CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival Announces The Lineup For Their 2022 Return

ROCHSTER, TN (CelebrityAccess) — The CGI Rochester Worldwide Jazz Competition is ready to return after a two-year COVID-19 hiatus with a lineup that features headliners Chris Botti, Robin Thicke, Wynonna Judd.

One of many largest jazz festivals within the U.S., the 2022 version of the occasion will current 325 reveals, together with 130 free performances with greater than 1750 artists at 20 completely different venues round Rochester.

For 2022, all headliner reveals will happen outside, on two main outside phases, Midtown Stage at Parcel 5, which is able to host three free performances throughout every of the competition’s 9 nights.

Further performances will happen at Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Park, which shall be residence to 2 free reveals nightly the ultimate weekend June 24 and 25.

Headlining this yr are Chris Botti, Devon Allman Mission + particular friends Soiled Dozen Brass Band & Samantha Fish “Allman Household Revival,” Tommy Emmanuel, Spyro Gyra, Robin Thicke, Sheila E., Booker T Presents: A Soul Stax Revue, New Energy Technology, G Love & Particular Sauce, The Bacon Brothers, and Wynonna Judd. All headliner reveals are free this yr and open to the general public.

“It’s with profound gratitude to all our patrons and sponsors that RIJF has been in a position to climate the previous two years of the worldwide pandemic,” mentioned John Nugent, Producer, and Inventive Director. “It has been a particularly difficult interval worldwide for all stay occasion producers. We’re past excited to deliver the Rochester Worldwide Jazz Competition again to all of you as world well being restrictions ease. From June 17-25, we are going to stage one other amazingly numerous program for all patrons to get pleasure from in Downtown Rochester. We invite you all to downtown Rochester to benefit from the best in inventive improvised music, and always remember: ‘it’s not who you realize, it’s who you don’t know.’”

“Together with your complete Rochester Worldwide Jazz Competition crew, we’re extremely proud to announce a lineup that cumulatively rivals any competition we have now put collectively in our 19-year historical past,” mentioned Marc Iacona, Producer and Government Director. “We thank everybody for his or her unwavering assist all through this unprecedented time. Due to you, the Rochester Worldwide Jazz Competition continues to be one in all our nation’s best inventive music festivals. We’ll see you on Jazz Avenue!

Different collaborating venues round Rochester embrace The Hyatt Regency Rochester Ballroom, Glory Home Worldwide, Temple Theater, the Little Theatre and The Theater at Innovation Sq. (previously Xerox Auditorium).

The total introduced lineup for 2022.

3D Jazz Trio In The Spirit Of Ray Brown, Adam Melcho, All In Brass Band, Ana Egge, Andy McKee, Arturo O’farrill Quintet, Unhealthy Sneakers, Large Lazy , Invoice Frisell Trio, Invoice Tiberio Group, Bob James Quartet, Bob Viavattne, Bobby Rush, Booker T Presents: A Soul Stax Revue, Brockport Large Band, Brubeck Brothers Celebrating Dave Brubeck’s Centennial, California Guitar Trio, Champian Fulton, Champian Fulton Trio, Charlie Lindner & The Pickle Mafia, Chris Botti, Cinnamon Jones, Con Brio, Connie Han, Connie Han Trio, Cy Smith, Danielle Ponder, Davina & The Vagabonds, Dan Wilson, Dayna Kurtz, Devon Allman Mission with Particular Visitors Allman Household Reunion, Dmitry Baevsky Quartet, Drum Battle!! Kenny Washington vs. Joe Farnsworth, Dwayne Dopsie & Zydeco Hellraisers, Emmaline, Eastman Faculty of Music / Eastman Group Music Faculty Group, Eastman Faculty of Music-Rochester Worldwide Jazz Competition Jazz Scholarships Efficiency, G Love & Particular Sauce, Gary Versace Trio, Gate Swingers Large Band, Giveton Gelin, Grace Serene & The Superclean, Greece Jazz Band, Grupo Ife, Hans Bilger Group, Harold Danko, Helen Sung, Helen Sung Trio, Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra, Sizzling Membership of Cowtown, Huntertones, Immanuel Wilkins, Itamar Borochov Quartet, Jamie Baum Quintet, Jeremy Beck & The Heavy Obligation Horns, Jeremy Pelt Quintet, Jesse Stone, Jimmie Highsmith Jr., Jochen Ruckert Quartet, Joe Locke Group, John Bailey Sextet, Jon Ballantyne, Jonathan Kreisberg Quartet, Jonathan, Scales Fourchestra, Joonas Haavistio Trio, Judah Sealy Band, Kaisa’s Machine, Kenny Werner Trio, Sort People, Kurt Elling “Tremendous Blue” W/ Charlie Hunter, Laura Anglade Quintet, Lew Tabackin Trio, Lioness, Majestics, Martin Taylor, Matt Savage Trio, McDonald Labarbera Quintet, Melody Masters Large Band, Michael Weiss, Michael Weiss Trio, Mike Cottone & Buddies, Mike Ledonne Trio, Moho Collective, Ms. Lisa Fischer, Music Educators Large Band, Nabate Isles, New Energy Technology, Nikki Hill, NYC Chillharmonic, Parker Trio, Paul Beaubrun, Penfield Large Band, Peter Bernstein, Prime Time Brass, Ranky Tanky, Ravi Coltrane Freedom Trio, Pink Sizzling & Blue, Reverend Paytons’s Rattling Dig Band, Richie & Rosie, RIJF All Stars, Rina, Robin Mckelle, Robin Thicke, Rochester Metro Jazz Orchestra, Ryan Johnson & The Coexistence, Samantha Fish, Samara Pleasure, Sammy Miller & The Congregation, Sarah Mckenzie, Scott Mulvahill Trio, Shayna Steele, Sheila E., Sonidos Unidos, Soul Stew, Spyro Gyra, Stephane Wrembel, Sunna Gunnlaugs, Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio, Syndicate Jazz Band, Tessa Souter, The Aquaducks, The Ready Our bodies, The Bacon Brothers, The Cookers, The Dip, The RT’s, Tiberi & Garzone Quartet, Tivon Pennicott Quartet, Tommy Emmanuel, Tommy Smith, Tuck & Patti, Tuomo & Markus, Underneath The Floor, Vanessa Collier, Ward Hayden & The Outliers, Wayne Escoffrey Quartet, Wynonna Judd.

2022 will mark the competition’s nineteenth version. In 2019, when the competition final befell, greater than 200,000 followers turned out for stay music over the course of 11 days.