Taste Outstanding California Wines
The Half Moon Bay Wine & Jazz Festival features some of California’s finest wineries. We believe some of the best wine in the world comes from California, and we hope you’ll come sample them for yourself. When you arrive, you’ll get a commemorative stemless wine glass and an event wristband – then you’ll be free to explore the many winemakers that will line Half Moon Bay’s historic Main Street.
2025 Participating Wineries
- 3P Wine Co.
- Absolution Cellars
- AvinoDos Wines
- Benessere Vineyards
- Blackbird Vineyards
- Bushong Vintage Company
- Caelesta
- Caliza Winery
- CASS Winery
- Champagne Camp [VIP]
- CRUSH Vineyard
- Cutruzzola Vineyards
- Deauratus
- Decemil Estate Wines LLC
- Elaine
- Fathers + Daughters Cellars
- Gibbs Vineyards
- Grgich Hills Estate
- Half Moon Bay Winery [sponsor]
- Harney Lane Vineyards
- Hendry
- High camp wines
- Intent Wines
- Jack Creek Cellars
- Kaleidos
- Kings Mountain Vineyards [VIP]
- Lexington Wine Co. [VIP]
- MacRostie Winery
- McPrice Myers Wines
- MCV Wines
- Monroy Wines
- Muscardini Cellars
- Neal Family Vineyards
- Oxlee Graham Wines
- Paper Planes
- Peachy Canyon Winery
- Saintsbury
- Samuel Louis Wines [VIP]
- Siduri
- Six Cloves Wines
- Staysail Cellars
- Steven Kent Winery
- Stilson Cellars
- Tercero Wines
- Thomas Fogarty Winery
- Truchard Vineyards
- The Vice Napa Valley
- Ward Four Wines
- ZANTE by Peltier Winery
Experience World-Class Jazz
It’s an honor to bring some of the finest jazz musicians in the world downtown for the Half Moon Bay Wine & Jazz Festival. Appearing on the Main Stage are the Tiffany Austin Quintet, Larry Vuckovich Quintet featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist Jamie Davis, and the Sundra Manning Organ Quartet featuring Ashling Cole, and San Francisco Community Music Center Teen Big Band directed by Marcus Shelby.
Tiffany Austin Quintet:
The Love Epoch
At times dynamically soaring and soulfully meditative, this quintet project celebrates the love and legacy of spiritual jazz pioneers like Pharaoh Sanders, John Coltrane & Sun Ra through classic and original works.
Tiffany Austin is a vocalist, composer, educator and Berkeley Law Juris Doctor who whose musical influences include Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith and John Coltrane.
Tiffany Austin
Tiffany Austin is a vocalist, composer, educator and Berkeley Law Juris Doctor who whose musical influences include Sarah Vaughan, Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith and John Coltrane. She has performed with luminaries such as Pharoah Sanders, Roy Ayers, and John Handy, and has toured both domestically and internationally including venues and festivals in California, New York, Asia, the UK and Australasia.
Nothing But Soul”, Austin’s debut album from 2015, garnered attention from NPR’s “Fresh Air” program and Downbeat magazine for its bold recasting of Hoagy Carmichael standards. Her 2018 sophomore album, “Unbroken”, was hailed by All About Jazz as a “fully formed masterpiece”, received a 4 star Downbeat review, and reached #16 on jazz radio charts.
Austin co-founded the Wyldflowr Arts venue in Oakland, and serves as Artistic Director of both the Diaspora Sessions and Albany Juneteenth festivals. She is Musical Director of the Healdsburg Jazz Festival Choir, and teaches at universities, schools and series throughout the Bay Area. Most recently, Austin was featured on the cover of East Bay Magazine, and was narrator and a feature performer in the KCSM Radio documentary film
Larry Vuckovich Quintet
featuring Jamie Davis
Larry Vuckovich has won acclaim from critics and jazz audiences for his deeply imaginative style and repertoire heard at prestigious North American and European jazz clubs, concert halls and festivals.
The only student of the legendary Vince Guaraldi, Vuckovich stands out as one of the few left who has performed with such giants of Cab Calloway, Red Norvo, Don Byas, Dexter Gordon, and many many more. The New York Times notes that his unique outlook and collection of influences “set him apart from most pianists who are heard regularly in New York”.
