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Napa Valley Museum displays artwork by Miles Davis

“Miles Davis: The Art Of Cool,” an exhibit of more than 35 pieces of original artwork by the famed jazz trumpeter, opens Saturday, June 8, and runs through July 28 at the Napa Valley Museum in Yountville. The exhibition was inspired by “Miles Davis: The Collected Artwork,” a [...]

By | June 7th, 2013|0 Comments

Tickets on sale June 1 for B.R. Cohn Fall Music Festival

Tickets go on sale at 8 a.m. Saturday, June 1, for the 27th annual B.R. Cohn Fall Music Festival at the B.R. Cohn Winery Amphitheatre in Glen Ellen. The two-day festival will star Bad Company with Paul Rodgers, the Doobie Brothers, Pablo Cruise, Lara Johnston and Pat Simmons Jr. on [...]

By | May 30th, 2013|1 Comment

Healdsburg Jazz Festival announces summer lineup

The 15th annual Healdsburg Jazz Festival will feature the vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock, a two-day tribute to bassist Charlie Haden and the premiere of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival Freedom Jazz Choir. The festival, scheduled to run May 31 through June 9 at various venues in [...]

By | March 27th, 2013|0 Comments

Healdsburg schedules ‘Jazz on the Menu’ for Feb. 7

Healdsburg mixes wine, food and music with the third annual Jazz on the Menu event, coming up Thursday, Feb. 7. Small jazz ensembles will entertain diners at a dozen different restaurants around town from 6 to 9 p.m. that evening. To participate in the event, a benefit for the Healdsburg [...]

By | January 14th, 2013|2 Comments

Petaluma Music Fest donates $30,000 to school music programs

Petaluma High School band instructor Cliff Eveland started the Petaluma Music Festival back in 2008 to raise money for  school music programs. It hasn't always been easy, but he has made good on his promise. After a slow start, the festival has grown over the years, and last [...]

By | January 14th, 2013|0 Comments

Healdsburg Jazz Festival line-up announced

This summer’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival includes a two-day tribute to jazz bassist Charlie Haden and other headliner performances by Charles Lloyd with Jason Moran, and the Fred Hersch Trio. The 15th annual festival will run from May 31 through June 9 at various indoor and outdoor venues around [...]

By | January 11th, 2013|4 Comments

Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald to star at Stern Grove Festival

Summer may seem a long way off, but the organizers of the annual Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco already have their plans in place. This year’s series of free concerts kicks off on Sunday, June 16, with “The Big Picnic,” co-starring Boz Scaggs and Michael [...]

By | January 11th, 2013|0 Comments

Healdsburg Jazz Fest gets $65,000 grant to start jazz choir

The Healdsburg Jazz Festival is getting a two-year, $65,000 grant from the James Irvine Foundation to create a jazz choir representing the cultural diversity of Sonoma County. The project will be led by Marcus Shelby, noted Bay Area jazz composer, educator and musician. Shelby and the Healdsburg Jazz [...]

By | December 21st, 2012|2 Comments

Healdsburg Jazz Festival wins $20,000 grant

The National Endowment for the Arts announced today (Tuesday, Nov. 27) that it is awarding a $20,000 grant to next summer’s Healdsburg Jazz Festival. The grant will support a two-day tribute, June 1 and 2,  to Southern California bassist, composer and bandleader Charlie Haden. More than 20 performers [...]

By | November 27th, 2012|0 Comments

Healdsburg Jazz Fest sets next year’s dates for May 31-June 9

The Healdsburg Jazz Festival is gearing up for its 15th season and next summer’s festival with the election of a full board of directors and officers. “We are coming off another outstanding festival year and are just about at full-gear in putting our 2013 festival venues and musical [...]

By | November 7th, 2012|0 Comments