May 18 SUNDAY – Jazz Night at the Movies

An Evening of Jazz on Film with Archivist Mark Cantor Co-Produced by Healdsburg Jazz and Smith Rafael Film Center When: Sunday, May 18 (note corrected date change from error in the printed brochure) Where: Smith Rafael Film Center, 1118 Fourth St., San Rafael Time: Film 6 pm, Reception 8 pm Price: Film and Q&A:  $15, $12 for members of the California Film Institute (CFI) and Healdsburg Jazz. Film, Q&A plus Reception: $25, $20 CFI

Marcus Shelby & Freedom Jazz Choir Performances

“Harriet Tubman: Bound for the Promised Land” Performance Schedule: May 17 (Saturday), Community Baptist Church, 7 pm (by donation) May 24 (Saturday), Glaser Center, Santa Rosa, 7 pm ($20) Ticket link June 5 (Thursday), Raven Theater, Healdsburg, 7 pm ($20) Ticket link At last year’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival, bassist Marcus Shelby – a composer of Ellingtonian  sweep and  ambition – enacted his suite Soul of a Movement: Meditations on Dr.

June 29 – Oliver Lake: Music, Poetry, Visual Art

What: Post-Festival Concert with Oliver Lake When: Saturday, June 29Where: Healdsburg Center for the Arts, 130 Plaza St.Time: 7 & 9 pm (two shows) | Tickets: $20 Music can be difficult to write about because it can’t be translated. You can compare it to things seen and felt, like rivers, engines, storms and even animals, but you cannot literally put in into words. If you are a visual artist you

May 11 & 18 – Marcus Shelby & the Freedom Jazz Choir

Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pre-Festival Appearances Date: Saturday, May 11 Time: 7:30 pm Cost: Donation Location: Community Baptist Church, 1620 Sonoma Ave., Santa Rosa alsoDate: Saturday, May 18 Time: 7:30 pm Cost: $20 Location: Glaser Center547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa  Led by composer, bassist, educator and activist Marcus Shelby, the goal of the choir is to create a group, building on the diverse

May 10 – Music in the Gallery with Babatunde Lea

What: Music in the Galley with Babatunde LeaWhen: Friday, May 10Where: Healdsburg Center for the Arts, 130 Plaza St.Time: 7:30 p.m. (two sets) | Tickets: $25 (see below) Babatunde Lea and Friends return to Healdsburg for Operation Jazz Band for the children, and for two evening sets at the Healdsburg Center for the Arts.  We’ve been fortunate the last two years to have Babatunde play at the HCA after his week