Larry Vuckovich
Pianist Larry Vuckovich has earned the recognition as being is one of the most versatile pianists/composers in all of jazz. His diverse styles are presented authentically throughout concerts in wide-ranging fashion covering: swinging Bebop/Afro-Cuban Latin/Brazilian/funky boogaloo down-home blues/also World Music Balkan Ethno style – an area in which he is known as a pioneer, being the first in America to fuse Balkan ethnic, Gypsy Roma folk elements with American jazz. An example is the top charting 1980 Blue Balkan LP released featuring Bobby Hutcherson, which is been creatively remastered into an attractive digipak format, reaching the number 10 spot on the Jazz Week charts. (the various music selections will play, are included in this paragraph in the different styles that I do). An added point: he was Vince Guaraldi’s only student and later was honored when Vince hired him to become his piano partner in Vince’s 2 piano quintet, Powder Keg. Larry Vuckovich presents the real Vince Guaraldi music – minimal Peanuts. His Vince Guaraldi repertoire includes what Vince really loved: swinging Bebop, Afro-Cuban Latin, authentic Brazilian as he recorded with Bola Sete, funky boogaloo selections plus more.
On today’s jazz scene, pianist Larry Vuckovich stands out as one of the few left who has performed with such giants going back to the 30s and on: Cab Calloway, Red Norvo, Don Byas, Dexter Gordon, Jon Hendricks, Clark Terry, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Joe Williams, Jimmy Witherspoon, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Bobby Hutcherson, Charles McPherson, Tom Harrell, Charlie Haden and many many more. He led the house trios at the major jazz clubs such as in Munich, Germany at the domicile accompanying Philly Joe Jones, Jon Hendricks, Lucky Thompson, Benny Bailey, Pony Poindexter, Clifford Jordan, etc.… At the famed the Keystone corner, he led the house trio accompanying Charles McPherson, Eddie Cleanhead Vinson (recording a live album with him), Freddie Hubbard, Buddy Tate, Arnett Cobb, Scott Hamilton.
He spent 5 important years on the New York scene from’ 85 –’ 90, gaining recognition among the great musicians and the critics. Here is his New York page https://larryvuckovich.com/nyc.htm ; he has performed at the major venues as Village Vanguard which Charles McPherson, Curtis Fuller, Billy Higgins & David Williams. Also, at the Blue Note which Charles McPherson, Cecil Payne. He led his own quartet at the West End club featuring the great drummer Mel Lewis.
Jamie Davis
Internationally Acclaimed Grammy Winning Vocalist Jamie Davis holds a position amongst the pantheon of great male vocalists with a compelling full baritone voice and a passion for his craft that leaves his audiences uplifted and feeling good…really good.
He has been described as a fine wine which has stood the test of time, constantly innovating jazz classics, ‘rolling out’ the blues and performing with one foot in the past and the other in ‘today.’
Jamie Davis
After studying under the renowned New York vocal coach Edward Boatner, he moved to San Francisco securing opportunities to perform with Milt Jackson, Eddie Henderson, Melba More and Pharoah Saunders. The year 2000 brought exhilarating performances with the Count Basie Orchestra. On that experience Davis reflects, “Having all that sound behind you is just amazing. You’ve got to ride that current.”
With a repertoire from Cole Porter to Stevie Wonder to the classical music of Bach, Schumann, Mahler and Rameau’s French compositions, confirms Davis possesses the flexibility and sexy sophistication by his effortless delivery to stand with any of the great vocalists. He has been described as a fine wine which has stood the test of time, constantly innovating jazz classics, ‘rolling out’ the blues and performing with one foot in the past and the other in ‘today.’
Jamie’s musical education began in the choir of his father’s Pentecostal Church in Mansfield, Ohio. His unique bass-baritone voice brought life to liturgical music sung in Latin. During his time in the US Army he sang not only memorable show tunes, but also a wide range of swing, jazz and blues for the Special Services elite group.
Sundra Manning Organ Quartet
featuring Ashling Cole
Oakland-born organist Sundra Manning has been a major force in music for over three decades. The Sundra Manning Organ Quartet will perform a set of original compositions and the works of one of her influences, organ great Shirley Scott.
A versatile instrumentalist and composer, Sundra Manning’s music work was nominated for Grammys with divas Ledisi and Lalah Hathaway, and she has worked with a staggering array of musical greats. With this performance, she honors the “Queen of the Organ,” Shirley Scott, whose music is a soulful blend of bebop, blues, and gospel.
