Major Artist Appearances 1958

Date	Venue	Artist	Comments
Oct 17	University of Rochester	Maynard Ferguson Orchestra	Jimmy Ford (as), Slide Hampton (tb), John Bunch (p), Jimmy Rowser (b), Frankie Dunlop (d), Carmen Leggio (ts), others; Danforth Dining Hall; Fall Weekend Concert
Feb 22	University of Rochester	Woody Herman Orchestra	Al Belletto, Joe Romano (sax), Willie Thomas (t), Jerri Winters (v), others; Winter Weekend Concert
??-??	Roller Palace	Erskine Hawkins Orchestra	Gloria Lynne (v), Dolo Coker (p), Julian Dash (ts), Bobby Smith (as), others
??-??	Roller Palace	Ray Charles Band	Hank Crawford (as), Benny Crawford (sax), Marcus Belgrave (t), Pat Patrick (bar), others
Jan -28-Feb 02	Ridge Crest Inn	Australian Jazz Quartet
Feb 11-16	Ridge Crest Inn	Carmen McRae
Feb 22	Eastman Theater	Louis Armstrong & All Stars - Music '58	Billy Kyle (p), Barrett Deems (d), Trummy Young (tb), Edmond Hall (cl), Mort Herbert (b), Velma Middleton (v); Rochester Civic Orchestra, Paul White cond.
Mar 04-09	Ridge Crest Inn	Valerie Carr
Mar 07-09	Golden Grill	Gene Krupa Trio
Mar 25-30	Ridge Crest Inn	Sonny Rollins Trio	"Direct from Blue Note, Chicago"
Apr 08-13	Ridge Crest Inn	Dizzy Gillespie Quintet	Junior Mance (p), Sam Jones (b), Jimmy Cobb (d), Junior Cook (ts); State Dept. Eur. tour next
Apr 08-30	Town Casino	Doug Duke	"Starred at the Hickory House"
Apr 22-27	Ridge Crest Inn	Valerie Carr, Sonny Stitt	"Double Attraction"
May 02-04	Ridge Crest Inn	J.J. Johnson Quintet
May 06-11	Ridge Crest Inn	Chico Hamilton Quintet
May 13-18	Ridge Crest Inn	Jack Teagarden Quintet
May 27-Jun 01	Ridge Crest Inn	Max Roach Quartet	"Direct from European tour"
Jun 17-22	Mardi Gras	Carmen McRae + Trio
Jun 10-15	Ridge Crest Inn	Jo Jones Trio	Ray Bryant (p)
Jun 20-22	Ridge Crest Inn	Terry Gibbs Quartet	Claude Williamson (p)
Jun 27-29	Ridge Crest Inn	Peter Appleyard Quartet	Ronnie Ball (p)
Jul 08-13	Mardi Gras	Bobby Hackett
Jul 11-13	Ridge Crest Inn	Art Blakey Jazz Messengers
Jul 18-20	Ridge Crest Inn	Chico Hamilton Quintet
Jul 29-Aug 03	Mardi Gras	Al Hibbler
Aug 05-10	Ridge Crest Inn	Dakota Staton
Aug 19-24	Mardi Gras	Helen Merrill or Beverly Kenney (?)
Aug 19-24	Ridge Crest Inn	Abbey Lincoln + Quartet
Aug 26-31 (Sep 06?)	Mardi Gras	Buddy Greco Quartet
Sep 08-13	Mardi Gras	Dizzy Gillespie
Sep 09	Ridge Crest Inn	Anita O'Day & Trio	Alan Marlow (p), George Morrow (b), John Poole (d)
Sep 17	RKO Palace	Louis Prima
Sep 23-28	Ridge Crest Inn	Jimmy Giuffre Trio	Bob Brookmeyer (v tb), Jim Hall (g)
Sep 26-28	Mardi Gras	Gene Krupa Trio	Teddy Napoleon (p)
Sep 30-Oct 05	Ridge Crest Inn	Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio
Oct 07-12	Ridge Crest Inn	Charlie Shavers Quintet
Oct 14-19	Mardi Gras	Jeri Southern
Oct 21-26	Ridge Crest Inn	Art Blakey Jazz Messengers	Lee Morgan (t), Benny Golson (ts), Bobby Timmons (p), Jymie Merritt (b)
Nov 06-09	Ridge Crest Inn	Billy Taylor Trio
Nov 18	Auditorium Theater	Jazz for Moderns: Dave Brubeck Quartet, Four Freshmen, Sonny Rollins Trio, Maynard Ferguson Orchestra	Leonard Feather MC; "A very young looking" Henry Grimes (b) with Rollins
Nov 21-23	Ridge Crest Inn	Red Norvo Sextet
Nov 25-30	Ridge Crest Inn	Oscar Peterson Trio
Nov 29	Eastman Theater	Stan Kenton Orchestra	"Featuring Lennie Niehaus" (as)
Dec 05-07	Ridge Crest Inn	Earl Hines	Muggsy Spanier & Hangover All Stars

Note: This list is not comprehensive. Many clubs did not advertise their bookings. The information is taken from microfilm of the Rochester Times-Union stored at the main library in Rochester, NY.