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News Release
June 24, 2019
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#CGIRocJazzFest
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Day 4 - Monday June 24
Jazz at the Library Starts at Noon Today! Free!
Jazz Workshops Start Today 1 PM - Free!
Jazz Scholarship Concert & Presentation is Tonight at 8 PM
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Rochester, NY
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June 24, 2019
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CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival continues today starting at 12 noon with a free show featuring Escape Terrain at the Central Library downtown. Free Jazz Workshops sponsored by Wegmans also kick off today at 1 p.m., with jazz flutist Ali Ryerson. The annual free RIJF / Eastman School of Music Scholarship Concert is at 8 p.m. at Eastman Theatre.
The 18th Edition Festival runs through Saturday, June 29 and presents more 1500 legendary performers, familiar favorites and rising stars in 320 shows. It's the place to be in June!
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Make the Most of Your Festival Experience!
- Before you go - see street closings and parking info
- Tickets & Info - Ticket Shop, 100 East Ave & Gibbs. 10 AM - 10 PM
- Exchange Club Pass tickets for Passes before you attend a show at the Ticket Shop
- Food and beverages available at many venues, on Main St. & East Ave
- Free Festival App
- Brochures & Program Guides available at venues & the Ticket Shop
- Free Harris Beach Shuttle circulates around the fest, 3 p.m. to Midnight. Look for the signs. See map
- McCarthy Merchandise Tent, Gibbs St., 4-11 p.m. apparel, posters
- Rochester Regional Health First Aid Tent, Gibbs at Main
- M&T Bank ATMs available in multiple locations around the fest
- Share your feedback! Take our quick audience survey during the fest
- Donate musical instruments for City school students, McCarthy Merchandise Tent, 5-7:30 PM
- CGI Photo Booth - Free, McCarthy Merchandise Tent, 5-10 p.m.
- Charging Station - D&C booth in McCarthy Merch Tent
- Nightly Jam Sessions - Start at 10:30 PM, Hyatt Regency, no cover, park free in South Ave garage from 10:30 PM to 2 a.m. courtesy of City of Rochester
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Starts Today! Free Jazz Workshops For Music Students
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Jazz students of all ages are invited to participate in our free
Jazz Workshops sponsored by Wegmans. 1-2:30 p.m., Room 120, Ray Wright Room at the Eastman School of Music. No pre-registration required. No registration is required. Attend one or more days. Hosted by Bob Sneider, Eastman School Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media and Senior Instructor of Jazz Guitar, and led by five musicians performing at the Festival.
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New York-based Canadian singer, trumpeter and songwriter
Bria Skonberg
has been described as one of the “most versatile and imposing musicians of her generation” and one of 25 for the Future by DownBeat Magazine 6 & 9 PM PM /
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music
/ $35 at the door or Club Pass
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With Delvon’s soulful organ sound, and Jimmy’s explosive guitar sound and former drummer perfect pocket drumming, the
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio
has the perfect blend of Soul, Jazz, Rhythm & Blues & Rock & Roll.
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Follow the Beat with
Paa Kow
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In the small Ghanaian village of Enyan Denkyira, where
Paa Kow
w
as born, there was no electricity until he was 13. He fashioned drums out of metal cans, wire, and a fertilizer bag, and practiced for hours every da
y.
Today he tours the world.
6 & 10 PM,
Montage Music Hall
$30 at the door or Club Pass
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Jazz Scholarship Concert & Presentation Tonight at 8 PM
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The annual Rochester Intl Jazz Fest / Eastman School
Scholarship concert
features the Eastman Jazz Ensemble, Bill Dobbins and Dave Glasser. Congratulations to year's scholarship winner,
Roy Marshall
,(pictured) a drummer and Penfield HS grad, who will enter Eastman School as a first-year student in the Jazz Studies and Contemporary Media department.
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The Gift of Music - In Their Words
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Photo Credits
T
op photo: Jazz Street, photo by Tom Flint for RIJF
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Thank You to our Sponsors & Partners
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ABOUT THE CGI ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
The
CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival
is one of the world’s leading jazz festivals. From legendary performers and familiar favorites, to rising stars and new discoveries, the Festival navigates all genres of creative improvised music from all corners of the world.
Founded in 2002 in Rochester, NY, the multi-dimensional nine-day Festival is held annually in downtown Rochester, NY and presents more than 1500 artists from around the world in 320+ shows at 20 venues. Attendance has grown from 15,000 in 2002 to 208,000 in 2018. Economic impact delivered to the region now exceeds $180 million. In addition to a headliner series and Club Pass Series of 220+ shows, the festival also presents 100+ free shows and events including nightly jam sessions and jazz workshops. The Festival's jazz scholarship program has awarded almost $500,000 in scholarships to 40 students entering Eastman School of Music.
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CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival
is produced by RIJF, LLC, a privately held company owned by John Nugent and Marc Iacona. Nugent, Producer and Artistic Director, is a noted tenor sax player, who has traveled the world with many jazz artists including Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney, The Woody Herman Orchestra and The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Marc Iacona, Producer and Executive Director, is a Rochester native and President of Simcona Electronics. A business and community leader, he is an avid trumpeter and supporter of the arts.
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