Red Poppy Art House

Rumberos de Radio Habana: Monthly Community Rumba
2018-06-24 14:00 - 17:00, 2018-05-27 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St., San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Rumba music originated in the Afro-Cuban neighborhoods of Havana and Matanzas as the soundtrack to community, partnered dancing and get-togethers as a means of cultural expression. Its global diaspora means rumba rhythms have found their way into other genres of music such as country, rock, and blues, and continue to impact the genres of today. Rumberos de Radio Habana bring their own contribution to the Red Poppy on the fourth Sunday of each month for a free afternoon of beat-making, hip-shaking, and good company.

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Time: 2:00pm event
Admission: Free; donations accepted for musicians ($5-10)
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Caili O'Doherty Quartet: Cross-Cultural Contemporary Jazz Group
2018-06-23 19:30 - 22:00
NYC-based pianist Caili O’Doherty brings her quartet to the Red Poppy for the first time, joined by two Bay Area natives. The performance includes original jazz compositions and arrangements from O’Doherty’s debut album, Padme, as well as new material being prepared for her next record.

FEATURING:
Caili O’Doherty – piano
TBA – bass
Cory Cox – drums
Steven Lugerner – saxophones

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Caili O’Doherty, a Portland native, has performed worldwide at jazz festivals and various venues in Toronto, Panama, Colombia, Ireland, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and throughout the U.S. She released her debut album, Padme, in 2015 and performed an extensive CD release tour on the West and East Coast with her NYC quartet. O’Doherty has received awards for her piano performance and compositions from DownBeat Magazine, as well as an ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Award. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music in 2013, she has embarked on a career to satisfy her equal passions for performing, composing, educating, and humanitarian work.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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The Danny Green Trio: Jazz, Classical & Brazilian Elements
2018-06-22 19:30 - 22:00
Pianist and composer Danny Green tours the Bay Area with his virtuosic trio to present original music from their latest album, One Day It Will, as well as their own take on jazz standards. From melodic, reflective ballads to energetic, playful grooves, the trio’s brilliance shines through the entire night.

FEATURING:
Danny Green – keys
Justin Grinnell – bass
Julien Cantelm – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
A rising force on the jazz scene, Danny Green has distinguished himself with his beautifully articulated touch and melodically charged sensibility. An Origin recording artist, Green’s growing portfolio of vibrant sounds has captured the attention of critics around the world. His work has been featured in the San Diego Union Tribune, the Boston Globe, DownBeat Magazine, Jazziz, and Public Radio International. Green is the recipient of multiple San Diego Music Awards for Best Jazz Album. His trio, including bassist Justin Grinnell and drummer Julien Cantelm, were a featured group at this summer’s San Jose Jazz Festival and at TEDxSanDiego.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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The Solomon Gottfried Quartet: Chordless Chamber Jazz
2018-06-21 19:30 - 22:00
Bassist and composer Solomon Gottfried presents a quartet of young musicians from New York City playing improvised music rooted in the jazz tradition but in a more chamber format. Featuring original compositions from their recently released EP, The Watering Hole, the band also performs new works with the intention of intimately exploring sound, texture, and space.

FEATURING:
Jasper Dütz – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Abdulrahman Amer – trombone
Solomon Gottfried – bass
Jacob Patrone – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The Solomon Gottfried Quartet is made up of young, like-minded improvisers from New York City who aim to provide honest and intellectual music rooted in the jazz tradition. Featuring Jasper Dütz on alto sax and bass clarinet, Abdulrahman Amer on trombone, Solomon Gottfried on bass, and Jacob Patrone on drums, this band explores the shared emotional experiences among us as humans.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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PC Muñoz: Album & Book Release
2018-06-17 19:30 - 22:00
Drummer/poet PC Muñoz returns to the Red Poppy to celebrate the release of his new album, Physical Science, and its companion chapbook, Inside Pocket of a Houndstooth Blazer. The night features two sets of originals and unusual re-inventions through jazz-informed improvisation, art-funk rhythms, electronic soundscapes, and lyrics that deal with America’s darkest open secrets. Joining PC is cellist Alex Kelly, bassist Bryan Dean, and special guests including rapper DEM ONE.

FEATURING:
PC Muñoz – drums, vocals
Alex Kelly – cello, electronics
Bryan Dean – electric bass
DEM ONE – vocals
Special guests – TBA

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
PC Muñoz‘s body of work includes Grammy-nominated contemporary classical music, CMJ-charting funk music, an award-winning haiku CD, and compositions for film and dance. He has collaborated with rock legend Jackson Browne, longtime Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, Emmy-winning virtuoso Van-Anh Vo, and Oakland hip-hop phenom Kev Choice, among others. Muñoz was a 2013 Equilibrium Fellow at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, a 2015 Dresher Ensemble Artist-in-Residence in Oakland, and his work has been praised by NPR, Performing Songwriter, DownBeat, and more. He is a current governor for the San Francisco chapter of the Recording Academy. (Photo by: Alexander Winter)
His new digital album, Physical Science, is a suite of drum-driven compositions that feature instruments—such as the belembaotuyan, an instrument from his Micronesian roots—and vocals performed by Muñoz. Special guests include SoVoSo vocalist Bryan Dyer and avant-garde woodwinds renegade Kyle Bruckmann. A hard-copy chapbook, Inside Pocket of a Houndstooth Blazer, accompanies the release with poetry, art, flash fiction, comics, and more. Download cards with bundled chapbooks will be available at the show.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Melissa Cruz: Collaborations in Flamenco (TWO SHOWS)
2018-06-16 19:00 - 22:00
Flamenco dancer Melissa Cruz presents a series of vignettes that feature collaborations with diverse artists reflecting her development as a local Bay Area working artist.

