Rochester International Jazz Festival
City Newspaper's guide to Rochester's biggest music festival. The 2016 Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival runs Friday, June 24, through Saturday, July 2. For more reviews, blogs, photos, and the latest news, check our website every day of the festival.
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Cover Story
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Tickets, Venues, Parking, and Additional Information
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More about the musicians performing Friday, June 24
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Full schedule for Friday, June 24
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Proving that rock 'n' roll can still thoroughly thrive without the guitar, Davina and The Vagabonds lay it down with a vintage instrumentation — piano, horns, bass, and drums —and hi-tone retro ambition.
By Frank De Blase
Jun 15, 2016
XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Davina and The Vagabonds Davina Sowers Blues New Orleans Jazz
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Full schedule for Saturday, June 25
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More about the musicians performing Saturday, June 25
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Junior Brown's playing is a hybrid blur of chicken pickin' prestidigitation and salaciously slick slide. It's as if he was channeling Jimmy Bryant and Speedy West simultaneously and couldn't decide which one to pick.
By Frank De Blase
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XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Junior Brown Guit-Steel Country Americana
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Full schedule for Sunday, June 26
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More about the musicians performing Sunday, June 26
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Fusion music didn't exist when guitarist John Abercrombie plied his craft at a Boston supper club in the late 1960's.
By Ron Netsky
Jun 15, 2016
XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature John Abercrombie Gary Versace Adam Nussbaum Organ Trio Jazz
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Full schedule for Monday, June 27
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More on the musicians performing Monday, June 27
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When I caught up with vocalist and composer Lizz Wright by phone, she was in New York City getting ready to sing at a benefit for The Innocence Project. Wright, who synthesizes R&B, jazz, folk, blues, and gospel music, is still basking in the glow of her excellent new album, "Freedom & Surrender."
By Ron Netsky
Jun 15, 2016
XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Lizz Wright R&B Gospel Jazz Vocalist
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Full schedule for Tuesday, June 28
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More about the musicians performing Tuesday, June 28
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It's hard to pin down what it is about Bria Skonberg. She's a double threat as a trumpet player and vocalist — good luck trying to pick which one you like more.
By Frank De Blase
Jun 15, 2016
XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Bria Skonberg Jazz Trumpeter Jazz Vocalist Hot Jazz
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Full schedule for Wednesday, June 29
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More about the musicians performing Wednesday, June 29
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Soon after moving from Israel to New York in the 1990's, bassist Avishai Cohen began playing with top artists, including Danilo Pérez, Wynton Marsalis, and Joshua Redman. In 1997, Chick Corea signed him to his Stretch record label and asked Cohen to join his band.
By Ron Netsky
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XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Avishai Cohen Bassist Jazz
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Full schedule for Thursday, June 30
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More on the musicians performing Thursday, June 30
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Though usually pegged as entertainers, musicians don't necessarily owe their audience a damn thing. This is particularly the case when said band is focused on exorcising its own demons, and is pursuing its muse.
By Frank De Blase
Jun 15, 2016
XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Emefe Miles Arntzen Afrobeat Funk-Pop
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Full schedule for Friday, July 1
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More on the musicians performing Friday, July 1
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Red Baraat's joyous energy is instantly infectious. Eight musicians piled onto a stage, devotedly kicking out Brooklyn bhangra — a mix of North Indian bhangra, D.C go-go, jazz, hip-hop, and New York City edge — will put a smile on your face, and then make you move.
By Jake Clapp
Jun 15, 2016
XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Red Baraat Sunny Jain Brooklyn Bhangra World Music Go-go
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Full schedule for Saturday, July 2
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More on the musicians performing Saturday, July 2
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Laura Dubin began taking piano lessons from her mom, a classical pianist, while she was growing up in Brighton. But there was another pianist in the family, her uncle, David, who visited from California.
By Ron Netsky
Jun 15, 2016
XRIJF 2016 Artist Feature Laura Dubin Jazz Pianist Antonio H. Guerrero Kieran Hanlon
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