Red Poppy Art House

Gautam Tejas Ganeshan: New Music from an Old Tradition
2015-07-05 18:00 - 21:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
For a series of four performances by a Carnatic chamber orchestra, Gautam Tejas Ganeshan brings the first body of original songs in English reflecting both love and understanding of Carnatic music.

Gautam Tejas Ganeshan writes and sings music that reflects a tradition of intricate song forms, elaborate vocal improvisations, and the utmost sincerity of expression. He challenges listeners with his sincerity, depth, and affinity for tradition, in performances featuring extensive group improvisation in traditional chamber ensembles. Gautam has performed widely in the SF Bay Area since 2004, including at the SFMOMA, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, SFJAZZ, Palace of Fine Arts, Yoshi’s, Freight & Salvage, Brick & Mortar, and more. His performances give an intensely personal glimpse into the continued development of a highly cultured musical heritage.
Featuring:
(performers TBA)
Admission: $15-30. Doors at 5:30pm. Show at 6:00pm. All ages welcome.
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DOUBLE SHOW: Fared Shafinury: Thoughts of Sugar
2015-07-10 19:00 - 22:00
Fared Shafinury improvises with his voice and setar based on the Radif, the collection of Persian melodies and motifs handed down over generations. He has studied under some of Iran’s most influential masters of Persian classical music for many years. With skill and deep respect, he presents an interpretation of the art form both classically intact and uniquely his, pleasing purists as well as those unfamiliar with the ancient sound. Shafinury ventures off into new territories of Persian music by applying loops, delays, and various electronic effects to his setar, seamlessly shifting between Eastern and Western modes of melody, improvisation, and structure.
Fared encourages audiences to wear comfortable white pajama/yoga style pants.

For this show, we will not set up chairs and will have floor seating.

Admission: $20-25 ($20 advance)
Double Show! First show at 7pm (doors at 6:30pm). Second show at 8:30pm.
Advanced tickets: http://faredshafinuryrpah.bpt.me
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Sarah Cabral: A Contemporary Approach to Brazilian Classics
2015-07-11 19:30 - 22:00
The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present Sarah Cabral with Alex Calatayud, Eva Scow and Mike Taylor on Saturday, July 11, 2015. Vocalist and songwriter Sarah Cabral shares in her debut EP a deep connection with Brazilian roots, showcasing contemporary and fresh rearrangements of Brazilian classics as well as original compositions by luminaries from the San Francisco Bay Area
From an in-your-face cover of Cobra Criada by the master João Bosco, to a dreamy original composition by Ian Faquini, Sarah’s music features many worlds in between. The project is assisted by the incredible talents of Alex Calatayud on percussions, Eva Scow on mandolin, Mike Taylor, Jeff Buenz and Ian Faquini on guitar, Nathan Guzman and Phil Thompson on drums, and Scott Thompson on bass.
Featuring:Sarah Cabral – vocalsAlex Calatayud – percussionsEva Scow – mandolinMike Taylor – guitarDiscover more about Sarah Cabral here.Get a feel for Cobra Criada here and Brazilian Beat here.
Admission: $15-25. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Jazz In The Neighborhood Presents: the George Brooks Trio: Bridging Jazz & Indian Classical Music
2015-07-12 19:00 - 21:00
The Red Poppy Art House warmly welcomes the George Brooks Trio featuring pianist Osam Ezzeldin and bassist Kai Eckhardt, presented through Jazz in the Neighborhood’s new monthly series at the Red Poppy.
George Brooks is a saxophonist and composer, acclaimed for successfully bridging the worlds of jazz and Indian classical music. He founded the seminal groups grounded in Indian music: Summit with Zakir Hussain, Bombay Jazz with Ronu Majumdar and Larry Coryell, the Raga Bop Trio with Steve Smith and Prasanna and Elements with Gwyneth Wentink and Kala Ramnath.
Raised in Germany and Liberia, Kai Eckhardt came to the USA in 1980 to study at the Berklee College of Music. Upon graduating Kai garnered world-wide recognition performing with the John McLaughlin Trio. The trio, consisting of Kai, John and Indian percussion phenomenon, Trilok Gurtu, recorded “Live at the Royal Festival Hall.” Kai, touring the world with McLaughlin’s trio and later with Trilok Gurtu’s outstanding ensembles, developed a remarkable facility with African and Indian rhythmic cycles. He combined these global rhythms with his love of funk and developed a unique slapping style simultaneously reminiscent of African kora and James Brown.
Osam Ezzeldin was born in Cairo, Egypt and grew up immersed in the music of North Africa. At the age of 18 he heard his first recording of jazz and his life immediately transformed. Osam embarked on a journey of self-directed jazz study and began a rapid rise to excellence, soon becoming indispensable to leading jazz musicians of North Africa. Osam’s love of the genre brought him to the US at the age of 21. His prodigious abilities at the keyboard soon brought him to the attention of the local musicians and he quickly became immersed in the professional world of Texas jazz, blues and R&B. Osam’s unique ability to blend contemporary jazz vocabulary with Arabic, Indian and Caribbean influences has led to performances with many luminaries of world music including Indian maestros Zakir Hussain, Niladri Kumar and Kala Ramnath and Turkish multi-instrumentalist Orhan Osman and the Turkophony Allstars, Uzbek percussionist Abbos Kasimov, as well as jazz stars Giovanni Hidalgo, Billy Cobham, Chuck Rainey, Kai Eckhardt and Dave Weckl.

Featuring:
George Brooks – saxophone
Kai Eckhardt – bass
Osam Ezzeldin – piano
More on Jazz in the Neighborhood:
The mission of Jazz in the Neighborhood is to celebrate and invigorate the Bay Area’s rich, musical jazz heritage by creating more opportunities for established local musicians to perform, mentor aspiring players, and share this great American art form with the community. Through collaboration with school music programs and adult big bands, the project enables top-caliber artists to push creative boundaries while helping developing musicians “learn on the bandstand” according to the great jazz tradition. Performances in neighborhood venues not only showcase the wealth of local talent, but also create regular destinations for people to enjoy rich cultural and social experiences where they live.

