The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival announced today that Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings — one of the most buzzed-about acts at this year’s festival – has cancelled its upcoming album release and touring schedule for this year due to Jones’ recent diagnosis of stage one bile-duct cancer. The band will not be performing its […]
Jazz Fest 2013
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MUSIC: Jazz Fest announces full 2013 line-up
The 2013 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival line-up was announced on Tuesday, March 26. In all 1200 artists will perform 280 concerts over the nine-day festival running June 21-29. (NOTE: The official press announcement appears in full below.) The June 28 soul double-bill of Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and The James Hunter 6 […]






