Healdsburg Jazz is thrilled to present our 27th Annual 10-day Festival. Concerts will take place in intimate and cozy venues in picturesque Healdsburg, renowned for wine and culinary offerings. This Festival features an array of celebrated artists, with performances by Dianne Reeves, Jason Moran, Kenny Barron, Terri Lyne Carrington, and more. Join us!

Friday, June 13, 2025 7-8:30 pm

27th Annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival Opening Night  

The Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North Street, Healdsburg, CA 95448

Kenny Barron Voices with Tyreek McDole

Celebrate in style! We’re rolling out the red carpet and poppin’ the sparkling. What better way to open the Festival than with a bona fide legend described by Jazz Weekly as “the most lyrical piano player of our time”? That’s NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron and his talented trio featuring Savannah Harris on drums (originally from Oakland) and bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa. Adding an intoxicating jolt to the celebration is rising vocalist Tyreek McDole. It’s a joyous jazz party and concert for everyone and all ages.

$35-150  

Lorca Hart Bridges Quartet; 9:30 pm

Elephant in the Room, 177 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, CA 95448

Join us for our Late Night Concert at Healdsburg’s original Elephant in the Room. The Lorca Hart Bridges Quartet, featuring Brian Ho (organ), Mike Scott (guitar), Tony Peebles (sax) and Lorca Hart (drums) is rooted in the classic jazz organ band sound while also exploring more contemporary elements to create its own unique musical identity.

$35

Saturday, June 14, 2025

Juneteenth Celebration;  2 – 8:30 pm

Healdsburg Plaza

Schedule

2 – 2:15 pm

Juneteenth Libations by The Nubian Cafe Collective

2:15 – 2:25 pm

Healdsburg Jazz Poet Laureate Enid Pickett

Main Stage

2:30 – 3:00 pm

Afro-Cuban Dance Pop-Up Workshop #1 by Susana Arenas

Pergola

3:00 – 4:15 pm

Tyreek McDole Quintet

Main Stage

4:15 – 4:45 pm

Afro-Cuban Dance Pop-Up Workshop #2 by Susana Arenas

Pergola

5:00 – 6:15 pm

Orrin Evans Trio

Main Stage

7:00 – 8:30 pm

The Dynamic Miss Faye Carol

And Her All-Star Trio + String Quartet

Featuring Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith, Joe Warner, & Tarus Mateen

Main Stage

2:00 – 8:00 pm

Juneteenth Interactive Area curated by ANDI WONG

Pergola

Juneteenth Vendors

Various locations on Plaza

Juneteenth Pop up Art Gallery curated by Rena Charles

Next to Pergola

FREE

Howard Wiley Quartet; 9:30 pm

Elephant in the Room, 177 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg, CA 95448

Howard Wiley returns to the Festival to light up a fire in the Healdsburg night with his quartet, a potent combo that blends soul, funk grooves, jazz, and gospel. A commanding improviser, Wiley has earned national and international renown, recording and performing with an array of heavyweights including Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Miss Lauryn Hill, Kamasi Washington, Miles Mosley, Sheila E, Cory Henry, Christian McBride, Jason Moran, and Hammond B-3 organ greats Chester Thompson and Doug Carn. His quartet features organist LJ Holoman, a sought-after studio player with recording credits that include Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Nas, and The Game, and Fantastic Negrito; bassist/producer and multi- instrumentalist Clark Sims, also known as ‘The Funk Father’; and drummer Dante “Taz” Roberson.

$45

Sunday, June 15, 2025; 7:30-9 pm, doors open 5:30 pm

Father’s Day: An Evening with Jake Shimabukuro

Bacchus Landing | 14210 Bacchus Landing Way | Healdsburg

Jake Shimabukuro is the Big Daddy of the ukulele, and he’s got a special program to celebrate his Healdsburg Jazz Festival debut on Father’s Day. It’s been almost two decades since the Hawaiian-born maestro catapulted to fame when a clip of him tearing through “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” in New York’s Central Park went viral on YouTube. He’s been soaring ever since, expanding the possibilities on his diminutive four-string instrument with his virtuosity and fearless imagination. Blending jazz, bluegrass, flamenco and classical techniques, he’s forged a singular approach sought out by a disparate cast of stars.