Admission: $20 general admission, $5 for students. Doors at 6:30pm. Show at 7:00pm. All ages welcome.

Advance tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/george-brooks-trio-feat-osam-ezzeldin-and-kai-eckhardt-tickets-17523115109

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Presented by Diaspora Arts Connection: Sehrang: Iranian Music with Jazz Sensibilities
2015-07-17 19:30 - 22:00
Presented by Diaspora Arts Connection, Sehrang uses the harmonies influenced by jazz, drawing inspiration from melodies Iran, Africa and South America Sehrang, meaning tri-colored in Farsi, is a trio comprised of three young Iranian musicians who share the same vision for making a new sound inspired by and rooted in their common culture. With Farsi lyrics both self-written and from modern Iranian poets such as Ahamd Shamloo, Sehrang’s repertoire consists of original compositions as well as new arrangements of Iranian folk and traditional songs. Nevertheless, the band leaves its musical signature in each and every piece. Sehrang released its first CD in February 2014 which has been well-received among international critics.

Featuring:
Golnar Shahyar ‒ vocals
Mahan Mirarab ‒ guitar, oud
Shayan Fathi ‒ percussion
“Sehrang Transcends Barriers” – All About Jazz, 2014
“Their musical landscape has a texture of Persian folk and classical — very rhythmic-based, emphasizing percussion and syncopation and featuring a vocal style that combines tribal chanting, scat singing, and tahrir (a type of an ornamental trill or a style of singing comparable to yodeling).”- JazzCorner, 2014.
All About Jazz magazine commented about Sehrang’s debut album “Dar Lahzeh”:
“For those who haven’t looked beyond American borders to see how jazz is interpreted in other nations Dar Lahze will be an enlightening experience. Free from any commercial constraints, Sehrang roam through various styles and tones; every track has its own personality and individual quirks.”
Get a feel for Sehrang’s music on Facebook and SoundCloud.
Admission: $20
Time: Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
Tickets: http://honarcs.com/sehrang/rpa
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Manuel & Artemisa and Alfredo Gomez: Sounds of Old Folk & Contemporary Mexican Music
2015-07-18 19:30 - 22:00
Artemisa and Manuel have been performing together since 2014, however their extensive background in music includes choral music, opera, blues and rock as their main influences. The duo was born in the search of dignifying the old Mexican way of making music. The heart of this project lies in those days in which our most profound and intimate feelings were translated into romantic music and lyrics that reflected our desire of love. A simple guitar and two voices in harmony is all they need to create and express.

Alfredo Gomez is a passionate composer from Mexico, where he developed his love for music. He takes the guitar in his hands as if it were his favorite muse, taking the audience in a very special and emotional trip to his dreams, reality, and thoughts. Alfredo has collaborated with various local artists in all kind of events around the Mission. He has two recordings titled Quien Es? and Del Fuego.
Featuring:
Artemisa – vocals
Manuel Trujillo – vocals, guitar
Alfredo Gomez – vocals, guitar
(guest musicians TBA)
Get a feel for Alfredo’s music here.
Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Citizens Jazz & Sang Matiz: A Night of Music Without Borders
2015-07-25 19:30 - 22:00
From classic jazz and blues to Afro-Brazilian/Peruvian rhythms, two Bay Area-based bands, Citizens Jazz and Sang Matiz join together for a special double bill at the Red Poppy Art House.

Citizens Jazz is a collective of some of the Bay Area’s most talented jazz musicians led by bassist Caroline Chung. Although all the musicians are trained and educated in jazz, their musical taste and influences cross all genres, span many continents and are expressed in various ways. Their repertoire ranges from classic jazz, bebop, swing, and blues to modern-day bossa nova, samba, rumba and Afro-Cuban. Caroline Chung is a long-time musician and activist in the Bay Area and can be seen performing all over with her many projects.
Featuring:
Caroline Chung – upright bass
Danny Brown – saxophone
Gaea Schell – piano
Matt Swindells – drums
Sang Matiz describes its style as urban Afro-Brazilian flamenco, though many other sounds blend into the colorful ensemble’s original music. The group began in early 2008, taking its name from sang, meaning ‘blood’ in French, and matiz, Spanish for ‘harmonious mixture’. In 2013, Sang Matiz released Ship It, the debut album which captures the energy of the group’s performances featuring mostly original songs. These compositions include influences of Afro-Peruvian and Afro-Brazilian sounds with flamenco, funk, reggae, ska, pop, and R&B. Along with its two founders – singer-songwriter Yuriza Jared and lead guitarist Eddie Cabezas – Sang Matiz features drummer Jesus Martinez and percussionists Alberto Rosetti, David De Semir, and Clark Seal.
Featuring:
Yuriza Jared – charango, guitar, quena, vocals
Eddie Cabezas – electric & acoustic guitar
Alberto Rosetti – surdos
David De Semir – repinique, snare
Clark Seal – congas, timba
Caroline Chung – electric bass
More on the Musicians:
Danny Brown, a professional jazz musician and composer since the young age of 14, brings the most authentic and beautiful sounds through his saxophones. He has been an integral part of the jazz music scene in the Bay Area and still thrives through his passionate sound and ideas. He has performed with everyone under the sun and has composed music for big bands as well as small combos while building a name as a musical prodigy.
Gaea Schell, a professional jazz pianist and vocalist, recently made her California debut as a twice-featured performer at the San Jose Jazz Festival and has been performing professionally and internationally for many years in diverse contexts. Known among her peers for swinging every note, subtle phrasing, and honest lyrical writing, this west coast-based pianist/composer/vocalist (also flutist) is a native of western Canada where she grew up playing music from an early age. Her experience includes everything from trio to quartet to orchestral performance.
Since relocating from Manchester, UK to San Francisco, Matt Swindells has been busy playing drums with various Bay Area artists covering an entire spectrum of musical genres. Some of Matt’s career highlights include two world tours as drummer for electronica pioneers Fila Brazillia and playing with Australian multi-instrumentalist James Morrison at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Matt has also made several live and pre-recorded television and radio appearances with Fila Brazillia in many different countries including UK, Canada, Ireland, Japan, Turkey, Czech Republic, Holland and Spain.

