When: Sunday, June 1 Where: Davis Family Vineyards, 52 Front St., Healdsburg Time: 11 am, gates open 10 am Cost: $20. Brunch by Zazu Kitchen + Farm available for purchase. Healdsburg Jazz & Wine Club members receive one free ticket and a glass of wine. Non-members welcome. Guy Davis may be from New York City, but when you hear him play the guitar you are instantly transported to the Deep South.
Set 1: Blues on the Porch with Charlie Musselwhite, Elvin Bishop and Guy Davis When: Saturday, May 31 Where: Jackson Theater, 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa Time: 7:30 pm Tickets: $75 | $55 | $45 (Reserved seating) Guest MC: Bill Bowker (KRSH-FM) As practically every jazz musician will tell you, their work is grounded in the blues. For its 16th annual event, The Healdsburg Jazz Festival goes straight to one
A Tribute to Abbey Lincoln When: Friday, May 30 Where: Healdsburg SHED, 25 North St., Healdsburg Time: 7 and 9 pm Cost: $25 * Pre-concert dinners at 5:30 and 7:00 (diners get first seating – tickets here) Jazz tends to be an extroverted type of music. Musicians create and then push the sounds out dynamically. Occasionally, though, artists show up who have the gift of letting everything come to them.