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Jazz Festivals in June

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Wednesday, June 1

5:30-8:30pm, Keith Pray Duo, Aperitivo Bistro

5-8pm, Joye Belle, Four Corners Luncheonette

5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

8:30-11:30pm, Masters of Nostalgia, One Caroline Street

8-11pm, , Quintessence

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

8-10pm, open jam session, Vermont Jazz Center

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8-10pm, Tequila Mockingbirds, Cantina

5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

7pm, Gretchen Parlato, Iron Horse Music Hall

12-1:30pm, Colleen Pratt, Jazz on Jay

7-10pm, Chris Kyle / Larry Clyman, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, , The Point

6:30-9:30pm, A3, Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

7-10pm, Pat DiCesare Trio, Stockade Inn

7:30-10:30pm, Jazz Café, Virgo's Sip N Soul Café

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7:30-11:30pm, Lustre Kings, Albany Elks Lodge

5:30-8:30pm, Jeanine Marie Quartet, Aperitivo Bistro

6pm, April Marie & Neil Brown, Arlington House

7-10pm, Jody Shayne Trio, Athos Restaurant

7pm, Sensemaya, Blu Stone Bistro

7pm, Walter Donnaruma Band, Café Capriccio

6-9pm, Brian Patneaude Duo, Carmen's Cafe

8-11pm, Rob & Pete Putnam, Rob Kelly & Jeff Stevens, Castle Street Café

7-10pm, Sonny & Perley Trio with Lew Scott, Ciboney Café, 189 Church St, Poughkeepsie, 845-656-4050

8pm, Ed Palermo Big Band Plays Zappa, The Falcon

6-10pm, , Figure10

6:30-8:30pm, Mark Capon Trio, Fifty South

6-9pm, Peg Delaney Trio with Earl Davis, Grappa '72

9pm-1am, Arch Stanton Quartet, 9 Maple Ave

7:30-10:30pm, Nat Phipps Duo, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, Lee Shaw Duo, Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

8-11pm, Fresh, Smith's of Cohoes

7-10pm, Christine Spero Duo, Stockade Inn

7pm, Tropical Beat, taste

7:30pm, Rebecca Cline & Nikki Denner,"The Caribbean Piano in Afro-Cuban Jazz: Tribute to Noro Morales," Emerson Auditorium at Union College. see Ahora, Latin/Jazz!

7-11pm, Frank Manning, Wishing Well Restaurant

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5-8pm, Impasse + Motion: 10 Photographers' Journeys Through Instants in Music, Arts Center Gallery, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs

8:30-11:30pm, Mark Capon Trio, Bistro/Bar at 74

5-7pm, Teri Roiger Trio, Bread Alone, 45 East Market St, Rhinebeck, NY 845-876-3108

6:30-9:30pm, Sonny & Perley, Café NOLA

8-11pm, Scott Bassinson Duo, Castle Street Café

6-10pm, , Century House

9pm, Cedric Watson et Bijou Creole, Club Helsinki

Noon-1pm, Central Park International Magnet School Jazz Mob, Kid's Arts Festival, City Hall, Jay Street, Schenectady

8pm, Ted Rosenthal Trio, The Falcon

9:30pm-12:30am, Lee Shaw Trio, Justin's

7-10pm, Nina Sheldon & Jim Curtin, La Duchesse Anne

9pm-1am, Jon LeRoy Trio, 9 Maple Ave

7:30-10:30pm, Joe Finn Duo, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, Nancy Donnelly, Provence Restaurant

8pm, Todd Nelson's TN3, Sanctuary for Independent Media

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

7 & 9:30pm, Jazz Guitar Summit with Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden and Gerry Beaudoin, Van Dyck

7-11pm, Mike Purcell, Wishing Well Restaurant

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7pm, Bryson Barnes and Jeff Nania & Friends, Caffe Lena

8pm, Tisziji Munoz Quartet featuring John Medeski, Club Helsinki

7-10pm, New  Pulse Septet (Mark Dziuba, Teri Roiger, Vinnie Martucci, John Menegon, Jeff Siegel, Rebecca Coupe-Franks, David Savitsky) celebrating the music of Miles Davis, [a student jazz group from SUNY will open the concert], Colony Café