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Admission: $12-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Chuck MacKinnon Sextet: Contemporary Straight-Ahead Jazz
2015-07-30 19:30 - 22:00
Chuck MacKinnon Sextet is a continuation of the work MacKinnon started in New York City under the name “The Mactet,” with which he recorded a CD of mostly original compositions. In preparation for the Sextet’s upcoming album, Covers and Contrafacts, MacKinnon has decided to showcase his arrangements and remake compositions by famous jazz and pop composers. It is with his recent work that MacKinnon has returned to his acoustic jazz roots with hard-hitting arrangements for a 3-horn front line.

Featuring:
Chuck MacKinnon – trumpet, flugelhorn, arrangements
David Valdez – alto saxophone
Kenny Brooks – tenor saxophone
Matt Clark – piano
Peter Barshay – bass
Bryan Bowman – drums
Paul Blair deemed The Mactet’s CD New Transmission:
“One of the best releases of 2008” – Hot House Jazz Guide

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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The pickPocket ensemble: Contemporary Chamber Music Blending Musical Traditions From Around the Globe
2015-07-31 19:30 - 22:00
Engaging, while also charming and melodic, the pickPocket ensemble creates contemporary chamber café music that moves both body and soul. Inspired by a myriad of varying musical traditions from around the globe, the pickPocket ensemble inhabits a country all their own. The ensemble’s original, fresh sound fabricates an intimate and calming atmosphere that allows listeners to travel the world without leaving their seats. The group’s newest CD, Memory, has already been recognized, with two pieces being ranked among the top 5 winners in the Indie International Songwriting Awards.
Featuring:
Rick Corrigan – accordion and composition
Yates Brown – guitar and banjo
Chloe Allen – violin
John Slattery – percussion
Colin Williams – double bass
“The pickPocket Ensemble incorporate violin, accordion, trumpet, guitar and banjo compositions, scored to complex, yet toe-tappingly vibrant time signatures that allow listeners to meander through European cities, become caught up in the winds above the Atlas Mountains and trace steps back to the strangely familiar lands of a foreign cinema soundtrack.” – Maverick Magazine
Follow the pickpocket ensemble on Facebook and get a feel for their music on Sonicbids.

Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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MAPP: Our Built City: A Ritualistic Deconstruction of Our “Sculptural Housing” ft. SHORE: Story (A Curated Reading by Emily Johnson)
2015-08-01 14:00 - 22:00
As part of the programming for the August 1st MAPP, the Red Poppy Art House and EDELO ‘Where the United Nations Used to Be’ invite the public for the closing ceremony of Our Built City, the miniature city thriving on our corner of 23rd & Folsom.
Over the past five months, Caleb Duarte and Mia Eve Rollow of EDELO have been in residence as Artistic Directors in Rotation at the Poppy. For their final curated MAPP, EDELO and collaborators occupy the center of the Art House to dig out the hidden histories buried beneath. Our Built City becomes mobile and begins to occupy spaces in the Mission with the transformation of two shopping carts into a miniature city on the move. Displayed on the Poppy’s interior gallery walls are works created on materials found throughout the district.
The evening features both large-scale and miniature paintings created by Our Built City participants, ranging from artists and immigrants to families and homeless neighbors. Emily Johnson/Catalyst also makes her return to the Bay Area with the premiere of SHORE, the final work in a trilogy that began with Bessie Award-winning The Thank-You Bar. A multi-part, multi-city project, SHORE explores the complex connotations of the place we call home, taking on questions of memory, ancestry, nature and community. In a curated reading (SHORE: Story), writers will present work that speaks to our inherent connection to and disconnection from home, place, land, and each other.
August 1st MAPP Schedule:
2:00pm – 5:00pm: Family Art
Mobilizing Our Built City with painted wooden panels and decorated shopping carts.
6:00pm – 7:30pm: Visual Art Exhibition
Display of Our Built City paintings on found wood created by artists, neighbors, children, immigrants, and the homeless. Featuring a painting by Citlalli Aguilar, a high school summer intern supported by Spotlight on the Arts (California Lawyers for the Arts).
6:00pm – 7:30pm: Bringing Out the Dirt
An ongoing performance featuring recent immigrants crawling out of the wooden floor as they move dirt from one place to another.
6:00pm – 10:00pm: Our Built City in the Mission
An ongoing performance carrying Our Built City throughout the Mission.
7:30pm – 7:50pm: Persian Trio Group
Persian folklore with classical, jazz, and flamenco influences. Performance by Emad Bonakdar (guitar), Dina Zarif (vocals), and Mohammad Hassanzadeh (Kamancheh, Persian stringed instrument).
8:00pm – 9:20pm: SHORE: Story
A curated reading by Emily Johnson featuring writers Em Reit, Daphne Gottlieb, Tria Wakpa Blu, and Wilfredo Pascual.
9:30pm – 10:00pm: Ampersan
Mexican folk & contemporary classical instrumentation.

