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Montalvo Schedule Announced

It's Not Unusual: To see Tom Jones in concert; he plays Villa Montalvo June 29. Photo by Michael Lavine Concert series features four-score concerts in four venues STRETCHING THE BOUNDS of geography, Villa Montalvo announced this week that it is now booking shows into the Mountain Winery (still known to many concertgoers as the Paul Masson Mountain Winery) a few miles up Highway 9. The concert series, which runs April 13­Nov. 22, has now swollen to 82 dates in four locations: the Carriage House Theater, Garden Theater and Front Lawn at Montalvo, and the amphitheater at the Mountain Winery. Tickets can be purchased starting April 13 at the Montalvo box office, with advance privileges for people on the Montalvo mailing list--getting on the list, luckily, is easy: just send a postcard to Villa Montalvo, P.O. Box 2520, Saratoga 95071. For details, call 408/961-5858. Carriage House Theater at Villa Montalvo Kyoko Tabe: April 13 Masters of the Slack Key Guitar: April 24 La Tania: May 2 The Battlefield Band: May 8 Cubamissiomo: May 10 Gilliam Welch: May 23 St. Petersburg String Quartet: July 18 Jesse Cook and Faranak Shabroozi: July 26 The San Jose Chamber Orchestra: Sept. 5 Jazz Tap Ensemble: Oct. 5 Tibetan Monks: Oct. 10 Poncho Sanchez: Oct. 12 Baba Yaga: Oct. 17 The Brubeck Brothers: Oct. 19 Irish Fire: Nov. 13 Little Red: Nov. 22 Garden Theater at Villa Montalvo Dr. John and Keb Mo: June 6 Grover Washington Jr.: June 12 Johnny Cash: June 13 Shawn Colvin: June 17 Gladys Knight: June 18 Tom Jones: June 29 Missoula Children's Theater: July 3 Michele Shocked: July 11 Andy Narrell and David Rudder: July 13 Ottmar Liebert: July 16­17 Ramsey Lewis and Dianne Schuur: July 20 Anne Murray: July 24 Sista Monica's Battle of the Blues Divas: Aug. 1 Kathleen Battle, James Carter and Cyrus Chestnut: Aug. 3 Merola Opera: Aug. 8­10 Los Trocaderos: Aug. 15 Pickle Slices: Aug. 16 The Rippingtons: Aug. 21­22 Dave Koz: Aug. 27­28 Zap Moma and Mayim: Aug. 29 Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock: Sept.4 The Labeque Sisters: Sept. 7 Joe Lovano Celebrates Sinatra: Sept. 11 David Benoit: Sept. 12 Spyro Gyra: Sept. 14 David Sanborn: Sept. 19 Miriam Makeba: Sept. 21 Tuck & Patti and Michael Hedges: Sept. 26 The Romeros: Sept. 28 Front Lawn at Villa Montalvo John Denver: June 22. Guitars and Sax and More (Peter White, Craig Chaquico, Richard Elliott and Rick Braun): June 8 KKSF Jazz Festival (Strunz and Farah, Larry Carlton, Keiko Matsui, et al.): July 26­27 The Neville Brothers: Aug. 24 Historic Mountain Winery Al Jarreau and Boney James: June 5 Chris Isaak: June 18­19 John Tesh: June 25 Boz Skaggs: July 9­11 Dave Brubeck and David Benoit: July 25 Dan Fogelberg: July 30­31 Willie Neslon: Aug. 14 Hiroshima and the Braxton Brothers: Aug. 22 Peter, Paul and Mary: Aug. 24 Bluegrass with David Grisman, Vassar Clemens, Peter Rowan and Herb Peterson: Sept. 7 Chicago: Sept. 9­10. Alison Krauss: Sept. 14 Los Lobos: Oct 5 Manhattan Transfer: Sept. 18-19 The Doobie Brothers: Sept. 30­Oct. 1 Ray Charles: Oct. 2 [ Metro | Metroactive Central | Archives ]