$35-275

Monday, June 16, 2025; 7 – 9 p.m.

Glide Ensemble with Kenny Washington and RyanNicole

Bacchus Landing | 14210 Bacchus Landing Way | Healdsburg

An evening of gospel with the Glide Ensemble Choir and Change Band, Grammy-nominated lead vocalist Kenny Washington, and MC RyanNicole. From its humble beginnings on Christmas Day, 1966, when it was only 10 singers and jazz legend John Handy, the Glide Ensemble grew to include more than 100 voices and eight musicians. Beginning with the first choir director, Faith Winthrop, the Glide Ensemble has benefitted from the direction of such talented leaders as Donnell Hickman, Ronald Sutherland, John F. Turk, Jr., Clifford Coulter, and Vernon Bush, and has teamed up with a host of notable musicians such as Sammy Davis Jr., Leonard Bernstein, Marvin Gaye, Bono, Bobby McFerrin, Maya Angelou, and Joan Baez. This is a debut for Glide at our Healdsburg Jazz Festival and this is a concert you should not miss!

$25-45

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Lunch Concert at Overshine with Destiny Muhammad Quintet; Noon – 2 p.m.

Overshine Wine | 2201 Westside Road | Healdsburg

Presented by Healdsburg Jazz MAJOR Sponsor Overshine Wine

Join us for an afternoon in the Dry Creek Valley at Overshine Wine. Music, poetry, food and wine. What more could you ask for? Drawing inspiration from the film Love Jones, the afternoon kicks-off with a glass of Overshine wine, delectable slices of Pizza Degen, and DJ Noah spinning vinyl in the tasting room, accompanied by poet Genny Lim, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate. We will then transition outdoors to the elevated concert area for a performance featuring the talented harpist, vocalist, and the remarkable Destiny Muhammad Quartet.

Harpist Destiny Muhammad describes her musical influences as Celtic to Coltrane and heavily inspired by the innovative harp player Dorothy Ashby. Destiny Muhammad has been described by SFJAZZ as a “masterful, exploratory musician.” Whether interpreting jazz standards or her spiritually charged original tunes, exploring hip-hop, Muhammad turns every piece into a soulful adventure.

$75

Artistic Talk: Amina Scott, Rising Star Artist in Residence; 4 – 5:30 p.m

St. Paul’s Church | 209 Matheson | Healdsburg

Amina Scott was born in Oakland, and started playing electric bass at twelve when she developed a strong passion for music. She received her bachelor’s degree in music from Loyola University in New Orleans and her master’s degree from Florida State University in 2019. She lives, performs, and teaches in New Orleans where she has worked with luminaries such as Jazzmeia Horn, Chief Xian Atunde Adjuah, Don Vappie, Nicholas Payton, Herlin Riley, and Germaine Bazzle. Thank you Willow Creek Wealth Management for underwriting our 2025 Artist in Residence program.

FREE

Melba’s Kitchen; 6 – 8 p.m. 

Healdsburg Plaza | Corner of Healdsburg Ave and Matheson

A trombonist and arranger of the highest order, Melba Liston cut a singular figure across the latter half of the 20th century as the only female horn player to tour and record with leading jazz orchestras, including bands led by Gerald Wilson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Quincy Jones. No group has done more to keep her book of ingenious charts in circulation than Melba’s Kitchen, the 14-piece all-women East Bay combo co-led by trombonist Pat Mullan and saxophonist Nzingah Smith.

FREE

Wednesday, June 18, 2025!; 6pm and 8pm concerts

Cocktail Concerts with Amina Scott Quintet

SPOONBAR at h2hotel | 219 Healdsburg Ave | Healdsburg

Presented by Healdsburg Jazz Festival MAJOR SPONSOR Hotel Healdsburg

Oakland-reared, New Orleans-based bassist/composer Amina Scott is a stellar young musician, and Healdsburg Jazz’s 2025 Rising Star Artist in Residence, who’s rapidly making a name for herself on the national scene. Mentored by master bassists Rodney Jordan and Rufus Reid, she’s been touring with the Dee Dee Bridgewater-spearheaded project We Exist! as well as touring with Bridgewater’s big band, serving as arranger and bassist. With the release last year of her impressive debut album Where the Wild Seed Grows, Scott is carving out her own identity as a bandleader.

