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2025 Rochester International Jazz Festival
On Monday, June 23 I made the one hour from Buffalo and parked adjacent to the street hosting a makeshift food court. June 23 was one of the hottest days of the year in the Genesee River Valley, so music lovers were licking ice cream cones and holding cold, aluminum cans against their necks.
I walked past the Spencerport High School Jazz Band performing a tight, confident set to the Eastman School of Music's Hatch Recital Hall to see
Brandon Goldberg
pianoGoldberg elegantly riffed on two standards, Jerome Kern's "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes," and George and Ira Gershwin's "They Can't Take That Away From Me." After a sunny walk, I ducked into the Big Tent to cool off and listen to the Brockport Big Band, a municipal ensemble, perform early jazz classics.
It was standing room only at Montage Music Hall, where
David Hazeltine
pianob.1958
Steve Davis
tromboneb.1967
Claudia Acuna
vocalsMy visit concluded at the Innovation Theater and
Mike Stern
guitarb.1953
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