The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival | June 11th – 19th, 2010

Jeff Beck, Gladys Knight, Herbie Hancock, John Pizzarelli, Keb’ Mo’
& Bernie Williams to Headline Xerox Rochester International Jazz
Festival

The Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival
(www.rochesterjazz.com) presented by M&T Bank today announced its
largest lineup ever with more than 1000 artists performing at 285
concerts and a record number of international artists.

Jeff Beck,
Gladys Knight (pictured above), Herbie Hancock, Keb’ Mo’, Bernie Williams and John
Pizzarelli will headline the nine-day event that runs from Friday June
11 through Saturday June 19. After a fast sell-out of the first Jeff
Beck performance on June 18, festival producers added a second show that
evening.

The Festival’s ninth edition includes more than 60 free
shows. It takes place in 17 different venues and outdoor stages all
within walking distance in Rochester’s East End Cultural District. Gibbs
Street will become “Jazz Street” and will be closed to traffic for all
nine days.

The Festival, already known for delivering one of the
most extensive international lineups of any jazz festival in the United
States, will add even more concerts this year from artists outside the
United States. In addition to two well-established popular international
series, Nordic Jazz Now and Made in the UK, three bands from Denmark
will be presented in association with Copenhagen Jazz Festival
Experience.

Also new this year, are two new Club Pass Series and
venues: the Roots and Americana Series, which will be held at Abilene
Bar, and the Viva Italia Series, which will be held at the Rochester
Club Ballroom.

“These new series and the breadth of international
talent will whet the appetites of our loyal Club Pass connoisseurs and
more than satisfy the musical palates of all in attendance, ” said Marc
Iacona, Festival Producer and Executive Director. “We’re proud to
feature the hottest up and coming artists from around the globe.”

“We’re
also very pleased to welcome two new sponsors this year, Verizon
Wireless, sponsor of the Verizon Wireless Club Pass Big Tent and
Rochester General Health System, presenting sponsor of the East Avenue
and Alexander and East Avenue and Chestnut Street free stages.

“The
canvas is wet, the ‘painting’ is ready and all the pieces of the puzzle
have come together, ” said John Nugent, Festival Producer and Artistic
Director. “We have a great headliner series, and what has become our
calling card, an amazing presentation of international artists and
strong emerging artists.”

“What is magical about having so many
different styles of music, ” added Nugent, “is that it creates a sense
of euphoria for the audience. When you hear so much great music night
after night, it becomes intoxicating. It gets into your soul, it uplifts
you and that’s a big part of why our festival is serendipity. The
movement of people, sharing their feelings about what they have heard,
it’s uplifting, and that’s something everyone needs.”

Headliner
Shows
All shows are at Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, 60 Gibbs St.
Tickets are $55 – $125 plus services charges.

June 11 – Gladys
Knight, 8 PM
June 12 – Keb’ Mo’, 8 PM
June 14 – XRIJF-ESM Jazz
Scholarships Performance with special guest,
Dave Glasser, 7 PM,
Free or $5 donation
June 15 – Herbie Hancock, 8 PM
June 16 – John
Pizzarelli with The Woody Herman Orchestra directed by Frank Tiberi, 8
PM
June 17 – Bernie Williams – 8 PM
June 18 – Jeff Beck – 8 PM
(Sold Out) and 11 PM (Tickets Available)

Club Pass Series – “It’s
not who you know, it’s who you don’t know.”
This year’s Club Pass
Series is bigger than ever with two new venues and 180 shows in ten
venues.

“We received a record number of artists submissions this
year and it’s no secret why, ” said Nugent. “With shows packed to the
rafters, artists who perform here have the time of their lives and want
to come back.”

Billy’s Band will be back by huge popular request,
as will Cat Russell, Mose Allison, Lynne Arriale, Djabe, Robin McKelle
and many other favorites. Just a few of the many new international
artists not to miss are Joyce, one of the best Brazilian singers ever;
Dmitry Baevsky from Russia “a ridiculous bebopper, ” according to
Nugent, Grace Kelly, an 18-year-old Nugent heard in Italy last year who
plays like Charlie Parker; Viktoria Tolstoy from Stockholm, who will
dazzle the audience; and Stan Tracy, “the Godfather of British Jazz” and
a virtuoso who hasn’t been to the states in 50 years, who will play
here in the Made in the UK Series.

