Kai Devitt-Lee Trio – June 4

@ DRY CREEK KITCHEN 317 Healdsburg Avenue 7-10PM | Reservations Recommended 707.431.0330 | charliepalmer.com There must be something in wine country water that causes guitar prodigies to sprout. Julian Lage was the first. Now meet 18-year-old Kai Devitt-Lee, a Healdsburg-raised fret wonder who made his debut at the Healdsburg Jazz Festival last year. Now living in New York and studying at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Kai

The Freddy Cole Quartet – June 3

@ BARNDIVA 231 Center Street Sponsors: JCB by Jean-Charles Boisset | Thomas Sparks Two shows 4pm & 7pm 707.431.0100 | www.barndiva.com Dedicated to the memory of David Dietz In a culture besotted with youth, some people haven’t figured out that musicians only improve with age. It’s not like sports, and in this, Freddy Cole’s life offers an object lesson. As a high-schooler in Chicago, Cole was a football star. But

Wine, Jazz & the Benny Barth Trio – June 2

Tasting Room | 113 Plaza Street 4-6pm 707.431.2222 seasonsofthevineyard.com Taste wine at Ferrari-Carano’s Seasons of the Vineyard, the jazz-friendly tasting room where the Benny Barth Trio will be spreading good vibes. Barth began playing in the bebop era and has worked in all the legendary San Francisco clubs of yore. Randy Vincent, guitar teacher to the stars, swings his ax, and local veteran Chris Amberger caresses the stand-up.

Dixieland at the Bakery – June 2

Mal Sharpe’s Big Money in Jazz Dixieland Band plus New Horizon Stompers led by Ned Walker with David Stare @ COSTEAUX BAKERY & CAFÉ 417 Healdsburg Avenue 7 PM | $25 includes light fare and dessert 707.433.1913 | costeaux.com Sorry, this event is sold out! Thanks for your support. Wine Sponsor: Dry Creek Vineyards Event Sponsors: Lee & David Stare, Dotty & Jim Walters, Julia & Bob Santos, Gay &

Calvin Keys Organ Quartet – June 1

@ KRUG EVENT CENTER 1261 Grove Street(behind Dry Creek Inn) 7-9pm | $20 Sorry, this event is sold out! Thanks for your support. When it comes to laying down a groove, guitarist Calvin Keys is the undisputed master. He’s been entertaining Bay Area audiences consistently for decades with his Wes Montgomery-influenced hollow-body stylings, and at 68 he’s not slowing down. For Healdsburg this year, Keys will be bringing his Organ

2012 Membership Letter

YOUR ANNUAL SUPPORT IS CRUCIAL TO  HEALDSBURG JAZZ FESTIVAL’S SURVIVAL. DON’T YOU THINK IT’S TIME FOR YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER? YOU WANT US, AND WE NEED YOU! Dear Friend of the Arts, For 14 years, we have brought great jazz to the Healdsburg area and provided world-class jazz education to our local schools. We have survived where others have failed or had to compromise their ideals. But we are

Preview: Festival Line-up for 2012

Healdsburg Jazz Festival, June 1-10, 2012 The line-up for the 14th annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival is not yet finalized, but we’re happy to announce that we have received an NEA Jazz Masters Live grant of $10,000 to help support a concert on June 10, 2012 honoring jazz masters Sheila Jordan and Roy Haynes. The Healdsburg Jazz Festival is one of only 12 not-for-profit organizations to receive a grant to support