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Marcus Shelby Big Band With Tiffany Austin, The Freedom Jazz Choir, James Newton, And Ruth Naomi Floyd at Healdsburg Jazz Festival at Raven Performing Arts Theater

Courtesy of Michael Ricci | Posted on May 4, 2018

Where

Raven Performing Arts Theater
Healdsburg Jazz Festival

115 North St.
Healdsburg, CA
Map
(707) 433-6335

When

Sun, June 10, 2018
12:00 pm

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Musicians

About

In the early 2000s, Marcus Shelby, already an esteemed bassist and bandleader in San Francisco, got a notion use music to highlight periods of struggle and uplift in American history. In 2013 with help from a grant from the James Irvine Foundation, Marcus and Healdsburg Jazz christened the Healdsburg Jazz Freedom Jazz Choir under the guidance of himself and soul-jazz singer Tiffany Austin as co-director. The Raven Theater will be the venue for “Lift Every Voice and Sing” featuring the Marcus Shelby Big Band, the 100-piece Freedom Jazz Choir, and special guests singer Ruth Naomi Floyd and flautist James Newton.

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