A number of New Orleans
artists dot the roster this year. Sauce Boss, will cook a huge pot of
gumbo during his show and share with the crowd afterward, and Bryan Lee,
a guitarist who is blind, will perform on the last night in the Verizon
Wireless Big Tent.

Club Pass Series Venues
Abilene – Roots
& Americana Stage, 53 Liberty Pole Way, NEW!
Christ Church – Made
In The UK Series, 141 East Ave.
Harro East Ballroom, 155 North
Chestnut St.
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, Jazz Street
Max
of Eastman Place, Jazz Street
Montage, 50 Chestnut Plaza
Nordic
Jazz Now @ Lutheran Church Of The Reformation, 111 N. Chestnut St.
The
Rochester Club – Viva Italia Series, 120 East Ave., NEW!
Xerox
Auditorium at Xerox Plaza, 100 S. Clinton Ave., entrance on Broad St.
Verizon
Wireless Club Pass Big Tent, corner of Gibbs and East Main St.

Tickets
Tickets
are on sale now for headliner shows previously announced at
rochesterjazz.com, Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 and
all Ticketmaster locations.

Tickets for John Pizzarelli, Keb’
Mo’ go on sale to the public Friday April 2 at 10 a.m.

Tickets
for Club Pass shows are $20 and $25 available at the door only, no
advance sales. Or access all Club Shows for all nine days (first-come,
first-served) with a Club Pass, on sale now at www.rochesterjazz.com and
www.ticketmaster.com for $135 until April 2, when it increases to $150
until sold out. Service charges apply. Tickets for Eastman headliner
shows may also be purchased in person only at the Auditorium Theater Box
Office, 885 East Main St. Rochester, NY 14605, where the service charge
is $1 per ticket.
The Jazz Ticket Shop will open mid-May at the
corner of East Avenue and Gibbs St.

Free Concerts
Hear more
than 60 free concerts including 20 area high school bands: Brighton,
Brockport, Buffalo City, Eastridge, Fairport, Hilton, Honeoye
Falls-Lima, Gates Chili, Greece Arcadia, Greece Athena, Greece Olympia,
Newark, Penfield, Pittsford Sutherland, School of the Arts, Spencerport,
Rush Henrietta, Webster Schroeder, Webster Thomas, and West
Irondequoit. All concerts rain or shine – all free outdoor shows will
take place! No tickets required.
• City of Rochester Jazz Street
Stage Presented by The Community Foundation – Jazz Street (Gibbs St.)
•
June 11-19 – 4:30, 5:15, 6, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. daily. See
rochesterjazz.com for schedule.
• City of Rochester East Ave. and
Chestnut St. Stages Presented by Rochester General Health System – East
Ave. at Chestnut St., 7 & 9 p.m., June 12, 18, 19 –
• June 12,
Mick Hayes Band – 7:00 PM, Los Lonely Boys – 9:00 PM,
• June 18,
Nils Landgren Funk Unit 7:00 pm, Booker T & The MG’S 9:00 PM,
•
June 19, James Hunter – 7:00 PM, Marc Broussard – 9:00 PM
• City of
Rochester East Avenue and Alexander St. Stage Presented by Rochester
General Health System
• June 19, Smash Mouth- 9:00 PM
• Mary
Jemison Riverboat (Corn Hill Landing), cruises at 2:30 and 4 p.m., June
12, 13
• Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County (115 South
Avenue), Noon, June 14, 15, 16, 17, 18

Jam Sessions at the
Rochester Plaza State St. Bar & Grill
Jam Sessions will once
again be held nightly from 10:30 p.m. with The Bob Sneider Trio at the
Festival’s official hotel the Rochester Plaza, located at 70 State
Street. Admission is free.

