Festival Jazz in the Lobby Hotel Healdsburg Lobby Address: 25 Matheson Street, Healdsburg Show Time: 9 pm to midnight No cover, full bar and light menu available Friday and Saturday nights all year long, the Hotel Healdsburg Lobby hosts jazz in duo or trio combinations — sometimes larger — for relaxed yet intriguing and satisfying musical evenings. During the Festival, these “jazz in the Lobby” nights are all the more
Our Saturday Night at the Raven concert brings bass legend Charlie Haden back to town, with two musicians his rare equal — Geri Allen on piano, and Ravi Coltrane on sax. It’s sure to be a night with deep genetic ties to the origins and furthest expressions of jazz.
Friday Night at the Raven Esperanza Spalding Group Tacuma King and the Children’s Percussion Workshop Location: Raven Theater Address: 115 North Street, Healdsburg Time: 8:00 pm (please note start time) Tickets: $45 General, $65 Gold Circle “Whether exploding into vocalese or making her bass solo sound like a horn, she’s a spark plug who dances as she grooves through a funked-up and rocked-out repertoire.”—Billboard From Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie
Benefactors Dinner and Concert George Cables Trio with Craig Handy and the Healdsburg High School Jazz Band Location: Coppola Winery Address: 300 Via Archimedes, Geyserville Time: 6 pm Tickets: Limited availability, by invitation only As a special thank you to our benefactors this year, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival will be hosting a Benefactor’s Dinner at the newly remodeled Francis Ford Coppola Winery. Supporters of the Festival will glimpse the Coppola winery
Wednesday at the Raven George Cables Trio with Shea Breaux Wells and the Christian Foley-Beining Quartet featuring Paul McCandless Location: Raven Theater Address: 115 North Street, Healdsburg Time: 7:30 pm Tickets: $15 General, $10 Students or Seniors (65+) George Cables, the inimitable pianist dubbed “Mr. Beautiful” by altoist Art Pepper, has played an essential role in the Healdsburg Jazz Festival since the beginning. A creative foil for jazz’s most prodigious
Free Concert in the Plaza Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco Location: Recreation Park Address: Piper at University, Healdsburg Time: 6 – 8:00 pm Free concert The town of Healdsburg is well known for its yearly series of free concerts, Tuesdays in the Plaza. It’s been a tradition for over a decade that the official kick-off of this series features jazz from the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. 2010 is no
Jazz and Wine Dinner Kai Devitt-Lee Trio Location: Dry Creek Kitchen Address: 317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg Time: 7 – 9 pm Tickets: No cover; dinner reservations recommended (707 431-0330) Even though he’s only 16, guitarist Kai Devitt-Lee is already a local fixture who has soaked up experience sitting in with various groups around town. With his fleet fingers and mature approach to improvising, the Healdsburg native is at the start
Stars of Brazil Bossa Nova on the Green Oscar Castro-Neves & Friends Leny Andrade and Romero Lubambo Duo Claudia Villela Band and Brasilia Location: Recreation Park Address: Piper at University, Healdsburg Time: 12:30 – 6:30 pm (one show) Tickets: $30 General, $20 Students or Seniors (65+), Children 10 and under free In the five decades since bossa nova burst onto the international music scene, Brazil has enriched the world with