Sundra Manning
Oakland-born organist Sundra Manning has been a major force in music for over three decades. The Sundra Manning Organ Quartet will perform a set of original compositions and the works of one of her influences, organ great Shirley Scott.
A versatile instrumentalist and composer, her music works was nominated for GRAMMYs with divas Ledisi and Lalah Hathaway, and has worked with a staggering array of greats including Larry Graham featuring Prince, Raphael Saadiq, H.E.R., Peter Tork of the Monkees, Bobby Womack, Peabo Bryson, Will Downing, EnVogue, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ledisi, Michelle Shocked, MC Hammer, Jody Watley & Shalamar, Walter Hawkins’ Love Center Youth Ministry, Martin Luther McCoy, Pete Escovedo, Nona Hendryx & Black Women Rock and many more.
Manning spent her formative years performing in church and was mentored by Bay Area organ luminary and Tony! Toni! Toné! music director Carl Wheeler and André Crouch organist Chuck Webb, touring with gospel legends along the way. Manning has written and produced music for major films, television, and national advertising, and is an active educator, working with Living Jazz – Jazz Camp West, Jam Camp West, SFJAZZ’s Jazz in the Middle program.
With this performance, she honors the “Queen of the Organ,” Shirley Scott, whose music is a soulful blend of bebop, blues, and gospel.
Ashling Cole
Ashling Cole is a dynamic American singer renowned for her versatility across genres such as R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel. Throughout her career, Cole has collaborated with numerous iconic artists, including Carlos Santana, Prince, Marcus Miller, Bootsy Collins and others.
In 2020, Cole’s talents were further recognized when she became a contestant on BET’s “Sunday Best,” where she advanced to the top four. Her performances on the show were marked by a profound sense of spirituality and emotional depth, reflecting her personal journey and resilience.
Ashling Cole
Ashling Cole, also known as “Biscuit,” is a dynamic American singer renowned for her versatility across genres such as R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel. Born in San Francisco, California, she began her musical journey at the tender age of six when she was accepted into the San Francisco Girls Chorus to study opera. After six years, inspired by Whitney Houston, she transitioned her focus from opera to R&B.
Throughout her career, Cole has collaborated with numerous iconic artists, including Sheila E., Carlos Santana, Bootsy Collins, Marcus Miller, Dave Koz, Chris Botti, Michael McDonald, Keb Mo, Jonathan Butler, Kirk Whalum, and Prince. She is perhaps best known for her role as the lead singer of Graham Central Station, touring extensively with legendary bassist Larry Graham.
In 2015, Cole released her first solo project, “Where Love Began,” an EP featuring five original songs she wrote, arranged, and co-produced. Her music seamlessly blends elements of R&B, jazz, funk, and gospel, showcasing her wide-ranging vocal abilities and deep emotional resonance.
In 2020, Cole’s talents were further recognized when she became a contestant on BET’s “Sunday Best,” where she advanced to the top four. Her performances on the show were marked by a profound sense of spirituality and emotional depth, reflecting her personal journey and resilience.
Beyond performing, Cole is dedicated to education and mentorship. She serves as a curriculum writer and choir director for Elevate Oakland, an organization committed to providing arts and music education to underfunded schools.
Ashling Cole’s career is a testament to her exceptional talent, adaptability, and commitment to using her musical gifts to inspire and uplift others.
San Francisco Community Music Center
Teen Big Band
Led by composer, bassist, and arranger Marcus Shelby, this Mission District-based group consists of teenage musicians whose repertoire includes music by composers, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Mary Lou Williams and original compositions by Marcus Shelby. For the 2025 Half Moon Bay Wine and Jazz Festival Performance, the CMC Teen Big Band will perform a special Duke Ellington set titled “Ellington Plays the Blues”.
San Francisco Community Music Center Teen Big Band
The Community Music Center Teen Big Band (CMC) has been in existence for 12 years and is a 15 piece group led by composer, bassist, and arranger Marcus Shelby.
The group is based in the Mission District in San Francisco and consists of teenage musicians—many which attend the prestigious Ruth Asawa School for the Arts and other music programs in San Francisco. Their repertoire of music includes music by composers, Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Mary Lou Williams and original compositions by Marcus Shelby.
For the 2025 Half Moon Bay Wine and Jazz Festival Performance, the CMC Teen Big Band will perform a special Duke Ellington set titled “Ellington Plays the Blues”. The CMC Teen Big Band meets every Tuesday after school and is a free music program.