2010 Xerox Rochester International
Jazz Festival Artist Lineup
Adam Niewood Quartet, Alison Brown
Quartet, Amy Lavere Trio, Antonio Ciacca Trio, Bassekou Kouyate &
Ngoni Ba, Bernie Williams, Bill Dobbins Trio with Chuck Israels, Bill
Tiberio Band, Billy, Blaggards, Booker T & The MG, Bottlerockets,
Brad Shepik, Brass Jaw, Bryan Lee & The Blues Power Band, Catherine
Russell, Charnett Moffett Trio, Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez,
Chuchito Valdes, Das Contras, Dave Rivello Ensemble, Dennis Rollins
Velocity Trio, Djabe, Dmitry Baevsky Quartet, Dominic Mancuso, Earl
Pickens & Family, Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra, ECMS Jazz Combo led
by Bob Sneider & Howard Potter & Mike Kaupa, ECMS Latin Jazz
& Saxology with Jose Encarnacion, Eivind Opsvik Overseas, Erik
Telford Collective, ESM-XRIJF Jazz Scholarship Alumni, Filthy Funk,
Francois Bourassa Quartet, Fred Costello & Company, Gap Mangione
Sextet, Get The Blessing, Giorgio Ferrara Quartet featuring Mirko
Guerrini, Gladys Knight, Grace Kelly Quintet, Gwyneth Herbert Quartet,
Hackensaw Boys, Hazmat Modine, Herbie Hancock, Hilario Duran Trio,
Ibrahim Electric, Jack Allen Big Band, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, James
Hunter, Jane Monheit, Janet Planet, Jazz Contingent Big Band, Jeff Beck,
Jeremy Pelt Quintet, Jimmy Highsmith, Joe Krown Trio with Walter
Wolfman & Russell Batiste Jr., Joe Locke Group Featuring Vocalist
Kenny Washington, John Pizzarelli with The Woody Herman Orchestra
directed by Frank Tiberi, John Taylor, Joyce, Joyce Cooling Group, Katie
Thiroux Trio, Keb’ Mo’, Little Red Suitcase, Los Lonely Boys, Lynne
Arriale Trio, Marc Broussard, Mark Stuart & The Bastard Sons, Miami
Sax Quartet, Michael Kaeshammer, Mick Hayes Band, Mikko, Innanen &
Innkvistio, Mose Allison, New Energy Big Band, New Horizons Big Band,
Nils Landgren Funk Unit, Oberg/Petrescu Quartet, Pablo Menendez &
Mezcla, Palle Mikkelborg, Pat LaBarbera Group, Po Boys Brass Band, Rick
Holland/Evan Dobbins Big Band, Robin McKelle, Rochester Area High School
Jazz Bands, Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra, Rochester/Roland All-Star
Accordion Jam!, Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys, Royal Welsh
College of Music, Russell Malone Quartet, Ryan Quigley Sextet, Samuel
Hallkvist Center, Sauce Boss, Scott Hamilton /Harry Allen Quintet, Sean
Jones Quartet, Sicilian Jazz Project, Smash Mouth, Somi, Soul Stew, Stan
Tracey Trio, Stanley Jordan, Stefan Karlsson Trio, Steve Turre Quartet,
Susanna & The Magical Orchestra, Ted Michaels, Terry Clarke Trio,
The Joe Locke Group, The Lawnmowers, Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock.
Torben Waldorff Group featuring Donny McCaslin, Trio Slaye with Chris
Ziemba, Trombone Shorty, and Viktoria Tolstoy.

Get all the
Information
Please see www.rochesterjazz.com for the complete
schedule, a map of festival venues to print, schedule grid to print for
ticketed shows, artist bios, and more.

About the Xerox Rochester
International Jazz Festival (XRIJF)
The Xerox Rochester International
Jazz Festival presented by M&T Bank was founded in 2002 and is
produced by John Nugent, Artistic Director and Marc Iacona, Executive
Director. The 2009 Festival drew more than 133, 000 music lovers to hear
some of the finest artists in the world perform.

Sponsors
The
Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival is sponsored by Xerox, the
City of Rochester, M&T Bank, Monroe County, the Democrat and
Chronicle, Eastman School of Music, Rochester Plaza Hotel, Brooklyn
Brewery, Michelob, Spaten Beer, Verizon, The Community Foundation,
13WHAM TV, Rochester General Health System, Visit Rochester, Mercury
Print Productions, SUNY College at Brockport, ADMAR, Presentation
Source, AirTran, Harris Interactive, DownBeat Magazine, Max of Eastman
Place, and House of Guitars and MidTown Athletic Club.