Red Poppy Art House

Larry Vuckovich Beyond Category Trio
2013-05-04 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Global Jazz – A Musical Journey

The authenticity and musical depth that Larry Vuckovich brings to his music comes from his deep experiences with jazz masters, such as Dexter Gordon, Philly Joe Jones, Don Byas, Jon Hendricks, Bobby Hutcherson, Tom Harrell, Charles McPherson, Billy Higgins, Charlie Haden. It also stems from his Balkan birthplace, earning him recognition as a pioneer in jazz-world music.

Larry’s jazz journey navigates through swinging bebop/post bop/hard bop; film noir jazz; Afro-Cuban Salsa/Romantic Boleros; Brazilian; Down-home blues/funk; World Music Balkan Gypsy-Roma/ Flamenco.

Larry Vuckovich – piano
Perry Thoorsell- bass
Austin Harris – drums

…a pianist whose evocative touch and poetic (but unsentimental) sensibility convey the wisdom of deep musical life experience” –Thomas Conrad, Jazztimes.com

“His playing sparkles with understated wit …. He’s telling a story …. It’s the work of a master.” Andrew Gilbert, columnist for San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Jazz Times, Down Beat. – Andy Gilbert’s NPR/KQED The California Report

larryvuckovich.com

Admission: $15. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Family Art
2013-05-04 13:00 - 16:00
Date: Every Saturday Afternoon
Time: 1pm-4pm

All Activities are FREE unless otherwise listed.
Todas las actividades del programa de Arte en Familia son GRATIS a menos que esté indicado en el calendario.
Calendar activities are subject to change. Check website for updates.
Las actividades están sujetas a cambio. Revise la página web.

Fely Tchaco
2013-05-03 19:30 - 22:00
FELY TCHACO FROM COTE D’IVOIRE WEST AFRICA

2012 11th Independent Music Awards winner in the World Beat category, Fely Tchaco from Cote D’Ivoire West Africa will be gracing the Red Poppy Art House. Fely’s music is a blend of West Africa forest traditional music with jazz and pop.

Fely Tchaco “Toilata”

Brian Andres – Drums
Jeff Simon – Guitar
Paul Sonnabend – Conga
Jesse Sahbi – Vocals/Percussion
Wendell Rend – Bass

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Admission: $12-15. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Lizzie Karr Band + Pieces Concert
2013-05-02 19:30 - 22:00
Song birds and willows, A Lovely Evening of Sweetness, Pieces and Lizzie Karr

Lizzie Karr is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. According to her fans, Lizzie’s voice has “an unteachable grit” that “sits comfortably in many permutations of genre.” She released her debut album “Bones” in November 2012 and is now challenging her former folk style with a new rock/soul approach. Lindsey Trowbridge will be killing as usual on the bass. lizziekarrmusic.com

Lizzie Karr – Guitar, Keys, Vocals
Lindsey Trowbridge – Bass
Kevin Carnes – drums
Calvin Keaoola – violin

An up and coming Bay Area singer/songwriter, formerly known as Courtney Nicole; she shattered and is now in Pieces. With a voice that has been described as sweet and ethereal, she effortlessly moves in and out of dark and haunting songs to light and hopeful. Her sound is reminiscent to Mazzy Star, Sharon Van Etten, Daughter, and Norah Jones. Facebook.com/CourtneyPieces

Courtney Wachtel – keyboard, guitar, maybe banjo, vocals

Admission: $5. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Tickets will not be sold in advance for this event. Please arrive at the Red Poppy when doors open to purchase tickets.

Tin Cup Serenade Record Release Party
2013-04-28 19:30 - 22:00
Record release party for Tragic Songs of Hope

It’s about time you say. This one better be good you say. Music today is hopeless, if someone doesn’t prove me wrong soon, I’m gonna kill myself you say…

It is with great pride that we here at Tin Cup Serenade Productions announce our second release, Tragic Songs of Hope. This musical statement is sure to astound the bay area’s more critical ears with a veritable explosion of musical comestibles, and we hope you will join us as we celebrate it’s release at one of San Francisco’s finest institutions of musical expression, the Red Poppy Art House.

