HEALDSBURG JAZZ GALA
Timeless: Kim Nalley Sings the Great American Songbook
Honoring Louis & Lynda Jordan
Thursday, April 17, 2025, at Montage Healdsburg
Join us for a Great American Songbook themed night with an elegant multi-course dinner paired with fine Ramey wines, and live entertainment by the Kim Nalley Quartet. We are thrilled to be honoring long-time Healdsburg Jazz and community supporters, and music connoisseurs, Louis and Lynda Jordan.
The Live Auction and Fund-a-Need benefit Healdsburg Jazz educational and artistic programs.
Tickets include a reception with cocktails, local sparkling wine & passed hors d’oeuvres; multi-course dinner with fine Ramey wines; live music.
Registration closes on Tuesday, April 8.
Sign-Ups 2025
Freedom Jazz Choir
Join Our Free Community Choir - No Experience Required
The Healdsburg Freedom Jazz Choir is a free community choir consisting of members from Sonoma County and surrounding areas. Everyone is welcome no matter their skill level. The experience is educational, creative, and fun. The choir will perform at our upcoming Summer Festival on June 21, 2025. There will be 6 rehearsals at St. Paul’s Church leading up to the performance which will be held at the Healdsburg Community Church. The theme of this year’s choir performance is “Roots and Rhythm”: Celebrating the Blues and Beyond”.
CHOIR ORIENTATION – MARCH 31 – 7:00pm (1 hour) via Zoom
We’ll meet and greet, and you’ll receive a packet of this year’s music in digital form. We’ll also review the schedule, discuss logistics, choose section leaders, and answer any questions you may have. If you are unable to attend the zoom meeting, we’ll have a recording available for you to view via Youtube.
BIWEEKLY REHEARSALS
Rehearsals will span alternating Saturdays from April 5 to June 7. As usual, we’ll have our super rehearsal (5 hours) immediately preceding the concert.
Join us for our...
27th HEALDSBURG JAZZ FESTIVAL
June 13-22, 2025
Become a Member and Support Jazz!
Your investment and support ensure high-quality jazz performances live and online, as well as free and innovative music education programming for youth that reaches thousands of students. Be part of keeping jazz alive and thriving and moving forward. Members receive many benefits including 10 and 5 day advance festival ticket purchases.
We can’t do it without you. Join now and enjoy being part of our Community of Jazz Lovers!
Our Mission
Jazz, Education, Community
Healdsburg Jazz stimulates interest in and promotes awareness and appreciation of jazz by facilitating cross-cultural interaction, providing performance opportunities, and educating young people and adults about the important role of jazz as an indigenous American art form. We strive to:
* Preserve, curate, present, and educate audiences about jazz music, one of America’s truly original art forms.
* Build a strong community where people come together to share their love of music.
* Expand our cultural offerings through the intersection of music, poetry, dance, theater, film, visual arts, and other art forms.
* Integrate artistic programming with student education.
Marcus Shelby, Current Artistic Director. Jessica Felix, Founder & Artistic Director 1999-2020
Jazz at Hotel Healdsburg
March 15: Laura Klein Trio – An intriguing musical mix of sparkling jazz standards, swinging bebop, deep Latin grooves, and soulful ballads. Laura Klein – piano, Chris Amberger – bass, Carrie Jahde – drums
March 22: No music due to special event
March 29: Carlos Henrique Pereira Quartet – Original compositions, jazz standards and Brazilian
classics. Carlos Henrique Pereira – acoustic guitar and piano, Gabriel Alexander Pereira – cello and piano Leif Deiring – acoustic bass, Joe Campbell – drums
April 5: Banda de Cenoura – A vibrant selection of music from the some of the great composers of Brazil including Hermeto Pascoal, Jobim, Joyce Moreno, João Donato and more, plus original music inspired by the combination of North and South American influences. Ruth Ahlers – saxophone, Ken Cook – piano, Brad Maestas – bass, Eric Enstrom – drums
April 12: Rob Sudduth Quartet – Playing post-bop jazz from the 60s Blue Note years into rarely heard ECM music from the 70s. Rob Sudduth – saxophone, Ken Cook – piano, Doug Miller – bass, Kendrick Freeman – drums
April 19: Chris Amberger Trio – The trio touches on a wide pallet of jazz in the last 70 years and beyond with originals, classics, standards, even pop songs with a bass featured in melody, rhythms and harmony. For all toe tappers, dancers, and listeners alike. Chris Amberger – bass, David Udolf – piano, Rudy Rangle – drums
April 26: Carolina Calvache Trio – This trio seamlessly blends sounds influenced by jazz and Latin American and Afro-Caribbean folk music. Carolina Calvache – piano, Isaac Coyle – bass, Kendrick Freeman – drums
