Smugtown Stompers, 3 p.m., Mary Jemison Riverboat on the Genesee River

Several Jazz Fests ago Rochester's Dixieland darlings, The Smugtown Stompers, added a kind of carnival joy to Gibbs Street with the band's Basin Street bop. The joyful noise served as a swingin' segue from gig to gig. Though New Orleans is getting a lot of face time this year, it's gonna be left up to the Stompers for the most part to preserve the hall and bring the brass when saints from all over the world come marching in.

For more information on the Stompers visit http://www.smugtownstompers.com/. (FD)

Brockport Community Big Band, 4 p.m., Memorial Art Gallery

Rochester Area High School Jazz Bands, 4:30 p.m. & 5:15 p.m., Jazz Street Stage

Paul Tillotson Love Trio, 6 & 10 p.m., Montage

The word “improvised” may scare off the philistines, but that just leaves more room for the fun. At the center of the Love Trio’s sound is pianist Paul Tillotson’s total irreverence and willingness to go anywhere the vibe says (once the audience realizes it has a say in the goings-on). When’s the last time you had a seriously talented musician ask the crowd in all its multi-tonal, tin-eared glory to sing along? Tillotson is a master of melody with an infectious childlike wonder that usually gets him off the hook with righteous aficionados who expect jazz to be doled out in smoky, lonely, intimate settings. C’mon --- it’s a party.

For more information on Tillotson visit paultillotson.com. (FD)

Randy Brecker Quintet, 6 p.m. & 10 p.m., Kilbourn Hall

Randy Brecker rose to prominence in the 1970s as the trumpet-playing sibling in the funk-jazz group the Brecker Brothers. (His saxophonist brother, Michael, a beloved figure in both jazz and pop, died earlier this year.) He had already established his credentials in the 1960s with Blood, Sweat & Tears, Horace Silver, Dreams, and Larry Coryell. It’s a good bet that even if you never listen to jazz, you’ve heard a lot of Brecker. Perhaps the 20th-century’s most popular jazz trumpeter among pop artists, he’s played on albums by James Taylor, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, James Brown, and hundreds of others. An excellent bebop player, Brecker retains a soft spot for hard funk.

For more information on Brecker, visit http://www.randybrecker.com/. (RN)

Stephane Wrembel Trio, 6 p.m., Club Pass Big Tent

It just simply wouldn’t be a jazz festival without this stuff. Frenchman Stephane Wrembel calls his music “Gypsy jam” --- a hybrid of world music dominated by his Gypsy guitar. At the heart of this music --- and in the heart of Wrembel --- stands Django Reinhardt, the undefeated heavyweight master of Gypsy jazz guitar. Reinhardt’s two-fingered tight tone and jump is unmistakable on his original recordings, and equally recognizable when they surface directly or indirectly as influences, like they do with cats like Wrembel. The teenage Wrembel was turned on to guitar via the ones you’d expect like Hendrix and Zeppelin. But when he went to the Django Reinhardt Festival in Samois at age 20, it was clear what he would be doing from then on.

For more information on Wrembel visit http://www.stephanewrembel.com/. (FD)

Scott Goudie, 6 p.m., Jazz Street Stage

Scott Goudie is well known to some in Canada as a visual artist, but he has another audience that might not be aware of his painting career. That’s because, since the mid-1960s, when he became involved with jazz and blues, he’s pursued music with an equal passion. His love of blues intensified in the early 1970s when he met Mississippi Delta bluesman Johnny Shines. Goudie joined Shines and moved to Alabama, taking up the blues slide guitar. Since then he has played with John Hammond Jr., Muddy Waters, Albert Collins and others.

For more information on Goudie, visit http://www.rowdyblues.com/scottgoudie.html. (RN)

Cornelio Tutu, 6:15 p.m. & 10 p.m., Max of Eastman Place

He was born in Hungary and honed his skills in Budapest, but guitarist extraordinaire Cornelio Tutu is steeped in the American jazz and pop traditions. While Tutu’s technique is reminiscent of the octave-based melodic style of Wes Montgomery, he’s not above throwing in lightning riffs that recall surf guitar guru Dick Dale. Tutu’s band mates are equally capable of stunning audiences with their knowledge of American jazz. When they tackle a show-stopper like “Summertime,” the heat is not just seasonal.

For more information visit http://www.corneliotutu.com/. (RN)

Tessa Souter, 6:30 p.m. & 10 p.m., High Fidelity

One of these days Tessa Souter should sing “Out of Nowhere,” because that’s where she came from. Now that she’s arrived, everyone has the same assessment: wow! If you are going to write your own lyrics to Joaquin Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” and re-imagine Leon Thomas’ “The Creator Has a Master Plan,” you’d better know what you’re doing. One hearing of Souter’s stunning album, Listen Love, leaves no doubt that she does. A London-born journalist, Souter was living and writing in New York in the 1990s when, at the urging of a friend, she began to sing at open mic nights. The strength of her voice won her a scholarship to the Manhattan School of Music, but she quit to work with legendary vocalist Mark Murphy. It paid off. In addition to her spellbinding vocals Souter can write, as evidenced by her wonderful tune, “You Don’t Have To Believe.”

