After being cancelled two years in a row, the Jazz Fest will return to downtown Rochester in 2022, organizers announced on Friday.
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Rochester jazz festival heads to the suburbs
The 2021 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival is scheduled to be held at RIT from July 30 to Aug. 7.
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What to expect at the 2019 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival
In its 18th year, tectonic shifts continue to shape the Rochester International Jazz Festival landscape. The newest and most significant development at the festival is music throughout all nine nights on the famous gravel lot known as Parcel 5.
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Jazz festival announces its lineup
This year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival, now sponsored by CGI, will offer performances by more than 1,500 musicians. The lineup, announced this morning, is certainly not lacking in quality or variety. Among the jazz acts returning to the festival, which runs from June 21 to 29: vocalist Catherine Russell, organist Joey DeFrancesco, and guitarist Bill Frisell, with his trio.
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2019 Rochester Jazz Festival names George Benson and Steve Gadd Band as headliners
The 2019 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, taking place June 21 through 29, has announced its first headliners: George Benson and Steve Gadd Band.
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The F Word: Occupy Jazz Fest
Logistically speaking, the Jazz Fest bigwigs do a phenomenal job. But there are still some things music fans have to do on their own to keep things running smoothly.
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A change in Jazz Festival’s Club Passes?
This story has been corrected. If you’ve been buying Club Passes for the Jazz Festival, would you buy one if the Kilbourn Hall concerts weren’t included and you had to pay extra for them? A survey on the Jazz Festival’s app includes that question, and on the event’s last night, it had some festival-goers buzzing. […]
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Farewell to jazz great Jimmy Scott
With the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival getting under way this week, it’s fitting to acknowledge one of the greatest jazz vocalists of the 20th century, Jimmy Scott. He was hardly a household name, but he should have been. Scott, who died last week at age 88, was small in physical stature, but is often […]
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INTERVIEW: Marti Brom
There’s a spot in certain female voices — a transitional spot, if you will — between sweet vibrato and growl. Texas rockabilly songstress Marti Brom traverses this vocal twilight beautifully, leaving a slew of broken hearts in her wake. Brom’s voice and overall persona is classic and way beyond your typical rootsy twang and tribute. […]
