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 boots to fill. So you should know who his dad is -- if not you should be tied to the whipping post -- but Duane Allman goes beyond The Allman Brothers. These guys arguably invented Southern rock along with Lynyrd Skynyrd, Charlie Daniels, Marshall Tucker, and the like. So to hear it come from the offspring, through Honeytribe, makes sense. But these days Southern rock is in bed with the hippies more than ever, and where a lot of the jams get really pushed to the limit (thank you, Trey Anastasio), Devon Allman just solos like a rocker, wailing like his heart hurts.  (FD)

6 p.m.: Joe Locke "Force of Four" Kilbourn Hall ($25, or Club Pass)

Joe Locke began his career as a teenager playing in Rochester clubs before heading to New York City in the early 1980's. Three decades later, he is one of the world's top vibraphonists. Locke is one of the most exciting jazz performers to watch as he dances his way around his instrument. One indication of his rising status is the fact that he appeared at smaller venues at two previous RIJF performances; this time he'll join the elite at Kilbourn Hall. He's played with many of the top names in jazz, but he is excited about the three young musicians in his new quartet: Robert Rodriguez, piano; Ricardo (Ricky) Rodriguez, bass (no relation), and Jonathan Blake, drums. (RN)

6 p.m.: ECMS Latin Jazz Combo Club Pass Big Tent ($20, or Club Pass)

6 p.m.: ECMS Latin Jazz Combo City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)

6 p.m.: Blake Tartare Montage Music Hall ($20, or Club Pass)

If you like your jazz a little on the raw side, Blake Tartare should be just right. Montreal-born, Brooklyn-based Michael Blake plays a variety of instruments, including tenor and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, and kalimba. In his band are three excellent Danish musicians: Soren Kjaergaard  (piano, Wurlitzer organ), Jonas Westergaard (bass), and Kresten Osgood  (drums). Blake Tartare plays with frenetic energy, balancing equal measures of structure and free improvisation. Their repertoire contains works by Charles Mingus and Sun Ra, but the majority of tunes are Blake's own adventurous compositions. To put it simply, the music of Blake Tartare is exceedingly well done.  (RN)

6:15 p.m.: Tierney Sutton Band Max of Eastman Place ($20, or Club Pass)

It's not like Tierney Sutton doesn't have any consonants carousing in her fluid phrasing. But her tone rings so pure that the notes that boast any hang time at all do so as if they'd always been there. The lady has been doing this with her Tierney Sutton Band for seven albums. This band is unbelievably tight, even when dialing it down as Sutton sings just above a whisper. The 2005 live album "I'm With The Band" was nominated for a Grammy. It's no wonder; Sutton's voice is a smile set to music, and when she scats, it's like that smile is dancing. And yet there is a darkness and mystery in her voice that leaves the listener perhaps a little vulnerable. (FD)

6:30 p.m.: Tim Blane High Fidelity ($20, or Club Pass)

Let's simplify things and just call Boston singer/guitarist Tim Blane's music uppity acoustic pop. His percussive style urges the melodious parts to join in the rhythm section while Blane plaintively sings. He's an engaging performer in a genre that had typically celebrated the nonplussed until acts like Jack Johnson and Blane came along all breezy and warm. (FD)

6:45 p.m.: Sliding Hammers Christ Church ($20, or Club Pass)

Here's some jazz that looks as good as it sounds. Sliding Hammers' trombones sound as long and luxurious as their legs. This gorgeous set of Swedish sisters (Karin Hammar and Mimi Pettersson Hammar) leads the group in a sort of pre-hard-bop bop. The Hammers swing with a sturdy affability, and they've got the chops to get lost, but opt to keep the rubber side down. Proficiency and style never threaten to overtake the music, as the two ladies fly apart, trade off, and come together with a beguiling depth that's almost conversational. Maybe it's those smiles, maybe it's those legs, but it's most definitely those boss trombones (FD)

