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Last Two Days!
The Weekend Starts on Jazz Street!
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Soul Stew brings the Jazz Street crowd to its feet. Photo for RIJF by Thom Bell | |
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Rochester, NY – June 28, 2024–It's the last two days of the 21st Edition CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival. Jazz Workshops and Jazz Starts at the Library Concerts wrap up today.
Multiple GRAMMY winner Samara Joy headlines at Kodak Hall at 8 PM at Eastman Theatre. Balcony seats remain, and tickets are available online up to show time at RochesterJazz.com. The Box Office opens at 7:00 PM, and doors open at 7:15 PM.
Afro-Cuban Rockstar CIMAFUNK headlines in a free show on the Wegmans Stage @ Parcel 5 at 9 PM. Enjoy a full line-up in the 12 Club Pass venues.
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Daily Video Recap from Thursday | | |
Tonight! Samara Joy Headlines @ Eastman Theatre @ 8 PM | |
With her GRAMMY-Award-winning and chart-topping album, Linger Awhile, 24-year-old Samara Joy makes her case to join the likes of Sarah, Ella, and Billie as the next mononymous jazz singing sensation recorded by the venerable Verve Records. Her voice, rich and velvety yet precociously refined, has already earned her fans like Anita Baker and Regina King, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and more, in addition to millions of likes on TikTok — cementing her status as perhaps the first Gen Z jazz singing star. Read more | |
Tonight! CIMAFUNK! Headlines
9 PM Wegmans Stage @ Parcel 5
FREE! No Tickets Required!
LATRISTE & Frequency Open at 7 PM
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Cimafunk is a Grammy-nominated Afro-Cuban Rockstar. His name refers to his heritage as a “cimarrón,” Cubans of African descent who resisted and escaped slavery, as well as to the essence of his music that aims to subvert classical Cuban rhythms with innovative mixes of funk, afrobeat and hip hop. His live show is a celebration of groove and an unforgettable sonic and bodily experience. Read more | |
Judah Sealy at the Wegmans Pavilion FREE!
Judah Sealy is a #1 Billboard Charting Smooth Jazz Saxophonist, Pianist, and Producer from Rochester, NY. With over half a dozen Top 30 Billboard hits and a number #1 Billboard record, Judah Sealy is a rising star in the Contemporary Jazz Scene. 7 & 9 PM Read more
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Club Pass Show Highlights | |
Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light
With songs as sweet and biting as the nectar and venom in her voice, Rachel Sumner has been captivating audiences throughout the northeast with her exciting string band Traveling Light. While their instrumentation and textures show roots deep in bluegrass and traditional folk music, with Kat Wallace (fiddle/harmonies) and Mike Siegel (upright bass). Two shows, 7 & 9:15 PM The Little Theatre - Roots & Americana Series
Club Pass or $30/door
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Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra
Tearing into witty and funky new arrangements of rarefied jazz nuggets from the 1920s and ‘30s, as well as radically transforming songs by artists such as Prince, The Grateful Dead, and The Beatles, Steven Bernstein (Grammy-nominated composer/trumpeter) leads an improvisational nine-piece outfit playing irreverent 21st-century jazz. Two Shows, 6:30 & 8:30 PM
Theater at Innovation Square
Club Pass or $30/door
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Olatuja
"Olatuja possesses a special instrument: a full-bodied tone, precise pitch, and personal engagement at the lowest whisper or highest wail." Downbeat. Once you have listened to acclaimed vocalist, composer, and arranger Alicia Olatuja (A-LEE-see-ah Oh-la-TU-ja), you won’t soon forget her. ”Olatuja combines the earthy with the sublime, bringing a grounded relatability to genres as lofty as classical, as venerated as jazz, and as gritty as R&B." NY Times. Two shows, 7 & 9:15 PM, Temple Theater, Club Pass or $30/door
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Django Festival All Stars
The Django Festival All-Stars is an incredible band of French musicians who grew out of the Django Reinhardt Festival at Birdland in NY, where they have starred annually for the past 23 years. Their outstanding virtuosic performances have been bringing audiences to their feet all across the United States.The Django Festival Allstars are intoxicating. Two Shows, 8:30 & 10 PM, Rochester Regional Health Big Tent, Club Pass or $30 cash
at-the-door
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The Rochester International Jazz Festival (RIJF) is one of the world’s leading jazz festivals. Since 2002, the nine-day multi-dimensional festival is held annually in downtown Rochester, NY, drawing 211,000+ people to 326 shows and 20 venues. The Festival navigates all genres of creative improvised music from around the world, presenting more than 1750 legendary performers, familiar favorites, and new discoveries. RIJF is produced by RIJF, LLC, a privately held company owned by Marc Iacona and John Nugent. Nugent, Producer/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/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. | | | | |
