2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 10 George Cables, Essiet Essiet, Victor Lewis with guest Craig Handy When: Sunday, June 7 Where: Raven Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg Time: 7:00 pm Reserved Tickets: $50 | $30 Event Sponsor: Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation tickets George Cables Trio Part of the elite cadre of great living jazz pianists, George Cables is one of those flexible jazz notables who has shared the stage

St. Gabriel’s Celestial Brass Band, the Dixie Giants and the Russian River Ramblers When: Sunday, June 7 Where: Dry Creek Vineyard 3770 Lambert Bridge Rd., Healdsburg Time: Noon – 3 pm.  Tickets: $25 includes wine glass tickets “Healdsburg Jazz-Wine Club” members (not DCV Club members) can redeem their June Selection free ticket for this event. Festival Seating: Doors open at 11 am, no outside alcohol, low chairs allowed. See FAQ. New

2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 9 Cables, Harper, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, McBee & Weiss When: Saturday, June 6 Where: Raven Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg Time: 7:30 pm Reserved Tickets: $65 | $45 Event Sponsor: Voigt Family Sculpture Foundation tickets The Cookers There are all-star groups, and then there are all-star groups, the kind which transcend the sometimes transitory nature of casually-joined gatherings of greats. A primary case-in-point in

Saturday Night Jazz in the Lobby  When: Saturday, June 6 Where: Hotel Healdsburg Fireside Lobby 25 Matheson St., Healdsburg  Time: 9:00 pm – midnight | No cover Sponsors: Chalk Hill Estate and Roth Winery and North Coast Brewing Co. Lorca Hart Trio The art of the jazz piano trio continues in Healdsburg this year, courtesy of the Lorca Hart Trio, a cross-generational group featuring the mid-career drummer Hart and dynamic young pianist Josh Nelson, a

Stephanie Ozer Quartet at Seasons When: Saturday, June 6 Where: Seasons of the Vineyard, 113 Plaza Street, Healdsburg Time: 4 – 6 pm No cover Featuring Ferrari-Carano Wines Stephanie Ozer Quartet Bay Area pianist Stephanie Ozer, who has recorded and performed and recorded with star vocalist Leny Andrade among others, extends this year’s Brazilian flavor in Healdsburg with her samba-leaning quartet, featuring saxophonist and flutist Mary Fettig, and bassist Peter Barshay. Ozer

Benny Green, David Wong, and Rodney Green When: Friday, June 5 Where: Raven Theater 115 North Street, Healdsburg Time: 7:30 pm Reserved Tickets: $65 | $45 tickets Benny Green Trio On the list of Bay Area-born and/or bred jazz musicians who have gone on to great heights in the global jazz scene, pianist Benny Green ranks highly. He brings his bone-deep jazz fluency, subtle mastery and advancing aesthetic to the

Friday Night Jazz in the Lobby  When: Friday, June 5 Where: Hotel Healdsburg Fireside Lobby 25 Matheson St., Healdsburg  Time: 9:00 pm – midnight | No cover Sponsors: Chalk Hill Estate and Roth Winery and North Coast Brewing Co. Sylvia Cuenca Trio Drummer and bandleader Sylvia Cuenca is another well-established NYC-based jazz artist with Bay Area roots, having been born and raised in San Jose, along with a bio which includes stints playing with

2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 8 Music, Food and Wine Pairing When: Friday, June 5 Where: Partake by K-J, 241 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg  Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm Reservations required: (707) 433-6000 Partake by K-J will have seasonal bites paired with exclusive Kendall-Jackson wines to accompany available for purchase. Ben Stolorow Quartet Bay Area pianist Ben Stolorow, an accomplished and classically-trained jazz player who has released the albums I’ll Be Over Here and Almost There,

2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 7 Latin Jazz at Healdsburg SHED When: Thursday, June 4 Where: Healdsburg SHED 25 North St., Healdsburg Time: 7 and 9 pm concerts Tickets: $25 tickets Pre-concert dinners at Healdsburg SHED, 5:30 & 7:30, for 7 and 9 pm concerts respectively. Dinner reservations for ticket holders only. Reservations required (707) 431-7433. Wayne Wallace Latin Jazz Quintet Wayne Wallace brings his Latin Jazz Quintet to the Shed, with the dazzling and

Music, Food and Wine Pairing When: Tuesday, June 2 Where: Partake by K-J, 241 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg  Time: 8:00 – 10 pm Reservations required: (707) 433-6000 Partake by K-J will have seasonal bites paired with exclusive Kendall-Jackson wines to accompany. $45 food and wine cost required. Batachá With a name that tellingly fuses the African “bata” drum and the rhythmic mojo that is the traditional “cha-cha,” the Sonoma County-based band Batacha serves a spicy concoction along

2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 5 Free Tuesday Concert in the Healdsburg Plaza When: Tuesday, June 2 Where: Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg Ave. at Matheson St. Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm Free: “Tuesday Concerts in the Plaza”  Ritmos Unidos One of the highlights of the summer in Healdsburg are the Tuesdays in the Plaza, free two-hour concerts by artists from bluegrass to jazz, country to ethnic. For the past decade-plus the first Tuesday in

2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 4 Jazz & Wine Dinner at Dry Creek Kitchen  When: Monday, June 1 Where: Dry Creek Kitchen, 317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg  Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm Reservations recommended: (707) 431-0330 Special “Jazz & Wine Dinner” on the menu from DCK’s Andrew Wilson Randy Vincent Trio Veteran jazz guitarist Randy Vincent, who brings his trio to the Healdsburg Jazz Festival this year, has had a long and

2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 3 Pablo Ziegler Jazz Trio for New Tango, Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Septet When: Sunday, May 31 Where: Jackson Theater 4400 Day School Place, Santa Rosa Time: 7:30 pm Reserved Tickets: $65 / $45 / $35 tickets In keeping with tradition, the 17th annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival once again brings an illuminating thematic frame to the first of its two weekends. “Jazz and the Music of the Americas” is

2015 Healdsburg Jazz Festival – Day 3 Blues Brunch with Terrie Odabi When: Sunday, May 31 Where: Sonoma-Cutrer Vineyards, 4401 Slusser Rd., Windsor  Time: 11:00 am Tickets: $25 (Healdsburg Jazz & Wine Club members can redeem their June Collection free ticket for this event) tickets Terrie Odabi and Evolution Blues Heralded as one of the Bay Area’s most powerful blues and soul singers of recent vintage, Terrie Odabi will lend this year’s festival