McKenzie hailed from Melbourne and studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music but started her career in Europe, living in Paris, then London. She’s absorbed great harmonic and lyric-writing knowledge from the Great American Songbook, and her residency in Europe afforded her the opportunity to sit around the piano with the iconic composer and arranger Michel Legrand. Read more

After decades of tearing up the chitlin’ circuit on a nightly basis with his sweaty, no-holds-barred funkfests, Bobby has thoroughly broken through to the mainstream. He won a long-overdue 2017 Grammy for his spectacular album Porcupine Meat and consistently tours the globe as a headliner. Read more

This new collective of female jazz instrumentalists living in NYC whose mission is to inspire and educate the community at large by sharing music created by women in jazz. Through outreach in the schools and in community spaces and networking opportunities for female musicians, Lioness performs and conducts workshops on the contributions of women in jazz. Read more

A gifted jazz pianist and Hammond B-3 specialist, Mike LeDonne has earned praise for his deeply swinging work with jazz greats, and with his own trio and Groover Quartet. LeDonne has distinguished himself as a regular member of the Milt Jackson Quartet, and as a sideman with Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, and Benny Golson. Read more

Enjoy the final free show at noon at the Central Library, shows start at 4:15 PM today on the City of Rochester Jazz St. Stage Presented by The Community Foundation, RIJF Big Tent at 6 PM only, the Avangrid Foundation / RGE Fusion Stage, and City of Rochester Midtown Stage at Parcel 5, and Jams at the Hyatt Regency Rochester.

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You never know who will show up to play! 10:30 PM until...at the Hyatt Regency Rochester Main Street Gallery. Food and beverages are available. Free parking courtesy of the City of Rochester from 10:00 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the South Ave Garage.