On June 1 and for the following ten nights, the stars will be out and the jazz-savvy little town of Healdsburg will once again become the Northern California jazz community’s center of gravity - jumpin’ and jivin’ to the beat of some of the greatest jazz players in our universe, all courtesy of the 8th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival.
Band, a magnificent 20 piece jazz/swing aggregation, featuring the great Louie Bellson will perform in concert with a
dance to follow. (Photo right: Louie Bellson)
On Friday, June 2, you may want to drop by the Barndiva
restaurant in Healdsburg 
and catch the fabulous Bruce Forman trio with his special guest,
saxophonist, Noel Jewkes. The perfect musical backdrop for a luscious Barndiva
snack and a glass of Geyser Peak wine.
Marc Cary and his Focus Trio return to Barndiva for an encore performance on Saturday,
June 3. 
Having completely knocked out jazz audiences here last year, it’s only
natural that we bring him back, and this time he has exciting fresh material to
go with his always ‘outside-the-box’ approach.
Sunday’s ‘Jazz Night at the Movies’ on June 4 gives jazz fans a chance to see some of their favorite stars, past and present, doing their things in film clips culled from the voluminous archives of jazz historian, Mark Cantor.
Jazz and wine dinners at the fabulous Dry Creek Kitchen will
be on the menu as the
StephanieOzer and Mad and Eddie Duran trios will perform for lucky diners on Monday, June 5 and Wednesday, June 7
respectively. Sandwiched in between .these two events, on Tuesday, June 6, Latin
jazz star Rebeca Mauleon and sextet will present a concert and host a party in the Healdsburg Plaza. You bring the picnic and
she’ll provide the musical ‘hot sauce’.
(Photo left: Shea Breaux Wells) (Photo right: Rebeca Mauleon)
Classic jazz interpreter, songstress Shea Breaux Wells,
in a quintet format will be at the Flying Goat Café on Center Street Here’s a chance for fans to experience
some of the real jazz music that real jazz musicians like to play.
In a week of many highlights, the Heath Brothers’ tribute to Percy in Film and Music is certainly one of the more
attractive. This presentation on Friday, June 9 at the North Street Raven Theater,
will
showcase the brothers’ indelible mark on jazz from bepob’s early years up
to and including the present. It’s an absolute ‘must see’ for any serious jazz
buff.
Healdsburg favorite, bassist John Heard and trio will be holding forth in the
Hotel Healdsburg Lobby on Friday and Saturday (June 9, 10) with surprise guest
artists dropping by to sit in.
Also on June 10, magnificent jazz vocalist, Mark Murphy performs at Quivira Vineyards. Whether singing ballads, blues or bebop, Murphy possesses one of the most incredible jazz voices ever to hold a microphone. This show is simply not to be missed.
Co-headlining this year’s Festival, also on Saturday, June
10, the Charlie Haden Quartet West, comes in with world renown bassist and
all-around maestro, Charlie
Haden with an all-star trio which includes Alan Broadbent, Ernie Watts and Billy Hart.
As Grand Finale, Sunday, June 11, the outdoor
amphitheater at the Rodney Strong Vineyards will fairly rock to the sounds and
rhythms of the universally acclaimed McCoy Tyner Trio. The opening act of this
curtain-raiser will be the fabulous Billy Hart Trio, featuring Santi Debriano and Santa Rosa’s own Julian Lage
More information can be found on the Healdsburg Jazz Festival's website or you can just keep checking in here, because we'll be posting more on it during the month of May.
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