More About SHORE

SHORE is a multi-day performance installation that celebrates the places where people meet and merge – land and water, performer and audience, art and community, past, present, and future. Over the course of a week, SHORE invites the audience to four equal parts: community action in partnership with community organizations, story (a curated reading), a performance that begins outdoors and moves into ODC Theater, and a festive potluck feast. Curated by Emily Johnson.
*Register/RSVP for the four parts of SHORE here: http://goo.gl/forms/YfjsMzNxyf

About Emily Johnson/Catalyst
Emily Johnson is an artist who makes body-based work. Originally from Alaska, she is currently based in Minneapolis. Since 1998 Johnson has been creating richly layered works that blur distinctions between performance and daily life. Her dances function as installations, engaging audiences within and through a space and environment — interacting with a place’s architecture, history and its role in community. Johnson is a recipient of a 2014 Doris Duke Artist Award. Her work is currently supported by Creative Capital, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, MAP Fund, a Joyce Award, the McKnight Foundation and the Doris Duke Residency to Build Demand for the Arts. Johnson is a current Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at the University of Minnesota, a 2014 Fellow at the Robert Rauschenberg Residency, a 2012 Headlands Center for the Arts and MacDowell Artist in Residence, a Native Arts and Cultures Fellow for 2011, a MANCC Choreographer Fellow (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016), a MAP Fund grant recipient (2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013) and a 2009 McKnight Fellow. She received a 2012 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Performance for her work The ThankYou Bar at New York Live Arts.

About Ampersan

Ampersan integrates sounds of different ages, nationalities and poetries. Since their inception in 2007, Ampersan has been rooted in the traditional, acoustic-based music of Mexico while expanding their reach through forays into contemporary classical music and sound experimentation. Mixing prehispanic instruments such as clay ocarinas, colonial instruments like jaranas and violins, and African instruments such as the darbuka with the distortion of an electric guitar and synthesizers, Ampersan gathers together the feelings of peasant songs, son, psychedelic rock, and electronica.

Admission: Free.
Time: 2pm-10pm. All ages welcome.
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Glenda Bates Presents: Oboe-Tronics: Contemporary Electro-Acoustic Works for Oboes
2015-08-06 19:30 - 22:00
The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to welcome Glenda Bates presenting Oboe-Tronics. An oboist for the contemporary world, Glenda Bates delves into the world of 21st century classical music. Glenda Bates’ Oboe-Tronics features contemporary solo and electro-acoustic works for the oboe and English horn. The program presents the oboe, an archaic instrument, as a beacon of virtuosity and timbral expression for present-day composers. Bates explores various types of contemporary classical music, from tonal minimalism and neo-romanticism to crooked atonal melodies and thumping electronic grooves.

Featuring:
Glenda Bates – oboe, Baroque oboe, and English horn

Get a feel for Glenda Bates’ Oboe-Tronics on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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The Danny Green Trio: Converging Brazilian and Jazz Music
2015-08-07 19:30 - 22:00
Emulating various types of Brazilian music using beguiling, brisk melodies and a vast array of intricate rhythms, The Danny Green Trio excellently brings together the sounds and traditions of Brazilian and jazz music. Called “a musical mind of rare sensitivity and rigor,” pianist Green is quickly scaling the ranks of new jazz talent. This virtuoso group is currently on tour promoting their acclaimed album After the Calm.
Featuring:
Danny Green – piano
Justin Grinnell – bass
Julien Cantelm – drums

“While Green, Grinnell and Cantelm all have memorable moments on After the Calm, it’s as a unit that they most impress. Their sensitivity to one another enables them to negotiate intricate passages with ease and to neatly execute pinpoint shifts in direction and dynamics. That rapport is a key to their ability to inject freshness into a jazz piano trio tradition that dates back more than 80 years.” – George Varga, San Diego Union Tribune
Get a feel for The Danny Green Trio’s music on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Admission: $12-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Event at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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La Bohemia Productions Presents: Ampersan from Mexico City: Mexican Folk & Contemporary Classical Instrumentation With Electronic Waves
2015-08-08 19:30 - 22:00
In partnership with the Red Poppy Art House, La Bohemia Productions presents Mexico-City based group, Ampersan. Since its inception in 2007, Ampersan has been rooted in the traditional, acoustic-based music of Mexico while expanding its reach through forays into contemporary classical music and sound experimentation. Mixing pre-hispanic instruments such as clay ocarinas, colonial instruments like jaranas and violins, and African instruments such as the darbuka with the distortion of an electric guitar and synthesizers, Ampersan gathers together the feelings of peasant songs, son, psychedelic rock and electronica.

Featuring:
Zindu Cano – guitar, jarana, vocals
Kevin García – electric guitar, punteador, vocals
Héctor Aguilar – percussions
Vico Díaz – leona
Selene González – video mapping

Catch up on Ampersan’s latest updates on Facebook.
More on La Bohemia Productions:
La Bohemia Productions is a music promotion and production project pursuing its true passion: to present the new sounds of Latin acoustic and contemporary alternative music. As part of the Bay Area’s richly diverse musical scene, La Bohemia seeks to open spaces for emerging and world-renowned artists redefining the sounds of current musical landscapes around the world.

Admission: $12-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Jazz in the Neighborhood Presents: Jeffrey Burr Trio - First Show of "Three in a Row"
2015-08-09 16:00 - 18:00
As part of the new monthly series at the Red Poppy Art House, Jazz in the Neighborhood presents Three in a Row – three concerts highlighting the music of local jazz guitarists. The series will feature Jeffrey Burr Trio on August 9, Steve Erquiaga and Frank Martin on September 13, and John Schott Actual Trio on October 11. Be sure to take advantage of special ticket pricing for all three events! Click here to purchase.

Jeffrey Burr is lauded for his combination of effortless bebop and a winsome chordal technique, which he uses to build the harmonic qualities of his songs. His preferred stylistic approach emphasizes mainstream straight-ahead jazz influence, using his voice as the primary expressive force, Jeffrey utilizes his music to explore narratives as he believes in forming an emotional connection with the listener, creating satisfying musical experiences and blurring the distinction between art and entertainment. His latest recording, featuring mostly his own compositions, is entitled Bright Blue.
Featuring:
Eric Markowitz – bass
Hamir Atwal – drums
Jeffrey Burr – guitar
More on Jazz in the Neighborhood:
The mission of Jazz in the Neighborhood is to celebrate and invigorate the Bay Area’s rich, musical jazz heritage by creating more opportunities for established local musicians to perform, mentor aspiring players, and share this great American art form with the community. Through collaboration with school music programs and adult big bands, the project enables top-caliber artists to push creative boundaries while helping developing musicians “learn on the bandstand” according to the great jazz tradition. Performances in neighborhood venues not only showcase the wealth of local talent, but also create regular destinations for people to enjoy rich cultural and social experiences where they live.

