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The Healdsburg Jazz Festival transforms the lovely town in the heart of Sonoma's Wine Country into a mecca for jazz: an idyllic experience that draws many Healdsburg alumni back for every year for 10 days of world-class jazz.

This year's festival features a stellar array of talent representing international reach of jazz, ranging from headliners Esperanza Spaulding, the Julian Lage Group, Randy Weston's African Rhythms Quartet, John Handy, the James Moody Quartet with vocalist Marlena Shaw, and a special solo piano performance by Denny Zeitlin. 

The 11th annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival lineup also includes lots of local talent, including the Benny Barth Trio, the Greg Hester Piano Trio, Eddie Marshall, the Billy Higgins Legacy Band, the Montclair Women's Big Band, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Yancie Taylor and his Jazztet, and many more.

Since long-time jazz presenter Jessica Felix launched the event in 1999, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival has defied economic downturns and music industry hard times by focusing exclusively on musical talent rather than glitz. 

This season is the most ambitious yet. "Every year we try to make the jazz festival better, but this will definitely be our biggest and best yet," says Felix, the Festival's founder and artistic director.

Here's the full schedule for this year's Festival:

Friday, May 29 at 7 and 9 pm		Julian Lage Group Studio Barndiva, 237 Center Street, Healdsburg
Saturday, May 30 from 3-5 pm		Greg Hester Piano Trio The Wine Annex, 340 Center Street, Healdsburg
Saturday, May 30 from 4-6 pm		The Christian Foley-Beining/Gary Johnson Dio Topel Tasting Room, 125 Matheson Street, Healdsburg
Saturday, May 30 at 7 and 9 pm		Esperanza Spalding Quintet Studio Barndiva, 237 Center Street, Healdsburg
Sunday, May 31 from noon to 6 pm		"Stars of Brazil: A Tribute to Antonio Carlos Jobim" featuring Toninho Horta, Trio Da Paz, Leny Andrade with the Stephanie Ozer Ensemble, plus Samba de Raiz Healdsburg Recreation Park, corner of University & Piper Streets, Healdsburg
Sunday, May 31 at 7 pm		Grupo Falso Bahaino Palette Art Café, 235 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
Monday, June 1 from 7.30 to 10.30 pm		Jazz & Wine Dinner with the Benny Barth Trio Dry Creek Kitchen, 317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
Tuesday, June 2 from 6-8 pm		Montclair Women's Big Band Healdsburg Plaza, Downtown Healdsburg
Tuesday, June 2 from 8 to 11 pm		Billy Higgins Legacy Band Palette Art Café, 235 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
Wednesday, June 3 at 6 and 8 pm		Lorca Hart Trio Palette Art Café, 235 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
Thursday, June 4 at 7 pm		"Rising Stars" with the Debbie Poyres Trio, the Jason Bodlovich Quartet and the Noam Lemish Quintet Raven Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg
Friday, June 5 at 8 pm		Denny Zeitlin, solo piano, and John Handy & the Bay Area Melding Pot Raven Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg
Friday, June 5 from 9 pm to midnight		Eddie Marshall Trio Healdsburg Hotel Lobby, 317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
Saturday, June 6 from 3-5 pm		Yancie Taylor & His Jazztet Murphy-Goode Tasting Room, 439 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
Saturday, June 6 from 4-6 pm		The Susan Sutton Piano Trio Artiste Winery & Tasting Room, 20 Matheson Street, Healdsburg
Saturday, June 6 at 8 pm		Randy Weston's African Rhythms Quintet Raven Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg
Saturday, June 6 from 9 pm to midnight		Eddie Marshall Trio Healdsburg Hotel Lobby, 317 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg
Sunday, June 7 from 10 am to noon		Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir Raven Theater, 115 North St., Healdsburg
Sunday, June 7 at 3 pm		The James Moody Quartet featuring Marlena Shaw, the Richard Howell Quintet Rodney Strong Vineyards, 11455 Old Redwood Highway, Healdsburg

For tickets or more information, please call 707.433.4644 or visit the Healdsburg Jazz Festival website at www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org. To buy tickets online, visit www.healdsburgjazzfestival.org/weblog/tickets.