Rolf Wilkinson – Vocals, Guitar
Pete Cornell – Saxophones
Larry Leight – Trombone
Safa Shokrai – Bass
Eric Garland – Drums

“One of the treasures of the city”
— Sedge Thomson, West Coast Live, KALW

Tincupserenade.com
Tin Cup Serenade on Facebook

Admission: $5! Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Beaucoup Chapeaux
2013-04-27 19:30 - 22:00
“Parisian Bistro, Italian Café–and Circus”

They create an atmosphere that some people call magic. For four years they’ve played many a Friday night to a full café in their home, Nevada City, CA. Two tours to the Northwest, and 350 concerts later, it’s a new voyage each time, and very alive. It’s been said they’re uniquely talented, an astonishing juggernaut, their music hauntingly wild, gorgeous.Far from purists, they play a mix of traditional tunes from a wide swath of Europe as well as original music with many influences, Reinhardt, Piaff, Roma, American jazz, folk. For an excellent time, come see them perform at the Poppy!

Maggie McKaig: accordion, vocals
Luke Wilson: tenor guitar, plectrum banjo, vocals
Murray Campbell: violin, oboe, English horn, vocals
Randy McKean: clarinet, bass clarinet, piccolo, vocal

“Beaucoup Chapeaux plays a mixture of music that oozes with joyful world overtones… If you like your music with an old world European quality and played straight from the hip with no excuses, look no further as this will be your cup-otea and then some!” —Mikail Graham, KVMR Radio

Beaucoupchapeaux.net
Beaucoup Chapeaux on Facebook
Beaucoup Chapeaux YouTube Channel

Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Karl Evangelista and Grex with Hafez Modirzadeh Solo
2013-04-26 19:30 - 22:00
New Directions in Asian Improvisation, New Wave Filipino American Jazz

Taglish is a new work from guitarist/composer Karl Evangelista and art rock outfit Grex (a band Tiny Mix Tapes calls “essential current-and-future listening”)–an exploration of the multifaceted nature of both contemporary music and 21st century immigrant culture. The project synthesizes jazz, American song, 20th century experimentalism, and Filipino folk melody into a a genuinely multicultural, trans-idiomatic work–a sound that is at once universal and starkly personal. The evening also features a rare solo set from legendary Bay Area saxophonist and conceptualist Hafez Modirzadeh.

Karl Evangelista – guitar, vocals
Rei Scampavia Evangelista – keyboards, vocals
Francis Wong – saxophones
Rob Ewing – trombone
John-Carlos Perea – bass
Robert Lopez – percussion, drums
Jordan Glenn – drums
Hafez Modrizadeh: saxophone

“[A] near-seamless blend of modern jazz, contemporary structuralist composition, indie rock, and blues rock.” – Tiny Mix Tapes

“[Grex] makes for an otherworldly experience that, while drawing on the sounds of Jimi Hendrix and classic jazz, creates something completely original…” (Eugene Weekly)

KarlEvangelista.com
GrexSounds.com
Grex Sounds on Facebook
Karl Evangelista on YouTube

Sponsored by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center AND

Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Red Reels and CounterCorp Present: RIP! A Remix Manifesto and officerfishdumplings
2013-04-25 18:30 - 21:00
Join CounterCorp and Red Reels Thursday, April 25th at 7pm as they present an evening of film and live music including remix DJ officerfishdumplings and a screening of music the documentary RIP! A Remix Manifesto.

officerfishdumplings recorded works from world musicians and integrated them into an interactive remix platform that allows users to create audio-visual remixes on the fly. He will perform an improvised remix using his platform and allow audience members to give it a try. This technology is part of officerfishdumplings’ larger project called remix ←→ culture, committed to creating a fair trade remix music where anyone can have fun making audio-visual remixes and learn about source musicians through access to interviews, lyrics, and instrument descriptions.

RIP! explores the notion of copyright in the Digital Information Age, as technology shatters the traditional wall between producers and consumers. The film’s protagonist is a “mash-up” DJ known as Girl Talk who performs by chopping up and re-assembling other musicians’ songs. This participatory media experiment sounds an urgent alarm to save our culture and right to creative expression from corporate control and commodification.

CounterCorp seeks to spotlight and ultimately prevent the corrosive economic, political, and social effects of corporate impunity around the world by raising public and media awareness and encouraging informed discussion and debate about how corporations actually operate, and what they add to — and subtract from — humanity’s “bottom line.” CounterCorp presents the annual Anti-Corporate Film Festival, a three-day series of film screenings, panel discussions, and related events held every year in San Francisco.

Red Reels films highlight the work of local and emerging filmmakers and expose audiences to diverse global traditions. Screenings explore a unique interdisciplinary approach by incorporating real-time collaborations with artists from varying mediums like dance, painting, and live music. Future events in 2013 will feature co-presentations with local Bay Area film festivals like the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival and the United Nations Association Film Festival.