10am-2pm, Sunday brunch with Eric Person, The Falcon

5-6pm, Jazz Vespers with Nat Phipps (piano), Pete Togo (bass), Tom D’Andrea (drums), First Reformed Church of Schenectady

5-7:50pm, Sonny & Perley, Fifty South

11:30am-2:30pm, jazz brunch with Nat Phipps , Justin's

7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

10am-2pm, jazz brunch, Prime at Saratoga National

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5:30-8:30pm, , Aperitivo Bistro

7-10pm, Chris Carey, One Caroline Street

7-9pm, Tommy Verrigni Trio, Rotterdam Senior Center,

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7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

8pm Keith Pray's Big Soul Ensemble, Van Dyck

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5:30-8:30pm, Brian Patneaude & Yuko Kishimoto, Aperitivo Bistro

5-8pm, Joye Belle, Four Corners Luncheonette

8pm-midnight, Tequila Mockingbirds, Gaffney's

5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

8:30-11:30pm, Masters of Nostalgia, One Caroline Street

8-11pm, , Quintessence

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

6pm, Swing Docs, taste

8-10pm, open jam session, Vermont Jazz Center

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5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

12-1:30pm, Tim Olsen Quartet, Jazz on Jay

7-10pm, Chris Kyle / Larry Clyman, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, , The Point

6:30-9:30pm, Michael Lamkin (piano), Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

7-10pm, Al Haugen Trio with Don Egry & Mike Lawrence, Stockade Inn

7:30-10:30pm, Jazz Café, Virgo's Sip N Soul Café

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7:30pm, Jazz/Latino Salon Latin Jazz: The Untold Story spoken word, videos & music hosted by Dr José Cruz, 831 Jay St, Schenectady, 466-9990 Ahora, Latin/Jazz!

5:30-8:30pm, , Aperitivo Bistro

7-10pm, Lynn Rossini & Rich Donnelly, Athos Restaurant

7-10pm, Tommy Verrigni Trio, Blu Stone Bistro

7pm, Walter Donnaruma Band, Café Capriccio

6-9pm, A3, Café NOLA

8-11pm, Bill Viek Duo, Castle Street Café

9pm, Nathan & The Zydeco Cha Chas, Club Helsinki

7pm, Christian Pabst; 8pm, Snarky Puppy, The Falcon

6-10pm, , Figure10

10pm-1am, Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band, The Fountain

6-9pm, Sonny & Perley Trio with Jim Curtin, Grappa '72

8pm, Michael Benedict's Bopitude CD release party, The Linda

9pm-1am, Dave Fisk Quartet, 9 Maple Ave

7:30-10:30pm, Rob Lindquist Duo, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, Annette Harris with 'Azzaam Hameed, Provence Restaurant

8pm, Frank Vignola & Vinny Raniolo, Rosendale Café

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

8:15-10pm, Chris Brubeck's Triple Play with Dave Brubeck, Zankel Music Center at Skidmore. Tickets are available at the SaratogaArtsFest Center and Gallery, 580-8010

7-10pm, Lee Shaw Trio, Stockade Inn

7-11pm, Larry Finke, Wishing Well Restaurant

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7pm, pre-performance talk; 8pm, Roswell Rudd (trombone) & David Oquendo (guitar, vocals), Athens Cultural Center

8:30-11:30pm, Lee Shaw Trio, Bistro/Bar at 74

6-9pm, Jazz Connection, Café NOLA

8-11pm, Trio Sub Tonic, Castle Street Café

6-10pm, , Century House

10pm-1am, Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band, The Fountain

7:30 & 9:30pm, Ali Ryerson (flute), Pete Levin (piano), Charlie Kniceley (bass), Chris Bowman (drums), Jack & Luna's

