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SATURDAY, JUNE 20 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 6 p.m.: Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra Jazz Street Stage Founded and fronted by noted jazz composer Dave Rivello, the Rochester Metro
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FRIDAY, JUNE 19 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 6 p.m.: Half Ton Horns Jazz Street Stage Specializing in true-to-the-original arrangements of r&b classics like "I Want You Back," "Rock Steady," and
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THURSDAY, JUNE 18 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:30 p.m.: Alex Acuna 3 Harro East Ballroom Acuna takes traditional Latin rhythms and gives them a contemporary boost. Peruvian percussionist Alex Acuna
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:30 p.m.: Bonerama Harro East Ballroom Bonerama: almost as fun to say as it is to hear. This five-trombone-powered outfit makes Phil Spector's
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TUESDAY, JUNE 16 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:30 p.m.: Holly Cole Harro East Ballroom If you're not hip to her already, Holly Cole's torch song treatment of Tom Waits' music
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MONDAY, JUNE 15 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:30 p.m.: Cedar Walton Quartet Harro East Ballroom From his early days with Kenny Dorham and J.J. Johnson through his stints with Hank
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SUNDAY, JUNE 14 2:30 & 4 p.m.: Smugtown Stompers Mary Jemison Riverboat 4 p.m.: WXXI Jazz Films Eastman Theatre Once upon a time in the 1970's, top national jazz musicians made regular visits to the Rochester, and WXXI TV filmed their shows. Sadly, these films have rarely been seen since then. The treasures
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SATURDAY, JUNE 13 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:30 p.m.: Benny Goodman Salute w/Ken Peplowski Harro East Ballroom The undisputed heavyweight king of swing, Benny Goodman would be 100 years old
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FRIDAY, JUNE 12 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands Jazz Street Stage 5:30 p.m.: Jazz Mandolin Project Harro East Ballroom The Jazz Mandolin Project's Jamie Masefield is sailing into uncharted waters with the mandolin. The
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NOTE: Artists are listed alphabetically by first name; click the links to visit the musicians' official web page. You can also find artist bios for a specific day of the festival by clicking on that date in the Guides section. Aaron Parks Trio At the age of 24, keyboard player Aaron Parks
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4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free) 6 p.m.: Catherine Russell Kilbourn Hall ($25, or Club Pass)Chances are you've seen or heard New York City's Catherine Russell before. Russell, an
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4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)6 p.m.: ECMS LatinJazz City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free) 6 p.m.: Carolyn Wonderland Montage Music Hall ($20, or Club Pass)The Susans - that'd be
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4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free) 5:30 p.m.: Devon Allman's Honeytribe Harro East Ballroom ($20, or Club Pass)Having a legendary surname may open doors, but it also leaves big
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12 p.m.: Mike Cottone Trio Monroe County Library (Free) 4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:30 p.m.: Wild Magnolias Harro East Ballroom ($20, or Club Pass)It's the Mardi Gras Indians that are
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4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free) 5:30 p.m.: The Yellowjackets Harro East Ballroom ($20, or Club Pass)The Yellowjackets began in the mid-1970's as the back-up band for guitarist Robben
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4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:30 p.m.: Cindy Blackman Quartet Harro East Ballroom ($20, or Club Pass)It's not every day you hear a hard bop drummer as powerful as
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2:30 p.m.: Dixieland Cruise Mary Jemison Riverboat (Free)4 p.m.: Dixieland Cruise Mary Jemison Riverboat (Free)4 p.m.: WXXI Jazz Films Eastman Theatre ($27.50-$85)4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free) 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:30 p.m.:
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2:30 p.m.: Dixieland Cruise Mary Jemison Riverboat (Free)4 p.m.: Dixieland Cruise Mary Jemison Riverboat (Free)4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free) 5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:30 p.m.: Dave Samuels Caribbean Jazz Project
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4:30 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:15 p.m.: Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)5:30 p.m.: Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Harro East Ballroom ($20, or Club Pass)Thelonious Monk's seemingly haphazard phrasing, his sense of time, and
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Artists are listed alphabetically, by the first letter of the first name. To search for a specific artist, press Control + F on your keyboard. To visit invidual artists' website, click on the hyperlinked names. (NOTE: This will open up a new browser window.)Al Foster QuartetAfter teaching himself drums at the age