Watch the film trailer here
Learn more about officerfishdumplings and remix ←→ culture here

$5-$15 admission. Doors at 6:30 pm. Music at 7:00 pm.

Redwood Tango Ensemble and Trio Zincalo
2013-04-21 19:30 - 22:00
CD Release Party

Redwood Tango Ensemble is an energetic tango quintet from San Francisco Bay Area. The ensemble specializes in traditional tango music with transcriptions and arrangements of the classic “Golden Era” orchestras of the 30’s, 40’s and 50’s, primarily working in the style of Di Sarli, D’Arienzo, and Pugliese. The group also ventures into the concert pieces and nuevo-tango of Astor Piazzolla, Sexteto Mayor, and modern ensembles around the world. Redwood Tango’s signature is a growing repertoire of original compositions written in the style of the classic orchestras, entirely danceable, but singular and alive.

Trio Zincalo transports listeners to a dimly lit Parisian Café with their vibrant mix of gypsy jazz, tango, Brazilian choro, and eastern European music. The group specializes in novel and unexpected arrangements of both traditional and popular music from around the world.

Redwood Tango Ensemble:

Charles Gorczynski – bandonéon
Holly Mead – piano
Kendra Vernon – violin
Celia Harris – violin
Daniel Fabricant – double bass

Trio Zincalo:

Celia Harris – violin
Colin Hogan – accordion
Jon Monahan – guitar

RedwoodTango.com
Redwood Tango on Facebook
Trio-Zincalo on Facebook

Admission is $10-20. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Mark Growden Duo
2013-04-20 19:30 - 22:00
Voice, Accordion, Trumpet, and Bicycle Handlebars

MARK GROWDEN is a singer, writer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, record producer, visual artist, and workshop leader. Growden has released several critically acclaimed albums, including Saint Judas, which was awarded “2010 Rekkid of the Year” by music blog Stash Dauber and ranked in the 2010 Village Voice Critics Poll. Growden has toured the US extensively, composed original musical scores for a number of Dance and Theater companies and scored several films. Mark has devoted his life to making music for other people, and to helping other people make music for themselves.

Mark Growden – voice, accordion, banjo, bari sax, sruti box, and bicycle handlebars
Chris Grady – trumpet and cornet

“..The taste is a little cabaret, a bit New Orleans brass, a pinch Appalachian folk with a spicy edge,… but hard to pin down, stirred with the gentleness of trees whispering on an easy summer day.” – The Taos News

“tightly-controlled, richly inflected, and subtly expressive vocals.” – Flavorpill LA

MarkGrowden.org
Mark Growden Music on Facebook
Mark Growden on YouTube

Admission: $12-20. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm.

Todd Sickafoose
2013-04-19 19:30 - 22:00
Somewhere between Pitchfork and Downbeat
“A captivating improviser, imaginative composer, and master of collaboration.” – San Francisco Chronicle

Todd Sickafoose (bass), Matthew Szemela (violin), Rob Reich (accordion/guitar), Ben Goldberg (clarinets), and Kane Mathis (kora).

Todd Sickafoose.com
Todd Sickafoose Tiny Resistors Facebook Page

Admission $12-15. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Django Djazz Extravaganza
2013-04-14 19:30 - 22:00
“Django and Monk: Jazz Originals”

“Django Djazz Extravaganza” — featuring Vic Wong‘s “Panique” and “DjangoSphere ” with Kit Eakle and Mark Holzinger is a celebration of Djypsy Djazz and it’s influence on the American Jazz scene.

Panique is a gypsy jazz band from San Francisco specializing in Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli‘s music of the ’30s and ’40s. Think of the backdrop to romantic Paris cafes, smoky underground jazz clubs, and Woody Allen flicks.

DjangoSphere celebrates Django Reinhardt’s connections to modern jazz, bebop and the likes of Thelonious Sphere Monk. Think of hot jams at Minton’s after hours circa 1950, and Paris Ste. Germaine in the same period. They had tremendous influence on each other!

DjangoSphere features Kit Eakle on violin, Mark Holzinger on guitar, Alex Baum on bass and John Waller on percussion. They are all veterans of other local and international acts like Dan Hicks and the Acoustic Warriors, Lost Weekend, The Hot Club of Marin, Roadside Attraction, The Matt Eakle Band, Johnny Nocturne, The Organic Groove, Dave Bell and more. They bring it all together to shed light on the true originality of Django and Thelonious Sphere Monk, and mix it up with their own original tunes and sounds!