Admission: $20 online / $25-30 door / $5 student. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Advance tickets: http://goo.gl/Q3cQ3c
Doors at 3:30pm. Show at 4:00pm. All ages welcome.
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Discussion 3: Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex
2015-08-13 20:00 - 22:00
Discussions and Performance by Marcus Shelby
Research and Workshops by Jacqueline Ramos
with Support from the The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present the second series of Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex on June 18, July 9, August 13, and August 28, 2015. Marcus Shelby returns to the Red Poppy for the continuation of interactive discussions concerning our justice system.

Led by composer, bassist, and bandleader, Marcus Shelby, the series will explore the prison industrial complex, mass incarceration, the school-to-prison pipeline, the black prison movement, incarcerated women, restorative justice, prison abolition, and more. The evenings will include special guests, readings, live music, recorded music, poetry, and video. These discussions are open to anyone interested in ending the prison industrial complex and how music and art can be used as a powerful vehicle in that process.

Discussion 3 features special guest speaker and SF native, Kevin Epps, a community activist and award-winning filmmaker. Epps presents his film Solutions Not Suspensions, which examines our education system and the disturbing systemic school-to-prison pipeline and how restorative justice and restorative practices can make a difference.

Discussion and Performance Schedule:
Thursday, June 18 – Discussion 1
The Prison Industrial Complex: School-to-Prison Pipeline
Thursday, July 9 – Discussion 2 (postponed to August 27)
Mass Incarceration: Public Health Epidemic, Incarcerated Women, Families Affected by Incarceration
Thursday, August 13 – Discussion 3
Ending the Death Penalty, Restorative Justice, Prison Abolition
Friday, August 28 – Performance
The Marcus Shelby Ensemble with Excerpts from Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio

Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio is commissioned by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and will premiere at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on September 27, 2015.

Admission: $10 suggested donation per discussion and $20 suggested donation for performance. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Doors at 7:30pm. Discussion at 8:00pm. All ages welcome.
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A Benefit Performance for the Red Poppy With Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos
2015-08-14 20:00 - 22:00
Yaelisa and Caminos Flamencos have graciously offered to donate 100% of this night’s proceeds to the Poppy’s goal to raising $30k by the end of 2015! Please come out for this exceptional evening of flamenco and to support the Red Poppy Art House on Friday, August 14, 2015.
Cast:
Yaelisa – dance
Jason McGuir – guitar
Jose Cortes – vocals
Marlon Aldana – percussion
Paul Martin Sounder – upright bass
Caminos Flamencos’ mission is to enrich and educate the community by presenting innovative contemporary and traditional works which reflect the “nuevo flamenco” movement in Spain today. Since 1993, Artistic Director Yaelisa has collaborated with artists in other mediums, incorporating top musicians in the field of jazz, Latin and Afro-Cuban music. Her choreographies have been commissioned by Collage Dance Theatre, Malashock Dance & Company, San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Stanford Danza Espanola and the Internacional Certamen de Coreografía in Madrid, Spain.
During the last twelve years, Yaelisa has spent extensive periods of time living and performing in Spain, presenting her choreography there and in the U.S. Her choreographies have been commissioned by several modern dance companies, including John Malashock & Company, Rose Polsky and Collage Dance Theatre. In 1995, she was one of 11 choreographers in Spain invited to present a piece at the prestigious Certamen de Coreografia in Madrid, and the only American choreographer chosen among them. In 1996, she returned to the U.S. where she continues to choreograph, develop and train dancers for her company. Creating innovative theatrical presentations has established her as a choreographer of merit; she is the recipient of an Emmy Award for Choreography in 1993 for the PBS program, Desde Cadiz a Sevilla, and a Choreography Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1996.

Admission: $20-50. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm. All ages welcome.
Advance tickets: http://caminosflamencosbenefit.bpt.me
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The VNote Ensemble: Venezuelan Folk with Jazz Sensibilities
2015-08-15 20:00 - 22:00
Hailed for their spirited performances of Latin, folk, and adventurous jazz, The VNote Ensemble brings their unique musical sound to the Poppy. Giving voice to a treasure trove of Venezuelan music, the group explores original musical connections from North American jazz to traditional Venezuelan folk songs. The VNote Ensemble combines the lively rhythms of joropo, swing, gaita, soul, be-bop, calypso and more. VNote’s latest album, Urbano, features a three-movement suite called “Suite Jazznera” written by the ensemble with the generous support of a new works grant funded by SF Friends of Chamber Music.

Featuring:
Jackeline Rago – Venezuelan cuatro, bandola, percussion
Donna Viscuso – flute, harmonica
Sam Bevan – bass
Michaelle Goerlitz – percussion

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Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm. All ages welcome.
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Jessica Fichot: French Chanson and Shanghai Jazz
2015-08-21 20:00 - 22:00
Jessica Fichot‘s acoustic style takes audiences on a journey out of the French chanson tradition and into the lands of gypsy jazz, 1940s Chinese swing, and international folk. With a French/Chinese/American upbringing and a pioneering spirit all her own, Jessica has brought her imagination to audiences across the world, backed by a fiery band, and armed with her accordion, toy piano, and multilingual vocals. Her first albums, Le Chemin and Le Secret, offer a beguiling musical tour that captivates listeners with an international savvy and a cross-cultural whimsy that’s utterly infectious.
Featuring:
Jessica Fichot – vocals, accordion
Sylvain Carton – clarinet, sax
Adrien Prévost – guitar
PJ Wyderka – upright bass
“Delightful. completely modern tunes that evoke the feel of a bygone time and place, where the cultures of east and west collide in unexpected ways” – LA Weekly
“A delicious blend of acoustic styles” – San Francisco Chronicle
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Admission: $10-20. Doors at 7:30pm. Show at 8:00pm. All ages welcome.
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Amy LaCour: Soul, Poetry, & Strings
2015-08-22 19:30 - 22:00
Vocalist and songwriter, Amy LaCour, returns to the Poppy to workshop selections from Any Place But Here, a new song cycle (a set of related songs performed in a sequence) for voice and string quartet.

