11th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival
May 29 through June 7, 2009
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Join us for 10 days of real jazz in Healdsburg! This year’s lineup features the stars and influences of Brazilian jazz, welcomes new names and faces, and throws the spotlight on local talent and living legends. As always, the best talent in jazz today plays in venues from winery tasting rooms to open-air greens, historic theaters to hotel lobbies. It’s easily the best jazz festival north of San Francisco!
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| Date | Artists | Location (all in Healdsburg, Calif.) |
Time |
| MAY 29 Friday | Julian Lage Group |
Studio Barndiva 237 Center Street |
Two shows: 7 pm and 9 pm |
| MAY 30 Saturday |
Saturday Afternoon Jazz and Wine Pairings Esperanza Spalding Quartet |
See this page for today’s tasting rooms Barndiva Backyard 231 Center Street |
Tastings 3-6 pm SOLD OUT |
| MAY 31 Sunday Afternoon | “Stars of Brazil” – Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim with • Toninho Horta with Santi Debriano, Billy Hart and special guest Airto• Trio Da Paz with Romero Lubambo, Nilson Matta and Duduka Da Fonseca • Leny Andrade with the Stephanie Ozer Ensemble Plus • Samba de Raiz on the Samba Stage • City of Healdsburg activities & programs • Food, wine and more |
Recreation Park University and Piper Streets |
Noon to 6 pm |
| Sunday Night | Grupo Falso Bahiano Brazilian Concert and Outdoor Grill |
Palette Art Café 235 Healdsburg Ave |
7:00 pm – Dinner served starting at 6 |
| JUNE 1 Monday | Jazz and Wine Dinner with Benny Barth Trio |
Dry Creek Kitchen 317 Healdsburg Ave |
From 6 pm |
| JUNE 2 Tuesday | Free community concert Montclair Women’s Big Band |
Healdsburg Plaza Healdsburg Ave. & Matheson St. | 6 to 8 pm |
| Tuesday Night | Billy Higgins Legacy Band with Azar Lawrence, Myron Cohen and Henry Franklin |
Palette Art Café 235 Healdsburg Ave |
8 to 11 pm |
| JUNE 3 Wednesday |
Dinner shows with Lorca Hart Trio |
Palette Art Café 235 Healdsburg Ave |
6 pm and 8 pm |
| JUNE 4 Thursday |
Rising Stars Concert with • Debbie Poryes Trio • Jason Bodlovich Quartet • Noam Lemish Quintet |
Raven Theater 115 North Street |
7 pm |
| JUNE 5 Friday |
Bay Area Legends • Denny Zeitlin – Solo Piano • John Handy and the Bay Area Melding Pot |
Raven Theater 115 North Street |
8 pm |
| Friday Night | Eddie Marshall Trio | Hotel Healdsburg Lobby 25 Matheson Street |
9 pm to midnight |
| JUNE 6 Saturday |
Saturday Afternoon Jazz and Wine Pairings A special evening with Randy Weston’s African Rhythms Quintet |
See this page for today’s tasting rooms Raven Theater 115 North Street |
Tastings 3-6 pm 8 pm |
| Saturday Night | Eddie Marshall Trio |
Hotel Healdsburg Lobby 25 Matheson Street |
9 pm to midnight |
| JUNE 7 Sunday Morning |
Spend Sunday morning with Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir |
Raven Theater 115 North Street |
10 am to noon |
| Sunday Afternoon | Festival Finale on the Green with • James Moody Quartet featuring Marlena Shaw • Richard Howell Quintet • Food, wine and more |
Rodney Strong Vineyards 11455 Old Redwood Highway |
3 pm, gates open at 2 pm |
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