George Cables Trio at Healdsburg Jazz Festival

George Cables, an inimitable pianist dubbed "Mr. Beautiful" by altoist Art Pepper, has played an essential role in the Healdsburg Jazz Festival since the beginning. A creative foil for jazz's most prodigious improvisers, including Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson and Joe Henderson, Cables combines unrelenting rhythmic drive and wry wit with a sparkling touch and evocative lyricism.
With his caressing phrasing and deep knowledge of the American Songbook, it's no surprise that Cables is an inspired vocal accompanist, which makes his reunion with Shea Breaux Wells one of the festival's highlights. A daring singer with a bright burnished sound, Wells recorded her latest album, "A Blind Date" right after the 2008 festival. A thrilling album featuring Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Billy Hart, saxophonist Craig Handy and trumpeter David Weiss, "BlindDate" captures the volatile chemistry between Wells and some of jazzs most powerful and expressive players. The band will be rounded out with Peter Barshay on bass and Jaz Sawyer on drums. ...

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George Cables, an inimitable pianist dubbed "Mr. Beautiful" by altoist Art Pepper, has played an essential role in the Healdsburg Jazz Festival since the beginning. A creative foil for jazz's most prodigious improvisers, including Dexter Gordon, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson and Joe Henderson, Cables combines unrelenting rhythmic drive and wry wit with a sparkling touch and evocative lyricism.
With his caressing phrasing and deep knowledge of the American Songbook, it's no surprise that Cables is an inspired vocal accompanist, which makes his reunion with Shea Breaux Wells one of the festival's highlights. A daring singer with a bright burnished sound, Wells recorded her latest album, "A Blind Date" right after the 2008 festival. A thrilling album featuring Cables, bassist Cecil McBee, drummer Billy Hart, saxophonist Craig Handy and trumpeter David Weiss, "BlindDate" captures the volatile chemistry between Wells and some of jazzs most powerful and expressive players. The band will be rounded out with Peter Barshay on bass and Jaz Sawyer on drums.
German-born guitarist Christian Foley-Beining opens the double bill with a stellar band featuring veteran bassist Chris Amberger, drummer Lorca Hart and special guest Paul McCandless. A founding member of pioneering world-jazz ensemble Oregon, McCandless is an expert oboist, a true rarity in jazz, who also plays English horn, soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, clarinet, and pennywhistle, among other instruments. Inspired as a teenager by Wes Montgomery, Foley-Beining studied with an impressive roster of guitar talent, including Joe Pass, Pat Metheny, Robben Ford and Larry Carlton. A fine composer and widely traveled clinician, he's made a name for himself in the North Bay since settling in Sonoma.

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