The Alex Hand Band is riding the wave of its first full-length album, 2018's Traders of the Lost Arts, with performances featuring songs from this record as well as an upcoming one. The music is a mix of Romanian, Bulgarian, and Macedonian traditional folk dance tunes with original compositions inspired by years of playing these styles and studying music in Eastern Europe.
FEATURING:
Alex Hand - guitar
Gabe Case - bass
Kevin Gerzevitz - accordion, keys
Isaac Schwartz - drums
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The Levoná Ensemble combines flamenco, Arab, Jewish, and other musical traditions and weaves them together with stories, both ancient and new. Five master musicians form a rich tapestry that is at once a taste of the orient and a new creation all on its own—the kind of energy that only comes when distant cultures overlap and celebrate their differences.
FEATURING:
Faisal Zedan - percussion, vocals
Josh Mellinger - percussion
Asaf Ophir - woodwinds, vocals
David McLean - flamenco gui...
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Accompanied by her accordion, toy piano, and fiery band, Los Angeles-based chanteuse and songwriter Jessica Fichot draws from her multi-ethnic French, Chinese, and American heritage to create an intoxicating multilingual amalgamation of French chanson, 1940s Shanghai jazz, swing, and international folk.
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Jessica Fichot - vocals, accordion, toy piano
Ippei Ichimaru - upright bass
Mike Bjella - clarinet, saxophone
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Vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Caitlin Belem and guitarist Terrence Rosnagle take you on a trip through Latin America, playing sumptuous samba, bossa nova, cumbia, son, and much more.
FEATURING:
Caitlin Belem – vocals, saxophone, guitar, fiddle, hand percussion
Terrence Rosnagle – guitar
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Caitlin Belem grew up in a house full of music in Northern Wyoming, falling in love with the fiddle at a young age, as well as learning to sing and play saxophone and guit...
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Sayat Nvaq Ensemble is a San Francisco Bay Area group that delves into the rich traditions of Eastern Armenian music. The group draws its inspiration equally from the two main pillars of Armenian secular music: the classical troubadour poet traditions of the Ashougs and Gousans—such as Sayat Nova, Ashot, Djivani, and Sheram—as well as the popular regional village music found throughout the countryside. Sayat Nvaq Ensemble invites audiences, both old and new, to share its deep appreciation of thi...
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Acclaimed violinist Evan Price (Turtle Island Quartet, Hot Club of San Francisco) joins dynamic Baltimore-based acoustic trio Ultrafaux for a lively night of original music inspired by Balkan folk, bebop, swing, French musette, and Brazilian choro. The show also includes special arrangements of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli tunes, as well as improvisations based on spontaneous suggestions from the audience.
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Michael Joseph Harris - guitar
Evan Price - violin
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Bassist and composer Petros Klampanis is curious in his approach, always seeking distinctive ways to integrate elements from multiple genres ranging from classical music to pop.
FEATURING:
Petros Klampanis - bass
Julian Shore - piano
Ofri Nehemya - drums
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Named a “bass ace” by Bass Player Magazine, NYC-based Petros Klampanis grew up in Greece surrounded by the confluence of Mediterranean and Balkan folk music. His varied musical life journey brings “aggress...
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Adam Agee & Jon Sousa are on tour to celebrate the release of their second duo album, Ceol na gCarad, which is Irish for "Music of Friendship.” Featuring tunes gathered over the many years of travel in Ireland, their stage performance is characterized by an uncanny musical intimacy, allowing for the truest expression of the music to flow through them and through the hearts of all who are present. Adrianna Ciccone and Colin Cotter also team up as a duo for a full evening of fiddle/guitar explorat...
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Flutist, controllerist, and sound designer Daniel Riera presents a new experience merging the improvisatory freedom of jazz with the expansive sonic landscape of electronic music. Using electrified woodwind and percussion instruments, synthesizers, projections, and dance, the Future Primitive Ensemble creates a dialogue about the relationship between human and machine, modern science and ancient wisdom.
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Daniel Riera - electronic wind instrument, modular synthesizer, vocals
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In conjunction with the August 4th MAPP, the Red Poppy invites you to join artist Adrian Arias and curator Renee Baldocchi for the opening reception of Dream Escapes from 6:33-7:00pm.
Dedicated to René Yañez, this new series of small format paintings is dedicated to artist Adrian Arias’ dreams. The exhibition reflects a state of life that is very important to his creative process. The dreams, from which the exhibition feeds itself, are transmitted in a visual way. Arias’ work is born in the s...
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Virtuoso jazz and flamenco pianist Alex Conde performs his high-energy compositions and arrangements with his trio.
FEATURING:
Alex Conde - piano
Aaron Germain - electric bass
Marlon Aldana - percussion
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Alex Conde is a graduate in classical music from the Jose Iturbi Conservatory of Music and in jazz piano from el Liceu de Barcelona. He won a scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he received the Jazz Revelation Awa...
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Experimental flutist/vocalist Emily Hay and avant-garde sound artist and electronic wizard Thomas Dimuzio collaborate as a duo to create and perform electro-acoustic soundscapes, mesmerizing improvisations of primal noise, drones, intrepid wordplay, and searing grooves. Also joining them for the evening is pianist and composer Motoko Honda.
FEATURING:
Emily Hay - C flute, alto flute, bass flute, vocals, electronic effects
Thomas Dimuzio - live sampling, laptop
Motoko Honda - acoustic...
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Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.
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Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kal...
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Dromeno is a traditional ensemble presenting authentic regional music from the Greek mainland and beyond, overlapping into the surrounding regions and finding the musical legacy that connects the traditions of the Balkans. Featuring wide-ranging instrumentation, the group is able to span the sounds of Greece, from Western Macedonia and Ipiros, through Thessaly and Thrace.