9:30pm-12:30am, Teresa Broadwell Trio, Justin's

7-10pm, Perry Beekman (guitar/vocals), La Duchesse Anne

9pm-1am, Keith Pray’s Soul Jazz Revival, 9 Maple Ave

7:30-10:30pm, 'Azzaam Hameed Duo, One Caroline Street

7:30-10:30pm, , Panza's Restaurant

Chuck D'Aloia Trio, Parkway Music, Clifton Park

7-10pm, A3, Provence Restaurant

9pm-midnight, Dave Fisk, Pub at Cooper's Cave

2pm, Ramblin Jug Stompers, Rhythm On the Ridge Fest, Rotterdam

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

8pm, Eugene Uman, "The Convergence Project," Vermont Jazz Center

7-11pm, Rob Aronstein, Wishing Well Restaurant

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4-7pm, Swingtime Jazz Society concert featuring The Ultimate All-Stars: Lee Shaw, Mike Canonico, Ken Olsen, Lew Petteys, Bill Delaney & Pete Sweeney, followed by jam session, Appletini's, 1118 Central Ave, Albany. Reservations (strongly recommended): (518) 584-3548

10am-2pm, Sunday brunch with Kevin Hayes, The Falcon

11am-2pm, Skip Parsons' Clarinet Marmalade Swingin' Dixieland Jazz Quartet, Epicurean Bistro & Wine Bar, Latham Farms Mall, 379 Troy-Sch'dy Rd, Latham, 663-8008

5-6pm, Jazz Vespers with 'Azzaam Hameed (piano), First Reformed Church of Schenectady

11:30am-2:30pm, jazz brunch with Michael Roach, Justin's

3:30pm, Giacomo Smith & Gypsy Jazz, National Museum of Dance, 99 S. Broadway, Saratoga Spring

7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

10am-2pm, jazz brunch, Prime at Saratoga National

1pm, Capital Brass, Flag Day parade, Troy

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5:30-8:30pm, Chris Dollard, Aperitivo Bistro

7-10pm, Chris Carey, One Caroline Street

7pm, Jerry Romeo Quartet, Rotterdam Senior Center, 2639 Hamburg St., Schenectady, 355-7575

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7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

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5:30-8:30pm, Christine & Elliot Spero , Aperitivo Bistro

5-8pm, Joye Belle, Four Corners Luncheonette

5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

8:30-11:30pm, Masters of Nostalgia, One Caroline Street

8-11pm, , Quintessence

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

8-10pm, open jam session, Vermont Jazz Center

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7pm, Casey Erdman; 8pm, Dara Tucker, The Falcon

5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

12-1:30pm, Jim Wilson Quartet, Jazz on Jay

6-9pm, Sonny & Perley, La Serre, 14 Green St, Albany, 463-6056

7-10pm, Chris Kyle / Larry Clyman, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, , The Point

6:30-9:30pm, Peg Delaney (piano), Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

7-8pm, Bill Alston/Judd Staley Duo, Shogun, 318 Delaware Ave, Delmar, 729-5727

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

7-10pm, Teresa Broadwell Duo, Stockade Inn

7:30-10:30pm, Jazz Café with Teri Roiger & John Menegon, Virgo's Sip N Soul Café

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5:30-8:30pm, Jeanine Marie Quartet, Aperitivo Bistro

7-10pm, Brian Patneaude Duo, Athos Restaurant

7pm, Out of the Box, Blu Stone Bistro

7pm, Walter Donnaruma Band, Café Capriccio

6-9pm, Holly & Evan, Café NOLA

6-9pm, Sonny & Perley, Carmen's Cafe

8-11pm, Wanda Houston Band, Castle Street Café

7pm, The Flail; 8pm, Cyro Baptista & The Banquet of the Spirits, The Falcon

6-10pm, , Figure10

6-9pm, , Grappa '72

9pm-1am, Tim Olsen Quartet, 9 Maple Ave

7:30-10:30pm, Peg Delaney Duo, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, Jody Shayne Trio, Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, April Marie & Neil Brown, 677Prime

7-10pm, Kevin Greene & Douglas Chilton, Stockade Inn

7-11pm, Rob Aronstein, Wishing Well Restaurant

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8:30-11:30pm, Arch Stanton Quartet, Bistro/Bar at 74

5-7pm, Teri Roiger Trio, Bread Alone, 45 East Market St, Rhinebeck, NY 845-876-3108