Any Place But Here explores the human themes of movement, identity, and expansion as reflected through the Great Migration, and using African-American poetry as lyrics. Amy‘s songs convey a young African-American male character migrating out of the South and heading toward an unnamed urban center. The music speaks of hope as a guiding force, the drive towards dignity, and the search for the elusive feeling of belonging in a hostile nation.
Featuring:
Amy LaCour – vocals
Amaranth – string quartet
“The Oakland resident’s remarkable new EP, Yes!, offers LaCour’s gorgeously evocative vocals, eloquent lyrics and beautiful, intricate melodies, enhanced by Misha Khalikulov’s incredibly inventive cello lines… The blend holds a special magic.” – Paul Freeman, Palo Alto Daily News
“If Joni Mitchell is waking up to the sound of a fresh drizzling rain, then LaCour is stepping through the door the moment the sun peeks out. It’s the raw cool of folk warmed with resting embers of soul.” – John Flynn, Metro Silicon Valley
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Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.

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Alejandro y Maria Laura + Diana Gameros: Alejandro y Maria Laura's Farewell Concert
2015-08-25 19:00 - 21:00
Alejandro y Maria Laura is a Peruvian duo consisting of singer-songwriters Alejandro Rivas and María Laura Bustamanate. Together with guest Diana Gameros, they round off their North American tour with a special farewell concert at the Red Poppy Art House.
Alejandro y Maria Laura started making music together in 2009, collaborating on each other’s original songs and doing cover versions of songs from various genres. Back in Lima at the end of 2010, the duo collaborated on the exhibition En Pausa, the final thesis project for María Laura’s performing arts degree, where they experimented with composing songs in reaction to various stimuli. This process yielded such original songs as Abre los ojos, Quiero estar sola, and Estos días. At the beginning of 2011, Mabela Martinez, the host of local TV and radio program Sonidos del Mundo, put the duo in touch with Matías Cella, producer of notable South American artists such as Jorge Drexler and Kevin Johansen. Matías produced the duo’s first record, Paracaídas, which was released in October 2011.
In 2013, they released the music video for Puedo estar sin ti, a song which later received regular radio airplay in Peru. They also started work on their second album, Fiesta para los muertos, featuring collaborations with Susana Baca, Kevin Johansen and Javier Barría. The duo celebrated the release of the record with a concert at the Mario Vargas Llosa Theater in Peru’s National Library. In 2014, they were invited to Brazil by Paulinho Moska, a well-known Brazilian singer, songwriter and actor, and wrote a song for the HBO Latino program, Encuentros en Brasil. Later that year, they were invited to perform at a number of festivals including Indies del Sur (Argentina), Festival Yavería (Colombia), FICIB (Colombia), and the 33rd Encuentro del Canto Popular (San Francisco, CA).
Diana Gameros is a Latin singer-songwriter who performs songs of love, longing, and hope. Originally from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and now living in San Francisco, Gameros creates authentic, inspiring music that reflects the 21st century experiences of a young indie artist at the borderlands between cultures, languages, and genres. Whether teasing every ounce of expression from her acoustic guitar in an intimate cafe or bringing people to their feet in a club with her dynamic full band, Gameros transfixes listeners with her soaring vocals, impressive playing and captivating stage presence.
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Admission: $10. Doors at 6:30pm. Show at 7:00pm. All ages welcome.
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Discussion 2: Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex, Series 2
2015-08-27 19:00 - 21:00
Discussions and Performance by Marcus Shelby
Research and Workshops by Jacqueline Ramos
with Support from the The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present the second series of Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex on June 18, July 9, August 13, and August 28, 2015. Marcus Shelby returns to the Red Poppy for the continuation of interactive discussions concerning our justice system.

Led by composer, bassist, and bandleader, Marcus Shelby, the series explores the prison industrial complex, mass incarceration, the school-to-prison pipeline, the black prison movement, incarcerated women, restorative justice, prison abolition, and more. The evenings include special guests, readings, live music, recorded music, poetry, and video. These discussions are open to anyone interested in ending the prison industrial complex and how music and art can be used as a powerful vehicle in that process.
Discussion 2 will focus on mass incarceration and its impact on public health, as well as other topics such as families impacted by incarceration, incarcerated women, and immigration. Joining Marcus Shelby and Jackie Ramos is special guest speaker, Isaac Taggart Sr., the program director of PUEBLO’S Reentry Program. The evening will close with Marcus Shelby on bass, Jackie Ramos sharing a poem, and an open mic for people to share their art (songs, raps, freestyle, poetry).
PUEBLO’S mission is to advocate for the needs of low-income residents of Oakland by grassroots organizing, offering leadership training, and initiating policy reform. PUEBLO has won reforms in the areas of public health, education, living wage, environmental justice, youth development, and public safety. An Oakland resident, Isaac Taggart Sr. has over 15 years experience in assisting individuals transitioning from welfare to work and parole-probation to payroll. He spent 3 years working as a Reentry Specialist for Mayor Ronald Dellums and played a key role in developing the policy, “Ban the Box,” which eliminates the question about past convictions on applications for employment and housing in the Alameda County. Isaac and Marcus have worked together at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) helping recently incarcerated men and their families on health promotion and disease prevention.

