Rochester International Jazz Festival Guide 2012

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Arun Ghosh [ World ] Arun Ghosh may possess all of the brilliant technique of a top jazz clarinetist, but he doesn’t unwind his beguiling melodies in the usual way. Born in India and raised in Britain, Ghosh has absorbed the best of both musical worlds and reflects them beautifully in his distinctive compositions and his solos. The resulting improvisational music has strains of Southern Asia but it is more often than not played over urban beats with a punk attitude. (RN) camoci.co.uk/arunghosh/

4:30 p.m.: West Irondequoit HS Jazz Band Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:15 p.m.: Jazz Bones Directed by Evan Dobbins Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 5:45 p.m.: Joanne Brackeen Hatch Recital Hall ($20 or Club Pass) 6 p.m.: Raul Midon Kilbourn Hall ($25 or Club Pass) 6 p.m.: Mario Romano Quartet feat. Pat LaBarbera Rochester Club ($20 or Club Pass) 6 p.m.: ESM Honors Performance Units Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 6 p.m.: Greece Jazz Band Big Tent ($20 or Club Pass) 6 p.m.: Mederic Collignon Montage ($20 or Club Pass) 6:15 p.m.: Chic Gamine Max of Eastman Place ($20 or Club Pass) 6:30 p.m.: Victor Goines Quartet Xerox Auditorium ($20 or Club Pass) 6:45 p.m.: Arun Ghosh Quintet Christ Church ($20 or Club Pass) 7 p.m.: Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars East Ave. & Chestnut Stage (FREE) 7 p.m.: Thunder Body East Ave. & Alexander Stage (FREE) 7:15 p.m.: Big James & The Chicago Playboys Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 7:30 p.m.: Hakon Kornstad Lutheran Church ($20 or Club Pass) 7:45 p.m.: The Sadies Abilene ($20 or Club Pass)

Big James and the Chicago Playboys See listing for Friday, June 29. Chic Gamine [ A CAPPELLA ] Not only are Chic Gamine’s lush harmonies punctuated by beautiful harmonic structure, but by rhythm as well. The Montreal-based quintet refers

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to its output as soul songs for a cappella and percussion. Even with a drum kit behind it, the group remains essentially a cappella, but with a drive that speaks with beautiful simplicity and a hint of ragged soul. It’s the street corner with a beat. (FD) chicgamine.com Gov’t Mule [ JAM ROCK ] Dragging “By A Thread” — its first CD in three years — along with it, Gov’t Mule brings solid Southern-rock muscle to bluesy jams. Head mule Warren Haynes (who also slings strings in The Allman Brothers Band and the Warren Haynes Band) is one of the few musicians continues on page 50

7:45 p.m.: Joanne Brackeen Hatch Recital Hall ($20 or Club Pass) 8:30 p.m.: Locarno Big Tent ($20 or Club Pass) 8:45 p.m.: Arun Ghosh Quintet Christ Church ($20 or Club Pass) 9 p.m.: Victor Goines Quartet Xerox Auditorium ($20 or Club Pass) 9 p.m.: Gov’t Mule East Ave. & Chestnut Stage (FREE) 9 p.m.: Trombone Shorty & Oleans Avenue East Ave. & Alexander Stage (FREE) 9:15 p.m.: Big James & The Chicago Playboys Jazz Street Stage (FREE) 9:30 p.m.: Hakon Kornstad Lutheran Church ($20 or Club Pass) 9:45 p.m.: The Sadies Abilene ($20 or Club Pass) 10 p.m.: Locarno Big Tent ($20 or Club Pass) 10 p.m.: Raul Midon Kilbourn Hall ($25 or Club Pass) 10 p.m.: Mario Romano Quartet feat. Pat LaBarbera Rochester Club ($20 or Club Pass) 10 p.m.: Chic Gamine Max of Eastman Place ($20 or Club Pass) 10 p.m.: Mederic Collignon Montage ($20 or Club Pass) 10:30 p.m.: Jazz Jam Session w/Bob Sneider Trio State St. Bar and Grill (FREE)

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