6-9pm, Frank Jaklitsch, Café NOLA

9am, Misty Jazz Kats, Capital District Farmers Market, 381 Broadway, Menands, 465-1023

8-11pm, John Wayno Duo, Castle Street Café

6-10pm, , Century House

6:30pm, Chris Kyle & Larry Clyman, Jonesville Store

9:30pm-12:30am, Brian Patneaude Quartet, Justin's

7-10pm, Nina Sheldon & Ed Xiques, La Duchesse Anne

9pm-1am, David Cudzilo Quartet, 9 Maple Ave

7:30-10:30pm, Lee Shaw Duo, One Caroline Street

7:30-10:30pm, Jackie Nazarenko & Peg Delaney Duo, Panza's Restaurant

7-10pm, Michael Lamkin Trio, Provence Restaurant

7:30-11:30pm, Georgie Wonders Orchestra, Saratoga Music Hall

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

8pm, meet the artists; 8:30pm, Three Generations of Jazz Guitar: Eddie Diehl, Matt Finck, Gabe Schnider with Adam Coté (bass) & Jeff "Siege" Siegel (drums), Stella May Gallery Theatre

7-11pm, Rob Aronstein, Wishing Well Restaurant

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6:30-8:30pm, Mark Capon Trio, Fifty South

5-6pm, Jazz Vespers with Peg Delaney (piano), Bill Delaney (bass), Tom D’Andrea (drums), First Reformed Church of Schenectady

2-5pm, Sonny & Perley Quartet, Gaffney's

7pm, Brass-O-Mania with Ray Alexander, Hudson River Music Hall, Hudson Falls

12pm, Ramblin Jug Stompers, Hudson's Family Pride Day Festival

7pm, Bill Frisell’s Beautiful Dreamers featuring Eyvind Kang & Rudy Royston, Iron Horse Music Hall

11:30am-2:30pm, jazz brunch with Lee Shaw, Justin's

7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

10am-2pm, jazz brunch, Prime at Saratoga National

7pm, U.S. Coast Guard Dixieland Jazz Band annual Fathers' Day concert, Riverfront Park, Albany, 434-2032

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5:30-8:30pm, Chris Dollard, Aperitivo Bistro

7:30pm, Ramblin Jug Stompers, McGeary's

7-10pm, Chris Carey, One Caroline Street

7pm, Mike Wicks Quintet, Rotterdam Senior Center, 2639 Hamburg St, Schenectady, 355-7575

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7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

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5:30-8:30pm, Lee Shaw Duo, Aperitivo Bistro

5-8pm, Joye Belle, Four Corners Luncheonette

5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

8:30-11:30pm, Masters of Nostalgia, One Caroline Street

8-11pm, , Quintessence

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

6pm, Swing Docs, taste

8-10pm, open jam session, Vermont Jazz Center

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5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

12-1:30pm, Alan Payette Quartet, Jazz on Jay

3-4pm, Skip Parsons' Riverboat Jazz Band, Mohonk Mountain House

7-10pm, Chris Kyle / Larry Clyman, One Caroline Street

7:30pm, Matt Maguire Quintet & Mick Gaffney, Orchard Tavern

7-10pm, Julia Doonaruma Trio, The Point

6:30-9:30pm, 'Azzaam Hameed (piano), Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

7-10pm, Tommy Verrigni Trio, Stockade Inn

7:30-10:30pm, Jazz Café, Virgo's Sip N Soul Café

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7:30-11:30pm, Eight to the Bar, Albany Elks Lodge

5:30-8:30pm, High Fly Jazz Trio, Aperitivo Bistro

7pm, Walter Donnaruma Band, Café Capriccio

8pm, Return To Forever IV featuring Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White, Jean Luc Ponty and Frank Gambale, Calvin Theatre

8-11pm, The BTUs, Castle Street Café

7pm, Pyeng Threadgill Trio; 8pm, Rebecca Martin Trio with Larry Grenadier & Bill McHenry, The Falcon

6-10pm, , Figure10

6-9pm, Fresh, Grappa '72

8pm, "The Reunion" Angel & Ginger with Joe Miller (keyboards), Georgie Wonders (sax) and Mark Lambert (bass), Holiday Inn

