We slept in Sunday morning, well 7:55 is sleeping in for us.  A walk in a park and lunch at Revelry with grandson Josh started the day and set us up for more fun come late afternoon.  The line up started with  Stretch Orchestra at Montage.  I could refer you to the review in City http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/rochester/jazz-fest-2013-citys-daily-jazz-blogs/Content?oid=2240080 for our opinion since we agree wholeheartedly.  We couldn’t sit still and certainly were not thinking about leaving before the last note had been played.  Have you ever seen a guitarist (for lack of a better description) turn the instrument over and rub the strings on his shirt to get the sound he wanted?  He also played electric mandolin and mandocello.  The rest of the group included a drummer who seemed almost normal and a cello (yes, that is not a typo) playing the part normally assigned to a bass and also mixing in as cello.

Next stop Harro East for Beau Soleil avec Michael Doucet.  Fun time with Zydeco a little tamed down from what we are used to in the Louisiana dance halls, but quite suitable for sitting and listening in a concert setting.  We stayed on through and had a chat with the Towlers before moving on to Abilene and Marti Brom.  Picked up some food and grooved to the sound for the last half of the set.  We really enjoyed the music and we even were able to crowd forward to see the stage and performers. By now it was 8:45 we decided our next choice at Christ Church would be a pass so we wandered over to the Big Tent where Carol picked up a lovely salad from the Bricks&Motor Food Truck on Main and I got too much popcorn.  We wandered into the tent to look at as well as listen to Ritmoseis.  It was worth the stop and we didn’t even need earplugs, maybe we just don’t have as much hearing left as we think.  From there we hopped to Rochester Club and Mike Brignola.  We didn’t last long enough to order a drink.  Reading the chart off a music stand at Jazz Fest, I don’t think so!  Quick shift to Max where Rafael Zaldivar was performing with his trio.  His playing was interesting if somewhat disjointed.  It was here that our late night on Saturday caught up with us and we both dozed in our seats.  Fortunately the applause, tepid as it was, woke us when the set ended.

Looking back, it appears we listened to at least two numbers in each of seven venues last night.  No wonder we skipped the Jam Session and fell into bed exhausted.  Today started with a lovely lunch at 2 Vine with Marianne Zeitlin and her daughter Leora.  We hadn’t seen Marianne since last summer nor Leora since we visited in Las Crucis for Passover.

Tonight the plan is Alfredo Rodriguez at Kilbourn with a possible jump to Tsukamoto & Takeshi at Max followed by Greenfield-Rosenberg at the Little.  If we have the stamina on to a wrap at Montage for Eric Alexander.  That’s four, somehow I suspect that will change as we meet others and hear what they like.  Jam Session is a maybe since we have no plans for the morning.