences. The group show is curated by Miranda Metcalf, Director of Davidson Galleries in Seattle, and this year’s theme is based…

Rebecca Rafferty

Schedule: Friday, June 22

Friday, June 22 4:30 p.m. Greece Arcadia HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. Honeoye Falls-Lima HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers Harro East Ballroom ($30 or Club Pass) 5:45 p.m. Matt Savage Hatch Recital Hall ($30 or Club Pass) 6:00 p.m. ECMS Jazz Performance…

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Musician Bios: Monday, June 25

Monday, June 25 BuJazzO (Jazz ensemble with film) This German ensemble is celebrating 100 years of the Bauhaus movement. It will perform a live music to picture program with some of the short films dating all the way back to 1916. Yes, it’s as cool as it sounds. On Monday, BuJazzO will perform with the…

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Musician Bios: Thursday, June 28

Thursday, June 28 Amanda Monaco Quartet (Straight-ahead jazz) With a fluid contemporary style, Amanda Monaco is among the best up-and-coming jazz guitarists on the scene today. A professor at Berklee College of Music, Monaco has played with Milt Hinton, Steve Wilson, Rufus Reid, and the Mingus Orchestra. As a leader, the Grammy-nominated artist has five albums…

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INTERVIEW: Seal

There is a certain amount of class and caution that’s required when an artist takes on standards. Not only are people hearing the interpretation, they also hear the original version dancing in their head. It’s a precarious position for an artist to be in: somewhere between honoring a tune’s legacy and putting just the right…

Frank De Blase

Schedule: Monday, June 25

Monday, June 25 12:00 p.m. Hanna PK Central Library (FREE) 1:00 p.m. Youth Jazz Workshop with Tommy Smith Eastman School of Music (Room 120) (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Greece Odyssey HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. Fairport HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. Cold Chocolate Harro East Ballroom ($30 or…

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SOUL | Mingo Fishtrap

Mingo Fishtrap is a six-piece soul-funk band that has been titillating audiences around the world for more than a decade. Based in Austin, Texas, Mingo Fishtrap performs with jocund tenacity. Singer-guitarist Roger Blevins Jr. has an airy and scratchy gospel voice that resembles Curtis Mayfield with a greater vocal range.  Every one of the players…

Katie Halligan

Musician Bios: Saturday, June 23

Saturday, June 23 The Bad Plus (Straight-ahead jazz) The Bad Plus shook up the jazz world two decades ago by covering unlikely pop songs, like “Life on Mars” and “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” But everything they played was executed with equal shares of subversion and musical intricacy. These guys have chops! The power trio is…

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Jordan workers push for contract

As a few dozen Anthony L. Jordan Health Center employees marched back and forth in front of their workplace last week, they made a few things clear: they love their jobs, they want to get back to caring for their patients, and they want to be treated fairly by management. The 65 or so Jordan…

Jeremy Moule

POP | Transviolet

Originally formed online through a musician networking site, the synth-pop four-piece Transviolet created music Postal Service-style for a year before relocating to Los Angeles to give it a go in person. Lead vocalist Sarah McTaggart sings catchy melodies in a bright and angelic whisper, while the lyrical concepts are dark and seductive. McTaggart’s vocals are…

Katie Halligan

Schedule: Saturday, June 23

Saturday, June 23 3:45 p.m. Harley School Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Penfield HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. Webster Schroeder HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. Jack Broadbent Harro East Ballroom ($30 or Club Pass) 5:45 p.m. David Hazeltine Hatch Recital Hall ($30 or Club…

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Musician Bios, Tuesday, June 26

Tuesday, June 26 All Our Exes Live In Texas (Indie folk) All their exes live in Texas, that’s why they hang their hats in Australia. These four Aussie women harmonize regally over original compositions that threaten to break the singer-songwriter mold and the listener’s heart along the way. The quartet has played around the world…

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Schedule: Thursday, June 28

Thursday, June 28 12:00 p.m. The Djangoners Central Library (FREE) 1:00 p.m. Youth Jazz Workshop with Liam Noble Eastman School of Music (Room 120) (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Bloomfield HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. School of the Arts Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. The Suffers Harro East Ballroom ($30…

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INTERVIEW: Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot

Brian Setzer is the gateway drug. It doesn’t matter how cool you think you are, if you’re of this generation and know anything about rockabilly, you learned it because of Brian Setzer. If artists like Warren Smith, The Johnny Burnette Trio, Gene Vincent, and Eddie Cochran are in your record collection, it’s because of Brian…

Frank De Blase

Schedule: Tuesday, June 26

Tuesday, June 26 12:00 p.m. Mike Melito Central Library (FREE) 1:00 p.m. Youth Jazz Workshop with Dmitri Matheny Eastman School of Music (Room 120) (FREE) 4:30 p.m. Greece Athena HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m. Spencerport HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:30 p.m. All Our Exes Live in Texas Harro…

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Album review: ‘Conscience’

Sam Nitsch “Conscience” Self-released samnitschmusic.com Yup, I hear a marimba in there. And some electric violin, too. But that isn’t what makes the diversity on this album so captivating. On his new release, “Conscience,” Boston by way of Rochester singer-songwriter Sam Nitsch takes the listener on a pleasant stroll down a musical path of oddity…

Frank De Blase

Musician Bios: Sunday, June 24

Sunday, June 24 Beats & Pieces Big Band (Progressive big band) Manchester’s Beats & Pieces are a big band in all sense of the label except the music. That is to say it doesn’t play typical big band music, but in size — 14 members — it is a big band. It is angular and…

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FEATURE: Joe Locke

As a teenager in Rochester, Joe Locke was studying drums and piano when his mom saw an ad for a vibraphone in the newspaper. She bought it and launched a career that has taken Locke to the top of the jazz world. “I can still remember being in my bedroom on Park Ave practicing the…

Ron Netsky

Album review: ‘Facade’

Ed Iseley “Facade” Self-released ediseleyexperience.com I have a deep appreciation for artists who deliver their message couched in the lyrical trick of metaphor and double entendre. Now, Rochester musician Ed Iseley is one of those straightforward types who states the not-so-obvious as if it were. “A problem’s only big when it’s mine,” he sings with…

Frank De Blase

Musician Bios: Wednesday, June 27

Wednesday, June 27 HEADLINER | Alison Krauss (Bluegrass, country, pop) Alison Krauss may have emerged as a prodigious teenage Bluegrass fiddler, but it wasn’t long before she became one of the greatest vocalists in country-pop history. Krauss, who has won more Grammy Awards than any other pop artist (27), has a voice that can only…

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FEATURE: Lake Street Dive

Six years ago, Lake Street Dive was touring like crazy but not getting much traction on the national stage. Then the band shot a video on a Brighton, Massachusetts, street corner and put it on YouTube. The video captured the exuberance of the four musicians performing the hippest version imaginable of The Jackson 5’s “I…

Ron Netsky

Film review: ‘Ocean’s 8’

The gender-swapped spin-off of the trilogy of “Ocean’s” films hits all the satisfying elements of a heist movie, while offering the distinct pleasure of watching its insanely talented cast have a blast and look great doing it.

Adam Lubitow

Calicoco can’t find one bad thing about making music

On her new album, “Float,” Giana Caliolo, who performs as Calicoco, wields her big guitar like a paint brush to further color the nighttime sky. Her voice is unassumingly pretty and innocent, and her at-times gentle songs serve to pull the listener out of their shell and into her world. “Float” comes out July 6…

Frank De Blase

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