Friday night in Healdsburg, at 7 pm in the Healdsburg Center for the Arts, a no-foolin’ great night of jazz awaits at the second of three “Jazz in the Gallery” benefit concerts for the Healdsburg Jazz Festival.
Headlining will be Babatunde Lea, the popular percussionist who is familiar to many in town from his work with Operation Jazz Band in bringing jazz education to area schools. With him will be a truly exceptional group of jazz musicians, including Azar Lawrence on saxophones, Angela Wellman on trombone, Rhonda Benin on vocals, with keyboardist Frank Martin and Gary Brown on bass rounding out the combo.