Vic Wong on MySpace
Panique on Facebook
Check out the DjangoSphere album on Cd Baby

$12-15 admission. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Trio Garufa
2013-04-13 19:30 - 22:00
Performing authentic Tango and Folk music from Argentina

Trio Garufa is an international ensemble dedicated to performing authentic Argentine music. They have performed across Argentina, Canada and the US. Trio Garufa performs traditional Argentine tango, modern tango styles such as Astor Piazzolla’s music or electro tangos, original tango compositions, and Argentine folk music. Their music is exciting, virtuosic, and rooted in the dance. They are the only tango ensemble in the US to have performed extensively in the milongas (tango dance clubs) of Buenos Aires.

Guillermo Garcia – Guitar
Adrian Jost – Bandoneon
Sascha Jacobsen – Bass

TrioGarufa.com
Trio Garufa in the Tango film “Gamulan”

Admission $12-15. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Painting Workshop: The Visual Journal
2013-04-13 10:00 - 17:00
Taught by Todd Thomas Brown

An exploration of how the painting process can become the visual documentation of our lives, this 7-hour workshop employs the techniques of collage, texture, color, and text to transform paintings into 3-dimensional objects reflecting both mundane and discreet aspects of our personal lives.

**Required Materials:
– Three 12×18″ canvases
– Charcoal, rags, and many mundane items for creating texture and collage (colored papers, scraps, photos, phone bills, love notes, ticket stubs, emails, leaves, grasses, sand, etc.)
– All other painting materials provided (brushes, paints, etc.)

Cost: $125

Limited space: you must pre-register at:
http://www.meetup.com/Painters-club-and-workshops-at-Studio-Teobi/events/109282572/

About the instructor: Todd Thomas Brown is the Founding Artist of the Red Poppy Art House and a recent Artist Fellow of San Francisco’s de Young Museum. For more information, please visit: toddbrown.wordpress.com

Saria Idana’s Neo Soul Debut
2013-04-12 19:30 - 22:00
Introducing the Urban American Jewess

Vocalist, songwriter, actor Saria Idana takes the mic with an all-star band. With influences ranging from Marvin Gaye to Suzanne Vega, Wu-Tang, Yasmin Levy and Balkan Beat Box, Idana blends styles into surprising, uplifting sounds seasoned with passionate longing and hope.

This spring she releases her neo-soul EP Deeper than Skin produced by Jordan Feinstein, and is featured on Women in Dub by Dubblestandart, backing band for Lee “Scratch” Perry. In 2012, Idana was awarded for her solo hip-hop theater show HOMELESS IN HOMELAND about Jewish identity and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, reviewed as “a dramatic tour-de-force not to be missed”.

Saria Idana -Vocals & Guitar
Jordan Feinstein – Keys (of La Gente and Jordan and the RituaL)
Aaron Kierbel – Drums
Jesse Strauss – Bass

Special Guest Musician
Rafael Sarria -Percussion, Harmonica, MC (of La Gente) horns and back-up vocals TBA

SariaIdana.com
Saria Idana on Facebook
Saria Idana on Soundcloud

Admission is $12-15. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

MAPP
2013-04-06 13:00 - 22:00
* MAPP is a FREE event — Join us!*

The MAPP is a homegrown, intercultural, multidisciplinary neighborhood event that takes place the first Saturday every two months in the Mission District. This months’s MAPP features more than 15 venues—garages, cafés, studios, gardens, street corners—which artists transform into makeshift venues for the intimate experience of people and culture. Endeavoring to bridge the cultural divides of our communities, the MAPP gives space and voice to the multiplicity of perspectives and experiences that exist within urban settings.

This next MAPP on April 6th is dedicated to PachaMama: Pachamama is a goddess revered by the indigenous people of the Andes. PachaMama is often translated as “Mother Earth” but to be more accurate In Aymara and Quechua, Mama translates to mother and Pacha translates to world, land, universe or cosmos.

This MAPP is also dedicated to Memory of Carlos Ramirez.Carlos was an educator, poet, singer, dancer and a tireless envoy of inspiration, encouragement and boundless joy. He was and is a vital part of the MAPP and Mission community. We love you Carlitos.

