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🎤Lineup
Cécile McLorin Salvant
Jazz
RAUL MIDON
Singer-Songwriter
THE BAD PLUS
Jazz
THE HEADHUNTERS
Jazz-Funk
DK HARRELL
Rock
585 Brass Band
78 RPM Big Band
Aaron DeRuyter & The Confluence
Adam Nussbaum Trio
Alexa Tarantino Quartet
All In Brass Band
Allan Harris Quartet
Almost There Band
Ana Popović
Blues
April Mae & The June Bugs
Rock
Arturo Sandoval
Jazz
Avishai Cohen Big Vicious
Bad Sneakers
Big Lazy
Rock
Bill Frisell Trio
Bill Tiberio Band
Billy Goodness
Black Rabbit
Heavy Metal
Bob James Trio
Bonerama
Funk Rock
Bowmanville Swing
Brandon Woody’s UPENDO
Brian Dickinson
Jazz
Brittany Davis
Jazz
Brockport Big Band
Buffalo Rose
Folk
CMD
Camila Meza
Jazz
Catherine Russell
Jazz
Celebrating John Coltrane with Joe Lovano + Special Guests
Charles Pillow Octet
Chieli Minucci
Jazz
Chieli Minucci & Special EFX
Jazz
Chris Botti
Pop
Cinnamon Jones
Corey Bernard & Eternity Ensemble
Curley Lamb Nu-Soul-Jaz Collab
Danilo Perez Trio
Jazz
Dave Stryker Quartet with Troy Roberts
Davina & The Vagabonds
Dawn Clement Jazz Workshop – Piano
Delight Trio with Dawn Clement, Buster Williams & Matt Wilson
Dirty Blanket
Djabe
Jazz
Djabe with Chieli Minucci
Dolphin Hyperspace
Jazz
Don Mancuso & D Drive
Doreen Ketchens New Orleans Jazz Quartet
ECMS Jazz Combos Directed by Bob Sneider
ESM Jazz Honors Unit 1
ESM Jazz Honors Unit 2
ESM Jazz Honors Unit 3
Eastman Youth Jazz Orchestra with Herb Smith
Europa
Everything Yes
Jazz Fusion
Excursion Jazz Orchestra Directed by Don Sherman
Fall Creek Brass Band
Freddy Colon and 5 Con Swing
Galactic
Rock
Gateswingers Big Band
Gladys Knight
Funk
Greece Jazz Band
Grupo Ife
Harold Danko
Jazz
Harvey Mason’s Chameleon
Henhouse Prowlers
Rock
Hilton HS Jazz Band
Hiromi's Sonicwonder
Holly Cole
Pop
Honey Island Swamp Band
Rock
Hudost
Folk
Isaiah J. Thompson
Jazz
Isaiah J. Thompson Trio
Jamie Baum Septet+
Jamile’s Brazilian Jazz Quartet
Jerron Paxton
Rock
Joe Farnsworth Quartet
Josyln & The Sweet Compression
Judah Sealy
Jazz
Kathleen Parks
Katy Eberts
Kyle Roussel
Soundtrack
Latriste Fulton n Frequency
Laura Dubin Trio
Jazz
Makoto Ozone & Tommy Smith
Mambo Kings
Pop
Margaret Explosion
Mark Daniels & Friends Celebrate Composer Alec Wilder
Mel Henderson Quartet
Mike Kaupa’s ECMS Ensemble & Junior Jazz
Mike Melito
Jazz
Mosaic Collective Quintet
Music Educators Big Band
NYC Jazz All Stars
New Horizons Big Band Directed by Priscilla Todd Brown
New Horizons Jazz Ensemble
Nikki Hill
Rock
Novasonic
Rock
Orrin Evans Trio
Paul Cornish
Jazz
Paul Cornish Trio
Paul Hofmann & Bob Sneider Play Stevie Wonder
Penfield Big Band
Prime Time Brass
Public Water Supply
RIJF-ESM Scholarship Concert
Robert Cray Band
Rock
Robin McKelle & The Flytones Stax Soul Sessions
Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra
Ryan Johnson & Escape Terrain
Sarah De Valliere & The Rhythmwell
Sasha Dobson
Jazz
Scott Sharrard & Eldorado Slim Celebrating Little
Scoulive Celebrating the Music of John Scofield and Soulive
Shebad
Singing River
Folk
Sketches of Trane – Jon Ballantyne & Tommy Smith
Soul Stew
R&B
Special EFX
Jazz Fusion
Special EFX All-Stars
Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci
Stephane Wrembel
Soundtrack
Suzie Vinnick
Blues
Tessa Souter
Jazz
The Campbell Brothers
Rock
The Coltrane Sutras
The Empress
The Kings of Latin Jazz Tito Puente Jr. and Nestor Torres Together!
The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra
The Rodriguez Brothers Celebrate Miles Davis’ 100th
The Wolff Sisters
Rock
Toubab Krewe
Trane of Thought
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Orchestra
Viavattine Brothers
Vicki Kristina Barcelona
Victoria Victoria
Pop
Vitor Goncalves Brazilian Trio
Will Calhoun Quartet from Living Colour
Willie Jones III
Jazz
Location
Rochester, NY