Fillmore Jazz is the best

Healdsburg Jazz celebrates Black History Month with a grand Jazz Party in honor of San Francisco’s Fillmore District, which was known in the mid-20th Century as the Harlem of the West due to its wee-hours nightlife fueled by numerous jazz and blues clubs.

A rollicking three-hour non-stop celebration featuring a talent-packed cast of special guest artists in various group formats that will include poetry, photography, art and lots of hard-swinging music. With KSCM DJ Greg Bridges serving as host and emcee, the players include powerhouse vocalist Jackie Ryan, Craig Handy on saxophone, pianists Tamir Hendelman and Tammy Hall, violinist Mads Tolling, bassists Gary Brown, Marcus Shelby and Kanoa Mendenhall, drummers Scott Amendola and Sylvia Cuenca, and poet Enid Pickett.

Also, our friends at Spoonbar across the way will be creating some special jazzy menu items for the night to enjoy at the restaurant or to go!

ASSIGNED SEATING:
Front Row/Stage $106
Orchestra Gold $81
GENERAL ADMISSION SECTION:
Adult $61
Student $31

Freight instructor and Glide Memorial Church’s Music Director Zoë Ellis, along with Music Historian and Glide Memorial Church’s Audio Video Director Mark Montgomery French, curates a narrated musical and visual tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. with adventurous reimaginings of classic Civil Rights-focused songs from the ’60s through right now.

Featuring:

Zoë Ellis – Vocals and some narration
Mark Montgomery French – Narrator
Leberta Lorál – Vocals
B DeVeaux – Guitar and vocals
Tammy Hall – Piano and vocals
Dave Ellis – Sax
Deszon Claiborne – Drums
Steve Hogan – Bass
Javier Navarrette – Percussion
Zoë Ellis

Berkeley native Zoë Ellis is the Music Director for Glide Memorial Church. She co-founded the Freight Singers Community Chorus with Bryan Dyer, teaches singing for all levels at The Freight, and is a regular contributor to The Freight’s Golden State of Song arts immersion program. She is also a longtime recording artist/performer in her own right.

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Mark Montgomery French

Musician and visual artist Mark Montgomery French is an award-winning film composer with the group Spiky Blimp, host of the podcast “All Your Favorite Music is (Probably)…”, and Director of Audio Visual at Glide Memorial Church. In June 2025, he released his ambient protest album Thy Navel is a Goblet That Does Not Lack for Wine. He’s also a music historian noted for his talks All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black, Unsung Women of Music, and Black Country Before Beyoncé. He was formerly the co-leader of the ’90s progressive funk band Endangered Species.

Alice Coltrane blended African American spirituality with East Indian devotional traditions, creating music that is soaring, grounded, and profoundly moving. This evening we honor her musical genius with a program inspired by her transcendent sound and spiritual vision.

Alice Coltrane blended African American spirituality with East Indian devotional traditions, creating music that is soaring, grounded, and profoundly moving. This evening we honor her musical genius with a program inspired by her transcendent sound and spiritual vision.

Soulful Joy is just what it sounds like: a joyful and soulful way to come together during the holiday season! Soulful Joy re-imagines the holiday spirit with jazz, gospel, soul, and a hint of storytelling. It’s a beautiful new tradition at Grace Cathedral! 

Led by Destiny Muhammad’s stirring vocals and harp, Soulful Joy features her cool, eclectic Sonic Ensemble of Bay Area Masters: musicians Leon Joyce, Jr., Tammy Hall, and Ron Belcher; vocalists Leberta Lorál, Nicolas Bearde, and Will Hammond Jr.; and dancers Carla Service and Victor Temple.

SFJAM: FREE COMMUNITY JAM SESSION: CELEBRATE THE ‘HALL-I-DAYS’ W/ TAMMY L. HALL

These monthly open jam sessions provide a space for all Bay Area musicians to come together and perform in an inclusive, multigenerational setting. Each session features a musical director and curated repertoire. We invite musicians of all levels and ages to sign up, and each session is free and open to the public – no reservations or tickets needed to attend!

Tiffany Austin is a vocalist, composer, educator, and Berkeley Law Juris Doctor. She has performed with luminaries such as Pharoah Sanders, Roy Ayers, John Handy, Cyrus Chestnut, and Doug Carn. Her soulful delivery and musical storytelling has brought her to stages at Birdland and Dizzy’s Den in NYC, Walt Disney Concert Hall in her native Los Angeles and the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. Beyond California, she has performed in Europe, Asia, and Australasia, as well as on nationally televised programming in the United States.
Tickets: $40 per show

Tiffany Austin is a vocalist, composer, educator, and Berkeley Law Juris Doctor. She has performed with luminaries such as Pharoah Sanders, Roy Ayers, John Handy, Cyrus Chestnut, and Doug Carn. Her soulful delivery and musical storytelling has brought her to stages at Birdland and Dizzy’s Den in NYC, Walt Disney Concert Hall in her native Los Angeles and the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco. Beyond California, she has performed in Europe, Asia, and Australasia, as well as on nationally televised programming in the United States.
Tickets: $40 per show