Curator: Indira Urrutia

Visual ART by Claudio Nalerio, Ella Noe, Ximena Soza

1:00-3:00 pm. Family Art expresiones naturales/natural expressions with Sue Pezanoski-Brown and Ximena Soza

4:00-6:00 pm: Do to personal issues with Carolina Soza, the facilitated, the Theater of the Oppressed workshop has been canceled for this coming Mapp. Therefore, Marc and Indira will be doing a full presentation about their bicycle journey from Alaska to the Chilean Patagonia instead. It will be a slide show presentation.

7:14-7:30 pm: Arian Arias, poetry

8:00-8:10 pm: Ximena Soza y Carolina Soza, Monologues

8:15-8:45 pm: Todd Brown, TEOBI’S DREAMING is a “performed inquiry” into the biology of being.

8:50-8:55 pm: Sriba Kwadjovie, modern/ contemporary dance, live piano music by Elecktra Schmidt

9:00- 9:45 pm: Sol Tevél integrates sounds, rhythms, and multi-lingual lyrics from around the globe in order to advocate building a strong, conscious and united community worldwide. Led by Israeli-born, Lior Ben-Hur, Sol Tevél is a San Francisco-based band that focuses on connecting Hebrew roots while engaging world cultures.

Dan Zemelman
2013-04-05 19:30 - 22:00
Dan Zemelman — a dedicated pianist playing major jazz clubs and festivals, a cultural ambassador, a skilled composer and a sought after side-man. He began learning piano at age 5, playing classical music and then switching over to jazz in high school. He has toured India and Sri Lanka, representing America’s jazz tradition as a ‘Jazz Ambassador’, performed with legendary bassist Richard Davis, recorded with blues great John Lee Hooker and plays regularly with Red Poppy favorite, bassist Marcus Shelby.

Dan is currently a highly successful band leader, having performed at the acclaimed Yoshi’s Jazz Club three times as a leader as well as at festivals such as the Monterey Jazz Festival, the SF Jazz Festival, the San Jose Jazz Festival and many more. In 2011 Dan’s group received a position as an alternate band for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s 2010 Rhythm Road music abroad program. In addition, Dan has been on the faculty at several major jazz institutions in the SF area, including Jazzcamp West, The Berkeley Jazzschool and Lafayette Jazz Camp.

The quartet will be playing music of of Weather Report, Yellowjackets, Josh Redman, Brad Mehldau and original music.

Dan Zemelman – Piano
Greg Wyser-Pratte – Drums
Mike Bordelon – Bass
Joe Cohen – Saxophone

“…Zemelman possesses a lovely touch and fertile harmonic imagination…”
–Andy Gilbert, SF/bay area jazz critic

www.danzemelman.com
Dan Zemelman Quartet on Youtube

Admission is $15-20. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Cambodian Dance Salon
2013-04-03 19:00 - 22:00
Initiated in 2009, the Khmer Arts Salon Series is a monthly program of free lecture demonstrations, performances, and film screenings designed to engage diverse audiences with the art of Khmer classical dance and other traditional performing arts. Now in its fourth year, Khmer Arts will bring this unique program to Cambodian communities all over the Bay Area from April 1 – 6, 2013, introducing people to Sophiline Cheam Shapiro’s Seasons of Migration and its exploration of culture shock.

DiaPa'Son + Monica Marie ft. Cristina Ibarra
2013-03-31 19:30 - 22:00
Son Jarocho from Veracruz, Mexico

DiaPa’Son is a local Bay Area band that plays music from Veracruz, Mexico called Son Jarocho. All of the members are actively involved in teaching youth around the Bay Area in different areas of music and in promoting culture within the community. Members of the group have studied in Mexico and Cuba and have had the privilege of sharing a stage with master musicians such as Artemio Posadas and Andres Flores. DiaPa’Son is enthusiastic about sharing Son Jarocho with people who are familiar with the music and its roots as well as about exposing new listeners to the power and richness of its sound and tradition.

Maria De La Rosa– Jarana, Zapateado, Quijara, Vocals
Raul Perales– Guitarra Bumburona, Requinto, Vocals
Lolis Garcia– Requinto, Jaranas, Pandero, Zapateado, Vocals
Monica Fimbrez– Jarana, Guitarra Bumburona, Vocals

Monica Marie began songwriting when she was seventeen, and she now has nearly forty original compositions ranging from Folk, to Peruvian Lando, to R&B. Her various styles are unified by her lyrical, honest and intimate delivery. Monica moved to San Francisco from her hometown, Lodi, CA, to study music at San Francisco State University. She was a founder, vocalist and bassist of the band Santos Perdidos, is currently a member of DiaPa’Son, Rumbaché, and Sol Tevél, and has had the privilege of studying with esteemed musicians such as John Calloway, Jesus Diaz, John Santos, and Andres Flores.