7:15 p.m.: DjabeCity of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)

Like a Buster Poindexter goulash, the rudiments and retro worldliness of traditional Hungarian music get the jazz jolt from Djabe, a Hungarian sextet centered around the brilliant bass of lead composer Barabas Tamas. The band's polyrhythmic play, coupled with brassy jumps from the horns, certainly has the potential for collision. But ultimately Djabe swings with both feet --- each one in any number of genres and grooves. Unexpected, unique, and fun. (FD)

7:15 p.m.: Devon Allman's Honeytribe Harro East Ballroom ($20, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

7:30 p.m.: Beady Belle Lutheran Church of the Reformation ($20, or Club Pass)

Leave it to the Norwegians to stir some old soul into new soul jams, and somehow have it sound more authentic than the American roots the music springs from. That's what you get from this collaboration between Nordic musicians Beate S. Lech and Marius Reksjo. Newbie soul star India.Arie lent her vocals to the group's new disc, "Belvedere." Belle's music is sultry funk and seductive soul moving between challenging jazz layers. It's the beauty of songs sung sweet, and an underlying Nashville tinge, as if Owen Bradley was at the wheel. And Lech's voice? Mmm-hmmm. (FD)

8 p.m.: Boz Scaggs Eastman Theatre ($37.50-$65)

Most folks will recognize Scaggs for the pre-disco pop and soul of hits like "Lido Shuffle" and "Lowdown," as well as his cushy forays into the great American songbook. But the man started out cutting it rough and mean in San Francisco's scene by the bay, alongside the likes of Steve Miller. Scaggs joined Miller's band in 1967 for two albums before going solo to release "Boz Scaggs," a soulful, bluesy platter recorded with the legendary Muscle Shoals rhythm section, featuring Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, and Barry Beckett, along with Duane Allman. It's Allman and his slippery guitar tearing up the 13-minute blues burner "Loan Me A Dime." I don't know who's slingin' strings for Scaggs currently, but I'll be holding out for this one. (FD)

8:30 p.m.: Soul Stew Club Pass Big Tent ($20, or Club Pass)

It's a jazz, funk, and r&b stew as well. This Toronto septet has been rocking it right since 1990 along Toronto's famed College Street scene. Made up of top-notch session men, Soul Stew has lent its brass to artists from Aretha Franklin to Nelly Furtado to Gorillaz. The band's prevailing sound when bathing in its own spotlight is the kind of pleasant soul that floated out of umpteen transistor radios in the 1970's. I had mine tied to my handlebars. Where was yours? (FD)

8:45 p.m.: Sliding Hammers Christ Church ($20, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

9:15 p.m.: Djabe City of Rochester Jazz Street Stage (Free)

See bio above.

9:30 p.m.: Beady Belle Lutheran Church of the Reformation ($20, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

10 p.m.: Soul Stew Club Pass Big Tent ($20, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

10 p.m.: Blake Tartare Montage Music Hall ($20, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

10 p.m.: Tierney Sutton Band Max of Eastman Place ($20, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

10 p.m.: Joe Locke "Force of Four" Kilbourn Hall ($25, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

10 p.m.: Tim Blane High Fidelity ($20, or Club Pass)

See bio above.

10:30 p.m.: Jazz Session w/Bob Sneider Rochester Plaza Hotel (Free)

You'd better arrive early if you want any chance at a seat at the Bob Sneider Trio's exceedingly popular jam session, held every night at Crowne Plaza's State Street Bar and Grill. Starting at around 10:30 p.m. and getting hotter as the night progresses, the session attracts some of the festival's finest musicians for after-hours jams. Sneider is a world-class jazz guitarist who has superb support from Mike Melito on drums and Phil Flanigan on bass. You never know who will show up. Wynton Marsalis played for an hour after his concert last year. George Benson, Chris Potter, and Eric Alexander are among the many other stars who have sat in with the band. (RN)

For more information, and to order tickets, visit the RIJF website.