Marcus Shelby: Artistic Director & MC
Composer, bassist, and Artistic Director for the Healdsburg Jazz Festival and Half Moon Bay and Wine Jazz Festival Marcus Shelby will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the day long concert festivities on the Main Street Stage.
The Half Moon Bay Wine & Jazz Festival is grateful to Marcus Shelby for his extraordinary leadership and vision as our Artistic Director. His deep knowledge of jazz, rich experience as a composer and bandleader, and unwavering commitment to excellence have been instrumental in shaping the festival’s musical identity.
Marcus Shelby
Marcus Anthony Shelby is a composer, bassist, bandleader, and educator who currently lives in San Francisco, California. His work focuses on the history, present, and future of African American lives social movements and music education.
In 1990, Marcus Shelby received the Charles Mingus Scholarship to attend Cal Arts and study composition with James Newton and bass with Charlie Haden. Currently, Shelby is the Artistic Director of Healdsburg Jazz, an artist in residence with the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and a past resident artist with the San Francisco Jazz Festival and the Healdsburg Jazz Festival. Shelby has composed several oratorios and suites including “Harriet Tubman”, “Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio”, “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, “Black Ball: The Negro Leagues and the Blues”, “Green and Blues”, and a children’s opera “Harriet’s Spirit” produced by Opera Parallel 2018. Shelby also composed the score and performed in Anna Deavere Smith’s Off-Broadway Play and HBO feature film “Notes from the Field” (2019). Shelby is also the voice of Ray Gardener in the 2020 Oscar-Winning Disney Pixar film “SOUL”. Shelby has also worked with a range of artists including Angela Y. Davis’ “Blues Legacies and Black Feminism” (2019), Joanna Haigood’s “Dying While Black and Brown” (2014), Margo Hall’s “Bebop Baby” (2013), and “Sonny’s Blues” (2008), the Oakland Ballet’s “Ella” The SF Girl Choir (2013), The Oakland Youth Chorus (2014), and many other productions over the past 23 years. Shelby has served on the San Francisco Arts Commission since 2013 and has worked with the Equal Justice Society for over 20 years. The Marcus Shelby Orchestra has released 5 CDs–“The Lights Suite”, “Port Chicago”, “Harriet Tubman”, “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.”, and “Transitions”.
Event Schedule
| 10:45 AM | 🎟️ VIP Check In Begins |
| 11:00 AM | ⭐️ VIP Lounge Opens |
| 11:15 AM | 🎟️ General Admission Check In Begins |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00PM | 🎵 SFCMC Teen Big Band (Main Stage) |
| 12:00 PM | 🍷 Wine Tasting Begins |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | 🎵 Sundra Manning Organ Quartet featuring Ashling Cole(Main Stage) |
| 2:30 PM– 3:30 PM | 🎵 Larry Vuckovich Quintet featuring Grammy Award–winning vocalist Jamie Davis (Main Stage) |
| 4:00 PM– 5:00 PM | 🎵 Tiffany Austin Quintet: The Love Epoch (Main Stage) |
| 4:00 PM | ⭐️ VIP Lounge Closes |
| 5:00 PM | 🛑 Event Ends |
Food Court & Beer/Cider Garden
With all of that wine tasting and music, you’re going to get hungry, so we’ve assembled a food court where you can purchase food from some of our favorite local eateries. It’s a wine and jazz festival, but if wine isn’t your thing, or you’re just craving a cold one to wash down that delicious food from the food court, beer and cider will be available for purchase from a some great local breweries and cideries!
(Confirmed participants below, this list will expand as the event draws closer)
Upgrade Your Festival Experience:
The Exclusive VIP Lounge at It’s Italia
⏰ Early Entry (11 AM)
Get a head start on the festival before the crowds.
🍷 Premier Wine Tastings
Savor rare, highly curated selections from Grand Cuvée | Champagne Camp, Kings Mountain Vineyards, Lexington Wine Co. and Samuel Louis Wines, hand-picked for this exclusive setting.
🥖 Gourmet Pairings & Passed Delicacies
Indulge in an ever-flowing selection of exquisite bites, including Smoked salmon blini with crème fraîche & caviar, Braised short rib atop polenta cake, a variety of artisanal bruschetta, crisp, tender calamari, and many more chef-crafted delights.
🕊️ A Tranquil Escape
Step away from the bustle and unwind in the villa’s open-air courtyard, where the warmth of flickering fireplaces and fresh coastal air set the perfect ambiance for conversation and relaxation in a more private setting.