Monica Marie– Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Cristina Ibarra– Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele

Admission $10-15. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Near East Flamenco: La Ruya
2013-03-30 19:30 - 22:00
NEAR EAST FLAMENCO at RED POPPY!

Sounds of Andalusia woven in with the Black Sea, the modes, movement and tonalities of flamenco with Arabic and Turkish maqam, all grounded in a latin jazz pulse – this is La Ruya, a new direction in “flamenco fusion.” At the heart of the band lay the meeting of oud with guitar, and in turn of both with the dance. Kinetic and expressive, La Ruya is delighted to once again perform at the Mission’s one of a kind art house, the Red Poppy.

La Ruya is:

David Páez – Guitar
Gary Haggerty – Oud
Rebecca Kleinmann – flute
Melissa Cruz – Baile & Palmas
Murat Bayhan – darbuka, Riqq, Deff
Sam Foster – Cajon, Riqq, Deff
Felix de Lola – Cante and Palmas
La Ruya on Facebook
La Ruya live at Club Vitus

Admission $10-$15. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Red Poppy Art House 10 yr Anniversary #2!
2013-03-29 17:30 - 22:00
Poppy East Bay Artists – 10 Year Anniversary Celebration No. 2

The Red Poppy Art House is thrilled to announce that we are celebrating 10 years since artist and founder Todd Brown opened the doors to his studio on the corner of Folsom and 23rd Street.

Admission: Free!

This second event in our Red Poppy Art House 10 year anniversary celebration series features a line-up of music and dance theater from East Bay artists that have contributed their talents and grown alongside the Poppy over the years.

Featuring:
6pm: Howard Wiley Trio (Jazz)
7pm: Valerie Troutt’s JazzSol Project of the East Bay (Modern FunctionalSol Music)
8PM Quijerema (Latin)
9PM: Nicole Klaymoon’s Embodiment Project (Dance Performance)

Citizen Jazz
2013-03-24 18:30 - 21:00
Citizens Jazz Pays Tribute to great Brazilian Composers

Citizens Jazz is a collective of some of the most talented and driving jazz musicians in the Bay Area. The group is led by bassist Caroline Chung who has been an integral part of the jazz community as a musician and activist bringing you quality music with her projects and collaborations.This evening Citizens Jazz will bring you the timeless music of Brazil, performing pieces from some of their favorite composers.

They will explore the rich diverse rhythms and melodies of this magical country from Samba, Bossa Nova to Choro. This special night will be in honor of the beautiful musical influences from the great composers of Brazil.

Caroline Chung– upright bass
Zack Pitt-Smith– reeds
Quebert Morrow– guitar
Surya Prakasha– drums
Miriam Speyer– special guest vocalist

Citizens Jazz on Myspace

Admission $8-$12. Doors at 6:30 pm. Show at 7:00 pm.

AJAYU Andean Fusion
2013-03-23 19:30 - 22:00
Latino Fusion Music Rooted in the Indigenous, the Andes

AJAYU is a six piece band that plays Latino fusion music rooted in the indigenous cultures of the Andes. Their original compositions and modern sounds are produced by the combination of traditional Andean instruments-Zampoñas and Quenas (flutes), Bombo (Ecuadorian drum), and Charango (small 8 string guitar from Bolivia) and non traditional instruments-violin, bass, and guitar. Their lyrics are socially, culturally, and politically conscious. With a ride range of songs that go from spiritual to totally danceable and all the in between, AJAYU is both versatile and unique.

This is an interactive performance where we will be explaining rhythms/significance and inviting audience members to join us in percussion, song, and dance!

*Ajayu means soul in Aymara, an indigenous language of Bolivia

Hector Zapana: Quena
Giovanny: Guitar
Gabriel Escobar: Bass
Eddison Bolaños: Charango
Alejandra Maciel: Violin
Guido: Cajon, Bombo, Bongos

Admission is $10-15. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Emy Tseng & Q Morrow
2013-03-22 19:30 - 22:00
Brazilian and Modern Jazz Vocals

DC-based singer Emy Tseng returns to the Bay Area to celebrate the release of her critically acclaimed debut album ‘Sonho’ (meaning ‘Dream’ in Portuguese). Drawing upon her diverse musical background in early music, classical art songs, folk-pop, Brazilian bossa nova and jazz, Emy has forged a unique sound with her “remarkably clear voice” and “stellar musicianship”. Emy and her band will perform an eclectic mixture of Brazilian and modern jazz arrangements.

