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The Rochester International Jazz Fest begins tomorrow. Right now, I have dreams of going every single night and seeing every act possible, but I know from experience that life will intrude and I will inevitably miss out on something. Last year it was Eric Alexander. The year before that, it was Chris Potter.

But then, there is the fun of discovering an unknown, like last year's Jonas Kullhammar Quartet. The year before, I discovered (not exactly an unknown, but new-ish to me) Medeski, Martin, and Wood (oo! free show in Buffalo this month!).

So tomorrow? I don't know. My buddy Seth and I have tickets to see Sonny Rollins, but other than that, there are a lot of shows we may want to see: Bill Frisell, Yggdrasil, Sex Mob, Hilton Ruiz Trio. And oh yeah, I will definitely want go see Bob Sneider's jam session afterwards. It's just a matter of how quickly we can get there to find seats.