Discussion and Performance Schedule:
Thursday, June 18 – Discussion 1
The Prison Industrial Complex: School-to-Prison Pipeline
Thursday, July 9 – Discussion 2 (postponed to August 27)
Mass Incarceration: Public Health Epidemic, Incarcerated Women, Families Affected by Incarceration
Thursday, August 13 – Discussion 3
Ending the Death Penalty, Restorative Justice, Prison Abolition
Friday, August 28 – Performance
The Marcus Shelby Ensemble with Excerpts from Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio

Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio is commissioned by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and will premiere at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on September 27, 2015.

Admission: $10 suggested donation per discussion and $20 suggested donation for performance. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Doors at 6:30pm. Discussion at 7:00pm. All ages welcome.
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Performance: Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex, Series 2 - The Marcus Shelby Ensemble
2015-08-28 19:00 - 22:00
Discussions and Performance by Marcus Shelby
Research and Workshops by Jacqueline Ramos
with Support from the The Yerba Buena Gardens Festival
The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present the second series of Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex on June 18, July 9, August 13, and August 28, 2015. Marcus Shelby returns to the Red Poppy for the continuation of interactive discussions concerning our justice system.

Led by composer, bassist, and bandleader, Marcus Shelby, the series will explore the prison industrial complex, mass incarceration, the school-to-prison pipeline, the black prison movement, incarcerated women, restorative justice, prison abolition, and more. The evenings will include special guests, readings, live music, recorded music, poetry, and video. These discussions are open to anyone interested in ending the prison industrial complex and how music and art can be used as a powerful vehicle in that process.

Discussion and Performance Schedule:
Thursday, June 18 – Discussion 1
The Prison Industrial Complex: School-to-Prison Pipeline
Thursday, July 9 – Discussion 2 (postponed to August 27)
Mass Incarceration: Public Health Epidemic, Incarcerated Women, Families Affected by Incarceration
Thursday, August 13 – Discussion 3
Ending the Death Penalty, Restorative Justice, Prison Abolition
Friday, August 28 – Performance
The Marcus Shelby Ensemble with Excerpts from Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio

Beyond the Blues: A Prison Oratorio is commissioned by the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival and will premiere at the Yerba Buena Gardens Festival on September 27, 2015.

Admission: $10 suggested donation per discussion and $20 suggested donation for performance. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Doors at 6:30pm. Show at 7:00pm. All ages welcome.
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Leni Stern African Trio: Groove-Filled African Jazz
2015-08-29 19:30 - 22:00
The Leni Stern African Trio trio performs original compositions in the funk, jazz, rock, and folk styles, all through the lens of West African rhythms and tonalities. Leni Stern is an awarded electric guitarist and songwriter, leading a trio with Senegalese master musicians Alioune Faye and Mamadou Ba. Their lyrics are poignant and emotional, using naturalistic imagery to convey borderless ideas and stories, music that is meaningful to audiences of all ages and races.

Ms. Stern studied for several years with Bassekou Kouyate and Ami Sacko in Mali, later performing in the bands of Salif Keita, Baaba Maal and Toumani Diabate. She performed for five years in a row at the Festival in the Desert in Essekane and Timbuktu, and she was recently featured in the full-length documentary about the festival, Last Song Before the War.
Featuring:
Leni Stern ‒ electric guitar, vocals, n’goni, calabash
Alioune Faye ‒ djembe, calabash, backing vocals
Mamadou Ba ‒ electric bass
“Stern doesn’t collaborate with the West Africans so much as commune with them, she never sounds out of her element, even when her pop and jazz sensibilities are most apparent.” ‒ The Washington Post
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Admission: $10-15. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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The Musical Art Quintet: Chamber with Soul
2015-09-04 19:30 - 22:00
The Musical Art Quintet was formed in 2008 as part of the Classical Revolution movement. Although classically trained, the members of The Musical Art Quintet are skilled improvisors that each bring with them an area of expertise. Whether it is Argentine tango, Afro-Cuban son, klezmer, classical works, or even electronica, the Quintet is at home. Their debut recording, Nuevo Chamber, has received much critical acclaim and a second album, Chamber con Alma, is currently in the works.
Featuring:
Anthony Blea – violin
Thomas Yee – violin
Charith Premawardhana – viola
Erin Wang – cello
Sascha Jacobsen – bass

“A stunning demonstration of how jazz improvisation can be performed as effectively by an ensemble of string players as it can by any more conventional combo.” – SF Examiner
“Composer-bassist Sascha Jacobsen’s concoctions hop nimbly through a world of styles while impressing with ear-catching intricacy and handsome technique….” – SF Bay Guardian
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Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Daniel Riera Ensemble: "The Wind Controller:" Future Flutist With Electric Ensemble
2015-09-05 19:30 - 22:00
Drawing inspiration from 70’s jazz and funk and the rhythmic tug of post-Dilla hip-hop, Daniel Riera premieres works for flute, wind-controller and electric ensemble. A San Francisco native, Daniel is a flutist, bassist, producer, sound-designer and teacher known for his enchanting performances on the wind-controller, a digital woodwind delivering earth-shaking bass, acidic melodies and even chords. Winner of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, he graduated Berklee College of Music with honors. He performs with the groups Soltrón and The Congress.

Featuring:
Daniel Riera – wind controller, flute
Parker Grant – keyboards
Schuyler Karr – bass
Dame Drummer – drums, sampler
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PC: Tom Ehrlich

Admission: $1o-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Marcus Shelby Presents: Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex, Series 3, Discussion 1
2015-09-10 20:00 - 22:00
The Red Poppy Art House is pleased to present the third series of Beyond the Blues: Ending the Prison Industrial Complex on September 10, October 8, November 12, and December 10, 2015. Marcus Shelby and Jacqueline Ramos return to the Red Poppy for the continuation of these interactive discussions concerning our justice system.