“Tseng possesses vocal restraint and a delicate delivery that is elegant, beautiful—and passionate.”Nicholas Mondello, All About Jazz

“Emy Tseng has honed a beguiling sound steeped in jazz and the sensuous rhythms and melodies of Brazil,” Andrew Gilbert, Sonho liner notes

Emy Tseng – Vocals
Matvei Sigalov – Guitar
Dean Meunch – Bass
Eric Garland – Drums

Visit www.emytseng.com
Emy Tseng on Facebook
Listen to Deixa and California Dreamin’ on Youtube

Q weaves an intricate web with his original music. You can hear strands of Brazil, India, Latin America, and modern jazz seamlessly wound together in a soulful, organic way. With roots in many places, Q delivers modern improvisational music from it’s intellectual quagmire back to it’s soulful origins. His “All Around Dude” Quartet will be featuring music from his newly released CD “All Around Dude” available in hardcopy at the show, or on the itunes store.

Q Marrow.com

Q Morrow – guitar
Kasey Knudsen – Alto Sax
Sam Bevan – Bass
Eric Garland – Drums

Admission $10-15. Doors at 7:30. Show at 8:00.

Circumtext (A Reading Group/Series)
2013-03-21 19:30 - 22:00
Read Something You Didn’t Write

Calling all word-lovers, trash-pickers, puzzle-solvers, joke-tellers, linguists, lexicographers, and librarians: Circumtext is a literary event where participants share only text that they themselves did not write. Especially pieces that are not already recognized for their “literary” quality, by entities not known as “Authors”. Dictionaries, instruction manuals, to-do lists, internet commentary, latrinalia, random generators, transcripts of court proceedings, newscasts, fine print, spam, whatever. Words wherever they appear. High and low, above, beneath, from every angle. Circum-text.

circumtext.com
Join and share the Facebook event here.

Free admission. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

La Mixta Criolla
2013-03-16 19:30 - 22:00
La Mixta Criolla is a versatile and hard swinging Bay Area quintet with deep roots in the creole mix of Latin-Caribbean music. Combining influences that range from Puerto Rican plena, bomba and música jíbara to Cubanson and rumba, Dominican merengue, musica de trios,salsa and beyond, La Mixta’s original repertoire features a wide range of funky afro-caribbean grooves, engaging melodies and well crafted lyrics, delivered with skill, passion and spontaneity.

Héctor Lugo – pandero, barril, bongó and lead vocals
Ayla Dávila – bass and coro vocals
Camilo Landau – cuatro and lead vocals
Sandra García Rivera – güícharo and lead vocals
Javier Navarrette – congas, cajón, and coro vocals

“La Mixta is a home grown stew…This Music will heal your Soul and take you places you’ve only dreamed about. La Mixta will make you dance and sing, and bring home to you” (Avotcja Jiltonilro, poet, musician, DJ at KPFA, 94.1, and KPOO, 89.5)

Listen to La Mixta’s CD AfroTaino
Watch La Mixta perform La Huelga on Vimeo

Admission $10-15. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Shoestring Trio
2013-03-15 19:30 - 22:00
Gyspy, Chanson & Pop, Playfully Rediscovered!

Armed with an arsenal of strings and woodwinds, Shoestring Trio will transport you from sunny afternoons in Paris to midnight parties in the Hollywood Hills. Red Poppy regulars might have seen them backing up the multi-lingual chanteuse, Jessica Fichot, or ripping through gypsy songs alongside Fishtank Ensemble.

On this occasion they are celebrating their own debut at the Red Poppy and the release of their first full-length album. Assembling a joyous collection of originals, French classics, and distinctive twists on pop songs, Shoestring Trio plays with spontaneity and energy that’s fun and contagious to music lovers across the globe.

