The CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival finished out another marathon nine days, inviting well over 200,000 music fans into downtown Rochester to enjoy over 300 sets of exceptional music in 19 different venues and outdoor stages. It was, and always is, a glorious slog, tiring, but fruitful and exhilarating. NYS Music was there absorbing as much as we possibly could.@media(min-width:0px){#div-gpt-ad-nysmusic_com-medrectangle-3-0-asloaded{max-width:300px!important;max-height:250px!important}}
At just about the midway point of the long haul, Christian Sands sat down at the baby grand in the intimate, beautifully wood-paneled and acoustically near perfect Hatch Hall. Seated at the bench ready to launch into his hour set he first addressed the crowd, “What I love about solo
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