Healdsburg Jazz Festival: Marcus Shelby & the Freedom Jazz Choir at Healdsburg Jazz Festival at Community Baptist Church

Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Get your tickets now and join us for the 15th Anniversary of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, May 31 – June 9. Click Ticket Price (above) to order or to learn more about this specific event.

Click Healdsburg Jazz Festival (above) to see a complete listing of events including a two day all-star Tribute to Charlie Haden including the Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley, Quartet West with Ravi Coltrane plus Bill Frisell, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lee Konitz, Geri Allen, Chris Potter. Other concerts include an exclusive engagement of the Charles Lloyd–Jason Moran duo, Sweet Honey in the Rock®, The Fred Hersch Trio, plus groups led by Azar Lawrence, Marcus Shelby, Will Bernard, Sylvia Cuenca and John Heard."...

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Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Get your tickets now and join us for the 15th Anniversary of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival, May 31 – June 9. Click Ticket Price (above) to order or to learn more about this specific event.

Click Healdsburg Jazz Festival (above) to see a complete listing of events including a two day all-star Tribute to Charlie Haden including the Liberation Music Orchestra with Carla Bley, Quartet West with Ravi Coltrane plus Bill Frisell, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lee Konitz, Geri Allen, Chris Potter. Other concerts include an exclusive engagement of the Charles Lloyd–Jason Moran duo, Sweet Honey in the Rock®, The Fred Hersch Trio, plus groups led by Azar Lawrence, Marcus Shelby, Will Bernard, Sylvia Cuenca and John Heard."

Led by composer, bassist, educator and activist Marcus Shelby, the Healdsburg Jazz Festival Freedom Jazz Choir builds on the diverse demographics of Sonoma County to join together in song, using music as a unifying community force. The Freedom Jazz Choir offers performance opportunities for local participants to work alongside professional musicians, creating a profound cultural experience fostering cooperation and understanding while expanding awareness of and access to jazz and American culture.

Santa Rosa’s Adam Ivey and the Joyous Noise Ensemble will also participate and contribute music from its gospel repertoire.

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