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          The 2008 Rochester International Jazz Fest is in full swing, and this page has been taken over and re-dubbed for the week.  If you are looking for other RIJF goers who seek virtual and face-to-face interactions, check these guys out:  Jazz Rochester Fretful Porpentine Krazy Barrister The Refrigerator...

     The 2008 Rochester International Jazz Fest is in full swing, and this page has been taken over and re-dubbed for the week.  If you are looking for other RIJF goers who seek virtual and face-to-face interactions, check these guys out:  Jazz Rochester Fretful Porpentine Krazy Barrister The Refrigerator...

The Jazz Session brought you more than 7 hours of coverage and more than two dozen interviews from this year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival. Here’s a list of the week’s guests: Festival producers John Nugent & Marc Iacona Trumpeter Mike Catone Jazz broadcaster Gary O Festival...

Show #9 from the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival. Featuring reviews, news, interviews and more! On this edition: Live sound samples from The Jens Winther European Quartet, Cowboy Mouth, The Soul Rebels and Avishai Cohen. Then, the grand finale: Greg, Seth, Ken and Jason get together for one...

Jason Crane interviews Andy Milne and John Moon of Dapp Theory at the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival. Andy Milne formed Dapp Theory several years ago to fuse many musical worlds, including hip hop, spoken word, and jazz improvisation. The original group recorded Y’all Just Don’t...

Live reports filed via cell phone from the Rochester International Jazz Festival! MP3 File

Jason Crane interviews clarinetist Don Byron at the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival. Byron performed two sets with his Ivey Divey trio featuring pianist Jason Moran and drummer Billy Hart. Byron has covered a lot of ground in his musical career, from the Ivey Divey project (honoring Lester...

Jason Crane interviews pianist Jason Moran at the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival. Moran came to play with two bands — his own Bandwagon and Don Byron’s Ivey Divey trio. Moran’s most recent CD is Artist In Residence (Blue Note, 2006), an album composed mostly of Moran’s...

Show #8 from the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival. Featuring reviews, news, interviews and more! On this edition: Live sound samples from James Moody, an interview with guitarist Mel Henderson of Paradigm Shift, and a sneak preview of a soon-to-be-released album from a major name in jazz....

Jason Crane interviews drummer Matt Wilson between his sets at the 2007 Rochester International Jazz Festival. Wilson played two shows with his Arts & Crafts band featuring Dennis Irwin on bass, Gary Versace on organ and piano, and Michael Rodriquez on trumpet (sitting in for Terrell Stafford)....