Colonel Nathaniel Rochester, the businessman who made his fortune in grain, nails, rope, and banking in the South before moving to Upstate New York, also made money buying and selling slaves.
Ron Netsky
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Utility player
Eastman School professor Gary Versace’s roles on multiple instruments, in concert halls and on records, span the globe and several genres.
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Jazz Fest 2019: Meet CITY’s jazz bloggers
Frank De Blase I agree with Frank Zappa when he said writing about music is like dancing to architecture. I’ve been dancing to architecture for 20 years for CITY Newspaper and this is his 17th year writing about the Rochester International Jazz Festival. I consider it the most wonderful time of the year. I like […]
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Jazz Fest 2019: CITY’s Daily Jazz Blogs
The 2019 CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival runs from Friday, June 21, through Saturday, June 29, and CITY Newspaper will be out every night of the festival, covering multiple shows. Check back each day for reviews, photos and video of each nights festivities. For live updates follow us on Instagram @roccitynews and follow the hashtag […]
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Jazz Fest 2018: CITY’s Daily Jazz Blogs
And that’s it for the 2018 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival. The festival reported more than 208,000 people in attendance. Catch up on the nine days of action with our reviews of 79 acts
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Jazz Fest 2017: Meet the writers covering the XRIJF
Ron Netsky My real job is Chairman of the Art Department at Nazareth College and my main work is in the field of printmaking, but I love music and I’ve been writing about jazz for CITY since the 1990’s. Late-June is one of my favorite times of the year, a chance to indulge in great […]
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Eight great printmakers at Main Street Arts
The thoroughly enjoyable exhibit at Clifton Springs’ Main Street Arts gallery features the work of eight of our region’s most talented printmakers. It’s a fairly straightforward show, offering the chance to get better acquainted with the variety of techniques utilized by this small group, and the diversity of aesthetics that can be achieved with different […]
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Jazz Fest 2016: Meet City’s jazz bloggers
Ron Netsky [IMAGE-1] My real job is chairman of the art department at Nazareth College, but I’ve been writing about jazz for City since the late-1990’s. My love of music can be traced to the people I grew up with: my uncle was a Broadway composer; my twin brother, Steve, is a songwriter; and my […]
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Jazz Fest 2015: Meet City’s jazz bloggers
Ron Netsky This year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival opens with one of my favorite artists from last year’s XRIJF, Cecile McLorinSalvant. If you haven’t heard this wonderfully expressive singer, come to Kilbourn Hall and you’ll understand why she won DownBeat Magazine’s Critics Poll as Jazz Artist of the Year in 2014. I’m also looking […]
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JAZZ FEST 2014: Meet City’s jazz bloggers
Ron Netsky XRIJF Music Director John Nugent’s slogan, “It’s not who you know, it’s who you don’t know,” rings true for me. Every year at the festival, I purposely seek out artists I don’t know and that usually means taking in acts from the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. So it’s a good bet you’ll find […]
