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Healdsburg Jazz Festival Finale: Poncho Sanchez & Claudia Villela at Rodney Strong Vineyards
Courtesy of Gerry Sanders | Posted on May 1, 2014
Where
Rodney Strong Vineyards
11455 Old Redwood Highway
Healdsburg, CA
Map
800.678.4763
When
Sun, June 8, 2014
3:00 PM
Save the date
Musicians
Poncho Sanchez
congasClaudia Villela
pianoRicardo Peixoto
guitarBrian Rice
pandeiroFrancisco Torres
tromboneRon Blake
saxophoneJoey De Leon
congasAndy Langham
pianoRene Camacho
bass, electricAbout
The Festival Finale at the famed Rodney Strong Vineyard stage: Latin jazz stars Poncho Sanchez and Claudia Villela, supply grooves for dancing and grist for the imagination at Rodney Strong Vineyards. Opening the show, Rio de Janeiro-raised Villela is set to mesmerize the crowd with the haunting vocals and powerful piano playing that have made her a top attraction of Brazilian music, bolstered by the stunning and complex guitar playing of her longtime companion, guitarist, Ricardo Peixoto and the versatile percussion of Brian Rice who is a master of an entire range of Latin instruments including the pandeiro, a hand drum critical to the music of Brazil...