The Mid-Century Modern Jazz Quartet plays straight-up jazz from the period known in design circles as Mid-Century Modern, basically the '40s through the '60s. The MCMJQ features RIT Professor Emeritus Al Biles on trumpet & flugelhorn, Chuck Dye on 7-string guitar, Bruce Goldman on upright bass, and Steve Gates on drums. Their eclectic repertoire includes unique arrangements of tunes by Miles, Monk, Mobley, Rollins, Porter, Shorter, Golson, Gershwin, Ellington, Mancini, Jobim, and many others.

Part of Rochester Fringe 2026.