7-10pm, Sonny & Perley, Inn at Saratoga

9pm-1am, Jon LeRoy Trio, 9 Maple Ave

7-10pm, Jeanne O'Connor, Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

7:30pm, an evening of jazz & roots music with Elio Villafranca, Ben Allison Band, Tessa Souter & Helen Sung, Bethany & Rufus, The Wiyos, Mike & Ruthy, Zankel Music Center at Skidmore

7-10pm, Brian Patneaude Trio, Stockade Inn

7pm, Tropical Beat, taste

7-11pm, Mike Purcell, Wishing Well Restaurant

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8:30-11:30pm, Lee Shaw Trio, Bistro/Bar at 74

6:30-9:30pm, Sonny & Perley, Café NOLA

8-11pm, Tim Ward Trio, Castle Street Café

6-10pm, , Century House

8pm, Peter Fish Group, The Falcon

7pm, The Bad Plus, Iron Horse Music Hall

7:30 & 9:30pm, Back Bay Quartet: Neil Leonard (saxes), Dave Shock Bryant (piano), Don Miller (bass), Chris Bowman (drums), Jack & Luna's

9:30pm-12:30am, Michael Benedict & Bopitude, Justin's

6:30pm, South Shore Syncopators, Music Mountain

9pm-1am, Marcus Benoit Band, 9 Maple Ave

7:30-10:30pm, Chuck D’Aloia Duo, One Caroline Street

7:30-10:30pm, April Marie & Neil Brown, Panza's Restaurant

7-10pm, Peg Delaney Trio featuring Earl Davis, Provence Restaurant

9pm-midnight, Eric Hamell, Pub at Cooper's Cave

Noon-midnight, Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

7-11pm, Frank Manning, Wishing Well Restaurant

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5-6pm, Jazz Vespers with Yuko Kishimoto (piano), First Reformed Church of Schenectady

11:30am-2:30pm, jazz brunch with Michael Lamkin, Justin's

7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

10am-2pm, jazz brunch, Prime at Saratoga National

2:30pm, Sonny & Perley memorial concert for Connie Morrill, Rensselaer County Community Hospice, 295 Valley View Blvd, Rensselaer, 285-8100

Noon-midnight, Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival

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5:30-8:30pm, Larry Finke, Aperitivo Bistro

7-10pm, Chris Carey, One Caroline Street

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6-9pm, Sonny & Perley, fund raiser for Rens County ARC, Brunswick Center, 4015 Route 2, Troy. Reservations: 274-3110x3003

7-10pm, Art Mozeik, One Caroline Street

8pm, Heath Brothers Quartet: Jimmy Heath (tenor sax), Tootie Heath (drums), Jeb Patton (piano), David Wong (bass), Zankel Music Center at Skidmore

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5:30-8:30pm, A3, Aperitivo Bistro

5-8pm, Joye Belle, Four Corners Luncheonette

5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

7-8pm, Misty Jazz Kats, Niskayuna Gazebo, Nott St, Niskayuna

8:30-11:30pm, Masters of Nostalgia, One Caroline Street

8-11pm, , Quintessence

6-10pm, Roger Helm, 677Prime

7pm, New York Players, taste

8-10pm, open jam session, Vermont Jazz Center

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5-9:30pm, Doug Harris/Frank Maston Duo, Grappa '72

12-1:30pm, Terry Gordon Quintet, Jazz on Jay

7-10pm, Chris Kyle / Larry Clyman, One Caroline Street

7-10pm, Joe Barna, The Point

6:30-9:30pm, , Provence Restaurant

6-10pm, Ruth Hellkamp, Scrimshaw Restaurant

6-10pm, Lovin' Life, 677Prime

8pm, Summer Jazz Institute faculty sextet: Bill Cunliffe, Todd Coolman, Dennis Mackrel, Pat LaBarbera, Bobby Shew, Curtis Fuller, Zankel Music Center at Skidmore

7-10pm, Patti Melita & Nat Phipps, Stockade Inn

7:30-10:30pm, Jazz Café, Virgo's Sip N Soul Café

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