Join us for a happening night at the Spoonbar in the glamorous h2hotel. Grab a seat, luxuriate in the lounge, or hang outdoors in the fresh and vibrant atmosphere of Spoonbar. Your ticket includes an Enelalma tequila cocktail or glass of wine from their critically acclaimed drinks program. Everything about Spoonbar is a rich alchemy of art and craft, and with incredible music too. Don’t delay – space is limited.

$75

Thursday, June 19, 2025; 6:30 – 9:30 pm

Jason Moran with the Marcus Shelby Orchestra Feat. vocalist Darynn Dean

Bacchus Landing | 14210 Bacchus Landing Way | Healdsburg

Warmed up after an acclaimed four-night winter run at the SFJAZZ Center, piano great Jason Moran rejoins forces with the Marcus Shelby Orchestra for a deep dive into Ellingtonia, the supremely sophisticated, wittily sardonic, and unspeakably beautiful body of music created by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.  Moran is a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, artistic director for jazz at the Kennedy Center, and among the most celebrated pianists of his generation. Joining them is rising vocalist Darynn Dean. Prior to Jason Moran, Marcus Shelby will perform with his Orchestra, a big band comprised of some of the Bay Area’s most respected and well-known instrumentalists.

Prior to the concert, Jason Moran and DownBeat’s Ted Panken will host an educational Duke Ellington Listening Session.

$25-125

Late night: Bruce Forman Trio; 9:30 pm

Elephant in the Room | 177 Healdsburg Ave | Healdsburg

Jazz Guitar’s Rennaisance Cowboy and Healdsburg Jazz Master Artist in Residence! A creative force on the jazz scene since the late 1970s, Bruce Forman has toured and recorded with some of jazz’s most celebrated improvisers, from vibraphone legend Bobby Hutcherson and tenor sax titan Joe Henderson to bass maestro Jeff Clayton and drum master Jeff Hamilton. Always looking for new paths to express himself, Forman has written novels and stage productions, and hosted a podcast series and YouTube variety show that helped preserve sanity during the pandemic lockdown. Forman is joined by the world-class rhythm section tandem of bassist John Wiitala and drummer Brian Fishler.

$45

Friday, June 20, 2025; 7:30-9 pm

Dianne Reeves with Romero Lubambo

Bacchus Landing | 14210 Bacchus Landing Way | Healdsburg

In jazz’s royal family, there’s Lady, Duke, Count and several knights of the piano dubbed Sir. And on the contemporary scene, vocalist Dianne Reeves is the undisputed Queen. Reeves will be joined at Bacchus Landing for an intimate tête-à-tête with Brazilian jazz guitar great Romero Lubambo, a brilliant improviser himself who co-founded the all-star New York Brazilian jazz combo Trio da Paz.

$35-275 

Los Tangueros del Oeste; 9:30 pm

Elephant in the Room | 177 Healdsburg Ave | Healdsburg

Los Tangueros del Oeste will perform a selection of classic tangos, modern tangos by Astor Piazzolla, and their own original nuevo tangos. Latin Grammy nominees in 2022, Los Tangueros del Oeste were founded by bassist/composer Sascha Jacobsen. Hailing from an illustrious musical family dating back at least five generations, Jacobsen is a bassist who loves expanding on traditional forms.

$35 

Saturday, June 21, 2025;  6:30 – 9 p.m.

Terri Lyne Carrington and Christie Dashiell We Insist 2025! Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom Quartet

Bacchus Landing | 14210 Bacchus Landing Way | Healdsburg

More than one of jazz’s most exciting and widely esteemed drummers, Terri Lyne Carrington is a Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, educator, activist and visionary who has radically expanded the space for women in jazz. She’s also one of the youngest musicians ever anointed as an NEA Jazz Master. Celebrating the centennial of pioneering bebop drummer Max Roach, Carrington recently recorded 1960’s We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, one of the first major jazz statements in clarion support of the civil rights movement. Opening for Terri Lyne Carrington is the Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom Quartet. With power, poise and a mile-deep pocket, Allison Miller has become a definitive 21st century drummer and bandleader.