Robby Marshall – clarinet, sax, flute, cajón
Antoine Salem – guitar
Michael Papillo – upright bass

ShoestringTrio.com
Shoestring Trio on Facebook
Shoestring Trio, “Puttin’ on the Ritz” on YouTube
Shoestring Trio on SoundCloud

$12-15 admission. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

The Love Leighs + Rafael Bustamante Sarria
2013-03-14 18:30 - 21:00
The Love Leighs combine the ukulele strums and stunning voices of Raina Leigh and Jessica Leigh, at times angelic and sultry, with the side-man stylings of guitar star Jimmie Dreams and the formidable Josh Flowers’ upright bass to play award-winning, “new-timey” 20th Century American roots music. You’ll think you’ve heard their songs before, though they are as fresh as the band’s on-stage banter. Their tightly threaded two- and three-part harmonies, lively grooves, and Vaudevillian flair have been featured in world-wide syndication on the Woodsongs Old-Time Radio Hour, as well as on the foremost uke-centric web hub, UkuleleHunt.com. They never fail to start toes tapping and get the dancers out on the floor, bringing you the twisted, delightful, dark, sizzling and sassy songs you’ve always longed for.

Rafael Bustamante Sarria is the Colombian/Nicaraguan San Francisco singer songwriter and band leader for the Bay Area music group La Gente. With his group Rafael has created his own multi-lingual blend of Reggae, Cumbia, Hip-Hop, Rock, Salsa and Reggaeton. Rafael Sarria has performed at numerous festivals, universities, radio stations, museums, art galleries and major venues all over the US. For example: San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Austin, Portland and New York. As well as internationally in Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Nicaragua, England, Italy, France, and Spain.

“Ukeleles, when properly wielded, are badass. The Love Leighs wield them properly… Good songs are good songs, and that’s exactly what these folks play.” — Sean Valant, Texas Tattoos and Music Reviews

The Love Lieghs on Facebook

Masha Campagne Group CD Release Party
2013-03-09 19:30 - 22:00
Flowing collection of Latin-influenced jazz

Award winning vocalist, producer Masha Campagne is celebrating the release of her internationally acclaimed project ‘Like Water, Like Air’ where she teams up with longtime collaborator pianist/composer Weber Iago as well as Brazilian guitarist visionary Guinga and German harmonica and vibes virtuoso Hendrik Meurkens.

Campagne’s sensational vocals, soul-inspired and bluesy at times, or wistful and airy paint ambient images – cinematic and sunlit demonstrating a total command of the jazz language. Bold and seductive originals as well as exquisitely arranged updated standards and bossas – delightful ebb and flow that emphasizes impressive musicianship with vision, creativity, and class.

Masha Campagne – Vocals, Percussion
Weber Iago – Piano
Harvey Wainapel – Reeds
Dan Robbins – Bass
Jason Lewis – Drums

“Campagne’s sensational vocals are informed by naturally delicate, come-hither intonations and dreamy sensuality.” ~Latin Jazz Network

”Campagne’s vocals display a rare combination of sophistication and sincerity” ~San Jose Mercury News

MashaCampagne.com
Masha Campagne, “No Fundo Do Rio” on YouTube

$15 admission. Doors at 7:30 pm. Show at 8:00 pm.

Women Reclaiming Sovereignty Healing Arts Workshop
2013-03-09 00:00 - 16:30
In Honor of International Woman’s Day

Women Reclaiming Sovereignty workshops, facilitated through Creative, Shamanic and Therapeutic techniques, intend to root human consciousness in the present moment with all vital centers free from programming, entities and projections, ready willing and able to step into a place of grace, love and compassion I call sovereignty. Through Authentic Movement, you will learn your Soul’s dance, through Essential Musical Intelligence, your very own mantra. Absolute Balanced Mastery will clear your meridians and disconnect you from obsolete paradigms. You will go home, knowing the basics of Limpia Ceremony and Tlazolteotl Breath Work to transform all experience into life force!

Facilitator: MamaCoatl
“As a Songstress Poet and founder of International Day for the Elimination of Violence towards Women and Girls, MamaCoatl has the ability to hold sacred space for all people, not just those in her community. Her passion, generosity, and desire to serve and champion the renaissance of the creative human spirit, makes her a true feminine world leader of the healing arts.” La Raza Chronicles KPFA

Guardians de La Vida Blog
MamaCoatl on ReverbNation
MamaCoatl in “Frida in the Mirror” on YouTube

For more information:
MamaCoatl HealingArts
mamakoatzin@gmail.com
415- 632- 0330

MamaCoatl
Women Spirituality MA, Performance Activism MFA Reiki Master, Absolute Balanced Mastery, Essential Music Intelligence technique, Authentic Movement, Tlazolteotl Breath Work, Limpia, Ceremony, individual sessions, workshops, lectures.