Led by composer, bassist, and bandleader, Marcus Shelby, the series explores the prison industrial complex, restorative justice, prison abolition, the death penalty, the school-to-prison pipeline, mass incarceration, and more. The evenings include special guests, readings, live and recorded music, poetry, and video. These discussions are open to anyone interested in ending the prison industrial complex and how music and art can be used as a powerful vehicle in that process.

Discussion Schedule:
Thurs, 9/10 – Discussion 1
Music and Its Power in Social Justice; Restorative Justice
Thurs, 10/8 – Discussion 2
Prison Abolition and the Death Penalty
Thurs, 11/12 – Discussion 3
School-to-Prison Pipeline Part 3
Thurs, 12/10 – Discussion 4
Action Plan and Solutions to Fight Mass Incarceration

Admission: $10 suggested donation per discussion. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Doors at 7:30pm. Discussion at 8:00pm. All ages welcome.
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Broken Shadows: New Roots & Chamber Folk
2015-09-11 19:30 - 22:00
With songs that place an emphasis on spontaneity, lyrics, and story-telling, Broken Shadows‘ take on roots music includes grooves with origins from around the globe. Broken Shadows is comprised of a highly-adaptable collection of musicians under the leadership of trumpeter/composer Darren Johnston. The ensemble brings poetry, interplay, vocal harmonies, and a cross section of musical interests into a curious new blend of roots/art/dance music. Collectively, members have played and recorded with Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, Quartet San Francisco, Fred Frith, Meklit Hadero, The Nice Guy Trio, Berkeley Symphony, The View From Bernal Hill, ROVA Sax Quartet, Brass Menazeri Balkan brass band, Todd Sickafoose, Marcus Shelby Orchestra, and many others.
Featuring:
Darren Johnston – trumpet, vocals
Matthew Szemela – violin, vocals
Ila Cantor – guitar, vocals
Schuyler Karr – upright bass
Hamir Atwal – drums
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Admission: $10-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Ramon & Jessica's A Cappella Big Band: Six Voices Sing Gertrude Stein
2015-09-12 19:30 - 22:00
Long-time Bay Area collaborators Dina Maccabee and Jesse Olsen Bay present a new incarnation of their eclectic ensemble Ramon & Jessica, as a vocal sextet with special guest singers.

Inspired by Gertrude Stein’s playful language and imagery, this new song cycle builds on the composer’s signature style, using tuneful melodies and complex rhythmic interplay, to bring Stein’s classic book for children, The World Is Round, to life.
Featuring:
Dina Maccabee and Jesse Olsen Bay – vocals, composition
with special guest performers
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Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Jazz in the Neighborhood Presents: Steve Erquiaga and Frank Martin - Second Show of "Three in a Row"
2015-09-13 19:30 - 21:30
As part of the new monthly series at the Red Poppy Art House, Jazz in the Neighborhood presents Three in a Row – three concerts highlighting the music of local jazz guitarists. The series will feature Jeffrey Burr Trio on August 9, Steve Erquiaga and Frank Martin on September 13, and John Schott’s Actual Trio on October 11.

Steve Erquiaga and Frank Martin have been musical compadres going back to the 1970s. They first toured and recorded together in 1978 with the John Handy band. The duo setting showcases their amazing communication, spontaneity and sensitivity. Their original compositions and arrangements cover a broad musical spectrum.
Featuring:
Steve Erquiaga – guitar
Frank Martin – piano
More on the Musicians:
Guitarist/composer and Bay Area native, Steve Erquiaga, has performed and recorded with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Joe Henderson, Les McCann, John Scofield, Andy Narell, David Byrne and The Turtle Island String Quartet. His music can be heard in such films as The Firm, Nina Takes a Lover, and Forrest Gump. He is a published author, an international clinician, and a faculty member at the California Jazz Conservatory in Berkeley, CA.
Keyboardist Frank Martin is a Bay Area native in demand as a studio player, arranger, producer, composer, and performer. His performance history includes concerts with Sting, John McLaughlin, Al Jarreau, Trilok Gurtu, Flora & Airto, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Santana, James Taylor, Joe Farrell Quartet, Larry Coryell, Richard Bona Band, and the Narada Michael Walden Band.
More on Jazz in the Neighborhood:
The mission of Jazz in the Neighborhood is to celebrate and invigorate the Bay Area’s rich, musical jazz heritage by creating more opportunities for established local musicians to perform, mentor aspiring players, and share this great American art form with the community. Through collaboration with school music programs and adult big bands, the project enables top-caliber artists to push creative boundaries while helping developing musicians “learn on the bandstand” according to the great jazz tradition. Performances in neighborhood venues not only showcase the wealth of local talent, but also create regular destinations for people to enjoy rich cultural and social experiences where they live.

Admission: $20 advance, $25 at the door, $5 student, sliding scale. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Advance tickets: http://goo.gl/hRi1Ri
Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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Amendola vs. Blades: From Avant Garde to Funk, Bebop to Rock
2015-09-18 19:30 - 22:00
Wil Blades and Scott Amendola conjure various sonic deities as only a duo, covering everything from avant garde to funk and bebop to rock. Amendola vs. Blades got their start as a group when Scott had the vision of performing Duke Ellington’s Far East Suite with Wil. While quite a daunting task executing a suite (originally written for a big band) as a duo, the Hammond organ had previously been used in the 1940’s and 1950’s to emulate the sound of big bands. With Wil’s knowledge of this tradition and Scott’s desire to push boundaries, they were able to pull it off in a explorative yet cohesive manner. The two continue to perform the Ellington suite in their live performances, while also developing their own original material.

Featuring:
Scott Amendola – drums, percussion, electronics
Wil Blades – Hammond B3, clavinet
“Lean and mean, the AMENDOLA vs. BLADES duo has firmly established itself as one of the liveliest acts in the Bay Area” – Forrest Dylan Bryant, Jazz Observer

Admission: $15-20. Doors at 7:00pm. Show at 7:30pm. All ages welcome.
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