For more information on Souter, visit http://www.tessasouter.com/. (RN)

Mambo Kings, 7:15 p.m., East Ave/Chestnut Stage

The Mambo Kings are the hottest Afro-Cuban jazz band in upstate New York. Over the last decade the band has also been garnering national and international attention, performing orchestral arrangements of original tunes like Marinera with the Baltimore, Vancouver and San Antonio Symphony Orchestras. Marinera was written by the Mambo Kings' founder and pianist, Peruvian native Richard DeLaney. Other group members include saxophonist John Viavattine, percussionists Freddy Colón and David Antonetti and bassist Hector Diaz.

For more information on the Mambo Kings visit http://www.mambokingdom.com/. (RN)

Shuffle Demons, 7:15 p.m. & 9:15 p.m., Jazz Street Stage

You might think this one is for the kids, what with the amazing technicolor stage clothes, interpretive dance, and hijinks. The Shuffle Demons are a cross between New Year’s Eve and a hockey game. The band plays with a big ’n’ bombastic blast that typically boils over the stage and into the stands. Talk about surround sound. The Demons have been doing this for 20 years, after getting its start as a street band in Toronto. The talent warranted the clubs and theatres the group graduated to, but you couldn’t take the street out of ’em. These guys are berserk.

For more information on the Shuffle Demons visit http://www.shuffledemons.com/. (FD)

Zanussi Five, 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., Reformation Lutheran Church

“Alborado,” the title tune of the new Zanussi Five album, moves along with a trance-inducing melody until the middle, when the players abandon the groove and the music grows more dissonant before building into a wild shriek. That structure is emblematic of this top contemporary Norwegian jazz group led by bassist Per Zanussi. The band can swing with the best, but its members are more interested in moving jazz forward into the 21st century. Zanussi, who composed all of the album’s tracks, leans in a decidedly avant-garde direction. His excellent sidemen --- Kjetil Møster (tenor sax), Rolf-Erik Nystrøm (alto sax), Eirik Hegdal (baritone, alto sax) --- are capable of some of the most beautiful and ethereal voicings in jazz today. And Per Oddvar Johansen is outstanding on percussion.

For more information on Zanussi Five, visit http://www.perzanussi.com/. (RN)

Jerry Lee Lewis, 8 p.m., Eastman Theatre

Everyone’s waving a guitar these days, but the piano was what gave birth to rock ’n’ roll. It can be traced back to Ike Turner’s digits tickling the ivories in 1951 on Jackie Brenston’s “Rocket 88.” The thundering bass clef stroll along with the treble’s tinkle and chop gave birth to a sound that was quickly met by the shake of eager hips.

But it was the Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis, who gave the sound its danger. The Killer infused it with the lust, desire, and fire that burned it to the ground.

Born dirt poor in Ferriday, Louisiana in 1935, Lewis’ parents couldn’t afford a piano. So he took to playing the piano at church. By 1950 he was enrolled in bible college but got kicked out for misconduct. Lewis cut his first single, a rollicking version of “Crazy Arms,” for Sun Records in 1956. Soon he gravitated to more salacious strains and cut “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” in 1957. “Great Balls Of Fire,” recorded the following year, proved to be his biggest hit.

Lewis’ life has been as turbulent and chaotic as his music. He truly embodies the conflict and debate over rock ’n’ roll’s ownership. And if it turns out rock ’n’ roll does belong to the devil, then the devil is Jerry Lee Lewis.

For more information on Lewis visit http://www.jerryleelewis.com/. (FD)

Ryan Shaw, 8:30 p.m. & 10 p.m., Club Pass Big Tent

Ryan Shaw takes a break from touring with Brit soul babe Joss Stone to rock with us for just one evening. But that may be all it takes to rejuvenate and resuscitate your faith in R&B. Hailin’ and wailin’ outta Decatur, Georgia, Shaw digs deep into the genre’s classic era, when R&B actually meant rhythm and blues and had plenty of both. Shaw sings creamy smooth with lofty forays into the clouds that’ll make you tingle. Wilson Pickett and Jackie Wilson may be gone, but it’s comforting to know that someone’s still doing their work down here. (FD)

Los Lonely Boys, 9 p.m., East Ave/Chestnut Stage

This is one for the guitar nuts. When Los Lonely Boys first broke about five years ago, these three brothers from West Texas stopped by and positively rocked the Lilac Festival. The group went onto the 2005 Grammy Awards with four nominations and walked away with the Best Pop Vocal Duo/Group Award. The Latino/roots rock/blues mix may make some think of Los Lobos or The Blazers, but the band stands alone in sheer intensity, if nothing else. Guitarist/singer Henry Garza simply calls it "Texican rock 'n' roll." There's blues, Latin grooves, and classic rock too, and it all gets lassoed by Garza's incendiary guitar a la SRV and an on-stage telepathy and synergy only fraternity can bring.

For more information on Los Lonely Boys visit http://www.loslonelyboys.org/. (FD)

Jazz Jam w/Bob Sneider, 10:30 p.m., State Street Bar & Grill

The crowd will grow larger and larger every night as festival-goers catch on to one of the RIJF's best treats. Starting at around 10:30 p.m., at the Crowne Plaza's State Street Bar and Grill, the superb Bob Sneider Trio hosts a rousing jam session. Sneider is a world-class jazz guitarist who has equally top-notch support from Mike Melito on drums and Phil Flanigan on bass. If that's not enough, you never know who will visit the bar and jam after a gig. George Benson, Chris Potter, and Eric Alexander are among the stars who have sat in with the band. So have a wide range of local musicians, from high school students to pros.

For more information on Bob Sneider, visit http://www.bobsneider.com/index.shtml. (RN)

For more information or to buy tickets, visit the Rochester International Jazz Festival website.