👑 A True VIP Experience
Whether you’re mingling with fellow wine and jazz lovers, savoring an extra pour, or simply soaking in the elegance of It’s Italia, this is your space to indulge, unwind, and celebrate in style.
🎟️ VIP tickets are available for $175 (includes general admission wine tasting). Availability is limited—secure your VIP experience now and treat yourself to a festival day unlike any other!
Brian Andres Trio
The Brian Andres Trio performs original compositions and exciting new arrangements of jazz and Latin standards. They’ll be performing for guests in the VIP Lounge at It’s Italia (VIP wristband required).
Brian Andres
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio into a family of professional musicians it is no surprise that Brian found himself drawn to the origin of all music: Rhythm. His father is a woodwinds specialist and his mother a vocalist and pianist. The house was filled with the sounds of his father’s constant practicing and his mother’s piano and voice students. After nearly being put up for adoption due to his constant banging on inanimate objects, his parents decided to embrace their obstreperous sons undeniable talent by purchasing him a drum set and themselves earplugs.
While living in the Midwest, Brian’s diverse range of styles led him to performances with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members Little Anthony and the Imperials, as well as Tony Award winner and Broadway star, Faith Prince. Brian has also shared the stage with such artists as Leroy “Sugar” Bonner from The Ohio Players, blues greats Sam Myers and Lonnie Mack and television and movie star, Woody Harrelson.
Brian’s growing interest in Latin music and culture brought him to the San Francisco Bay Area in early 1999. He quickly began working with numerous local Salsa, Afro-Cuban, Latin funk, Latin jazz, and Tex-Mex groups. In 2000, Brian was asked to join the band of San Francisco Bay Area Icon, Dr Loco (Dr Jose Cuellar). Brian continues to perform with him in both The Rockin’ Jalapeno Band and Los Tiburones Del Norte. Through working with Dr. Loco, Brian was asked to record the original music soundtrack for the critically acclaimed Robert M. Young film, Alambrista: Directors Cut, along with Grammy nominated producer and musician, Greg Landau. Brian also performed with “The Father of Chicano Music” and National Medal of Arts recipient, Lalo Guerrero, prior to his passing.
While continuing to reside in the Bay Area, Brian has performed with notable San Francisco musicians such as multi instrumentalist John Calloway (John Santos, Wayne Wallace, Omar Sosa) guitarist Ray Obiedo, Grammy Award Winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra, Independent Music Award winning artist and Ivory Coast native Fely Tchaco, reggae singer Black Nature (Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars) percussionist band leader Danilo Paiz (Ruben Blades) He has also performed with East Coast Bachata artists Bautista and Frankely on their West Coast performances.
In addition to his performance schedule, Brian maintains a private practice in drum set and percussion instruction. He also conducts clinics and lectures on the history and culture of the drum set and percussion in Afro-Cuban music, His lesson “Clave in Odd Meters” was featured as a Master Class article in the November 2014 issue of Downbeat Magazine. Brian was a contributing writer to DRUM! Magazine which included his monthly Afro-Caribbean Practice Pad column as well as creating corresponding videos for their online presence.
In 2007, after spending his career as a sideman, learning and honing his craft, Brian stepped into the role as bandleader. The San Francisco Bay Area was introduced to The Afro-Cuban Jazz Cartel. Featuring Grammy Award Winning musicians as well as esteemed Music Educators, the group continues the rich heritage of San Francisco Bay Area Latin jazz. Incorporating the rich harmonic and improvisational elements of jazz with the irresistible rhythms from the Caribbean to form “the perfect combination”. The ACJC has become one of the top Latin jazz groups in the Bay Area. With the release of their debut CD, Drummer’s Speak, their 2013 recording, San Francisco, and their 2016 release This Could Be That, they have made a name for themselves performing regularly in the Bay Area and touring in the Midwest.
In 2019 Brian formed Trio Latino, featuring original compositions and arrangements by pianist Christian Tumalan and bassist Aaron Germain. The Latin jazz trio released their debut album Mayan Suite in May 2020.
In the 2015 Downbeat Magazine 80th Annual Reader’s Poll, Brian was voted into the top 20 in the Drummers category.
Brian is an official Bosphorus Cymbals Artist and a Canopus Drum Company Endorser.
Whether as a bandleader or as a sideman, Brian continues to perform at a high level, always welcoming new opportunities for expression and creativity while maintaining the protocol of a professional artist.