FEATURING:
Christos Govetas - clarinet, bouzouki, vocals
Ruth Hunter - accordion, vocals
Eleni Govetas - double b...
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RDL+ presents the album release performance of Pacific Voyage. In the spirit of adventure, this live performance album captures it all. From placid waters to raging seas, Pacific Voyage sails the oceans in a vessel of original composition, powered by the raw emotions of the improvisation trio.
FEATURING:
Ruthie Dineen - piano
Doug Lee - bass
Luis Salcedo - guitar
Steve Weems - drums
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
RDL+ has been in existence since 2009 in various formations, composing an...
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Arco Belo brings together elements of raw, contemporary improvised music, mixing in crisp, through-composed pockets of sweeping dense harmony and a global rhythmic sensibility. At the Red Poppy, the group promotes the release of the first single from its debut album, The Space Between Disguises.
FEATURING:
Simone Baron - accordion
Lucas Ashby - percussion
Nelson Moneo - violin
Ian Ashby - bass
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Arco Belo is an original chamber-jazz project led by pianist, ...
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Aallotar's music is an exploration of one tradition from two perspectives. Violinist/vocalist Sara Pajunen and accordionist/vocalist Teija Niku use their common musical heritage as a starting point for original chamber-folk. Together they create new sounds that reflect their differing contemporary cultures and shared roots.
Presenting a set of original compositions as well as arrangements of contemporary tango favorites, Oakland's Redwood Tango Ensemble also joins the duo for the night.
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Karavan Sarai returns to the Red Poppy to perform original and traditional electro-acoustic music of the Silk Road interwoven with ambient contemporary electronica. With the gracious power of belly dance to the colorful dances of the Indian gypsies, one is transported on a visual and sonic journey.
FEATURING:
Narayan Sijan – vocals, electric oud, electric saz, programming
Schirin Chams-Diba – dance, backup vocals, percussion
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Karavan Sarai’s 2018 album, Pai...
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Swingatto swings by the Red Poppy to play some famous songs from the Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli repertoire along with originals from the band’s first album.
FEATURING:
Antonio Feula - guitar
Joe Yamamoto - violin
Michael Price - double bass
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Swingatto is a swing and jazz manouche band currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was originally founded in February 2014 in London. The project currently features Joe Yamamoto on violin, Antoni...
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Puja Kapur is a mixed-media artist, member of the Red Poppy's Leadership Team, chef, and Silicon Valley's 2016 Woman of Influence. In collaboration with celebrated chef Afreen Wahab, Kapur embarks on a culinary journey, honoring their mothers and their culinary passions. Kapur seeks to bring in the culinary arts as a part of the Red Poppy's interdisciplinary program offerings.
This inaugural dinner is a curated offering in culinary, performing, and visual art. The menu is a thoughtful synergy...
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Adam Shulman and Patrick Wolff team up to resurrect great original tunes written by some of the masters of ‘50s and ‘60s jazz. In addition to presenting these gems, the band also features some originals by Shulman.
FEATURING:
Adam Shulman - piano
Patrick Wolff - tenor & alto saxophones
James Gallagher - drums
TBD - bass
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Adam Shulman has been a staple of the San Francisco jazz scene since he moved to the city in 2002. Before the move, he was a student at U...
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McBride, Pera, and Starkweather delve into the great songs of artists ranging from Joni Mitchell to Bob Dorough to Leon Russell. Vocalist, keyboardist, and composer Joyce Todd McBride also brings her original songs into the mix. Together with bassist Stacy Starkweather and drummer Jeff Pera, the trio draws upon the rich eclecticism of the Bay Area through funk, jazz, pop, and medieval influences.
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Joyce Todd McBride - vocals, piano
Stacy Starkweather - vocals, bass
Jeff Per...
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Rebecca Kleinmann presents an evening of Brazilian and Latin jazz including a special tribute to great flutist Dave Valentin who passed away last year. Kleinmann and fellow flutists unveil the world premiere of her arrangements for flute choir and rhythm section before performing at the National Flute Convention in Orlando.
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Rebecca Kleinmann Ensemble
Rebecca Kleinmann - flute, alto flute, vocals
Vitor Gonçalves - piano, accordion
Julien Cantelm - drums
Special Guest Fl...
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A night of global dance and Middle Eastern grooves, join the musical voyage with award-winning artist Nader DeAik and special guests, mezzo-soprano sensation Crystal Philippi and bellydancer Nicole Maria Hoffschneider.
FEATURING:
Nader DeAik - vocals
Dan Nervo - guitar
Jai Dhar - drums
Rony Dib - dumbek
Ash - bass
Nicole Maria - belly dance
Crystal Philippi - soprano vocals
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Nader DeAik celebrates world frequencies through his distinct blend of music across the glo...
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For the first time, Colm and the band—and regular collaborator, singer Kate Brubeck—are joined by master Breton musician Thomas Moisson, one of the most talented accordionists of his generation. Come prepared to hear some magical inter-Celtic fireworks!
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Colm Ó Riain - violin
Geoff van Lienden - guitar
Joe Kyle, Jr - bass
Wade Peterson - percussion
Thomas Moisson - accordion
Kate Brubeck - vocals
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An accomplished improviser in multiple genres, ...
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Due to unforeseen circumstances, this performance has been cancelled.
Pianist and composer Alon Nechushtan has toured both in the U.S. and beyond, releasing 10 critically acclaimed albums as a leader and showcasing “abundant chemistry and boundless eclecticism” (All About Jazz). He and his trio come to the Red Poppy for a night of original contemporary jazz and improvisational grooves.
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TBA
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Alon Nechushtan has collaborated with jazz greats including Wil...
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