$25-125

Freedom Jazz Choir, Dir. Tiffany Austin | Healdsburg Jazz Collective; 1-3:30 pm

Healdsburg Community Church | 1100 University Ave | Healdsburg

Since 2012, the Healdsburg Freedom Jazz Choir, led by Music Director Tiffany Austin, has served the community as a free educational program that performs annually and continues to thrive under the leadership of vocalist, composer, and arranger Tiffany Austin. The theme of this year’s choir performance is “Roots and Rhythm: Celebrating the Blues and Beyond.” Blues is the keystone of Black musical expression on these shores, encompassing art forms like ring shouts, field hollers, and gospel and germinating into the styles we know as jazz, rock, soul, R&B and beyond.

The Healdsburg Jazz Collective (HJC) is a group of accomplished and celebrated musicians who live and primarily perform in Healdsburg and Sonoma County. The purpose is to highlight and support the incredible talent of musicians, composers, and arrangers who make their home in Sonoma County. Artistically, the HJC will focus on original compositions, original arrangements, and themes unique to life in Sonoma County.

$40 

Late Concert and Jam with the Sylvia Cuenca Trio; 9:30 – 11:30 p.m.

Healdsburg Hotel Spirit Bar | 25 Matheson Street | Healdsburg

Presented by Healdsburg Jazz MAJOR sponsor Hotel Healdsburg

San Jose-reared drummer Sylvia Cuenca had only been in New York City for a few months when Joe Henderson hired her for a European tour, the start of a four-year working relationship with the tenor saxophone legend. She spent 17 years performing regularly with trumpet great Clark Terry, with whom she accompanied distinguished guest artists such as Al Grey, Red Holloway, Jimmy Heath, Frank Wess, Marian McPartland, Dianne Reeves, Joe Williams, and Lou Donaldson, to name a few. Now a deft bandleader in her own right, she plays a trio set of hard swinging blues-tinged modern jazz before her group hosts an exciting all-star jam session featuring musicians in town for the Festival in the beautiful club atmosphere of the Spirit Bar located in the Hotel Healdsburg. The Spirit Bar is a favorite of locals and visitors alike, offering a menu of enticing small bites, craft cocktails and beer, and a broad sampling of wine.

No Cover

Sunday, June 22, 2025; 6:30-9 pm

Nicholas Payton & Big Chief Donald Harrison Quartet

Bacchus Landing | 14210 Bacchus Landing Way | Healdsburg

Grammy Award-winning New Orleans trumpeter Nicholas Payton infuses everything he plays with the singular history of his hometown. Blues and funk, parade rhythms and R&B and a century of evolving jazz idioms course through his horn, delivered with power, precision and poise.

New Orleans-born saxophonist Donald Harrison is a master of jazz, soul, funk, and orchestral composition, praised by legends like Eddie Palmieri and Mike Clark. HBO’s Treme featured characters inspired by his innovations, and he has appeared in Rachel Getting Married, Luke Cage, and more. As Big Chief of the Congo Square Nation, he’s an honored leader of the Mardi Gras Indians, carrying the torch of New Orleans culture.

$25-125

Melissa Aldana; 2-3:30pm

Paul Mahder Gallery | 222 Healdsburg Ave | Healdsburg

Melissa Aldana cemented her reputation as a blazing young star in 2013 when the Chilean-born tenorist won the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition (a contest in which her father had been a semi-finalist in 1991). At 24, she was the youngest person to take top honors, as well as the first female and the first South American. With her brawny tone and hurtling delivery, she’s delivering one galvanizing performance after another, but in recent years she’s emerged as an equally formidable composer, with a concept deeply informed by Wayne Shorter.

$25-100 

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Festival Date and Time: June 13 – 22, 2025

Location:  Various locations in Healdsburg, CA

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