FEATURING:
Melissa Cruz – dance
Alex Conde – piano
Gregory Masako Jenkins – horns
Marco Peris – percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Melissa Cruz is a Bay Area-based flamenco professional and has been a full-time flamenco artist and instructor for the past 14 years. After being exposed to flamenco while studying Spanish at UC Berkeley, she began dancing with Rosa Montoya and soon thereafter joined Ms. Montoya’s professional company. Apart from frequently performing in theatrical presentations, Cruz teaches a full weekly schedule of flamenco dance classes and presents consistently in the local flamenco cabaret circuit. She is also the dancer and percussionist for the band LoCura, with whom she performs and tours. Recently, she served as adjunct dance faculty at the University of San Francisco, as a guest instructor at the world dance youth program Danceversity, and currently presents her own apprentice dance repertory group. Cruz has performed as a soloist in the San Francisco International Arts Festival in 2012 and 2016 and has presented in eight San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festivals. She was commissioned to present a solo representing the genre of flamenco in the 2013 San Francisco Isadora Duncan Awards Ceremony and was a featured artist in the 2014 Tucson Flamenco Festival. Currently, Cruz is principal dancer and choreographer for the San Francisco Flamenco Dance Company, which debuted the show Mares in September 2016. (Photo courtesy of #VisitOakland)

EVENT DETAILS

Time: (First Show) 6:30pm doors / 7:00-8:15pm show
(Second Show) 8:30pm doors / 8:45-10:00pm show
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The Mulberry Project w/ Brenna MacCrimmon: Remembering Haig Manoukian
2018-06-15 19:30 - 22:00
The Mulberry Project’s Summer 2018 concerts feature international musicians who specialize in the revival of rare Ottoman-Turkish and Balkan music. Inspired by the lively performance aesthetic documented on thousands of 78 RPM records from the region, the members of the Mulberry Project present new compositions in addition to the core repertoire of folk and urban art music from Istanbul and beyond. These concerts are dedicated to the memory of oud master Haig Manoukian.

FEATURING:
Brenna MacCrimmon – vocals
Phaedon Sinis – kanun, lyra
Beth Bahia Cohen – violin
Paul Brown – bass
Adam Good – oud
Polly Tapia Ferber – percussion
Souren Baronian – clarinet, percussion

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
The Mulberry Project is a collaboration among a group of musicians, geographically scattered across the continent, but unified by their passion, virtuosity, and deep expertise in the art and folk music of Ottoman worlds past and present.
Learn more: Brenna MacCrimmon | Orkestra Keyif

EVENT DETAILS

Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Duo Moldova & Mahala: An Evening of Moldavian & Romanian Lautari Music
2018-06-09 19:30 - 22:00
Moldavian and Romanian traditional music is known for swift, complex rhythms, musical improvisation, and rich melodic ornamentation. Traditionally performed by Romani musicians, the Lautari musical style encompasses soul-wrenching ballads, high-energy wedding dances, and village-style tunes. Hailing straight from the source and having been steeped in this tradition from birth, Duo Moldova passionately embodies these traditions, transporting the audience back to the weddings and the summer nights on the porches where the duo grew up. Opening the evening and making its world debut is new San Francisco-based group Mahala with special guest guitarist Alex Hand.

FEATURING:
Duo Moldova
Sergei – accordion
Valera – violin
Mahala
Andrew Cohen – accordion
Balder ten Cate – cimbalom
Marika Dvorak – violin
Travis Hendrix – upright bass
Alex Hand – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Duo Moldova performs traditional Lautari music from Moldova, Romania, and beyond. Raised in Chisinau, Moldova, accordionist Sergei and violinist Valera are some of the best musicians in this tradition.
Mahala is a new collaborative project bringing together some of the finest musicians from the local Bay Area Balkan music scene. The group performs both traditional as well as original music in the Romanian and Moldavian Lautari style.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Redwood Tango Ensemble: Contemporary Tango & Chamber Music - "Prizefighter" Record Release
2018-06-08 19:30 - 22:00
Oakland’s Redwood Tango Ensemble celebrates the vinyl release of Prizefighter, wildly imaginative contemporary tango music written by bandoneonist and composer Charles Gorczynski and developed by the band over the last two years. A deeply personal and adventurous set, the ensemble presents the album in its entirety, along with other contemporary tango works by Diego Schissi, Julian Peralta, Daniel Ruggiero, and Astor Piazzolla.

FEATURING:
Charles Gorczynski – bandoneón
Elyse Weakley – piano
Mia Bella D’Augelli – violin
Ishtar Hernandez – violin
Anton Estaniel – cello
Daniel Fabricant – double bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Redwood Tango Ensemble (RTE) is a contemporary tango sextet from Oakland, California. Led by composer and bandoneonist Charles Gorczynski, the ensemble has developed a signature style and sound within the world of tango composition, writing honest and imaginative music that challenges conventional notions of genre and musical identity. RTE is a tango group in its lifeblood, and its sound and sensibility also reach into new music, chamber music, and modern jazz.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Duo Vis-À-Vis: The Final Chamber Works of Brahms and Rachmaninov
2018-06-04 19:30 - 21:00
Join Duo Vis-À-Vis for their San Francisco concert debut at the Red Poppy Art House. The duo, comprising of violist Brandin Kreuder and pianist Craig Jordan, has been touring across the United States and abroad for the last two years. The duo’s name translates to “face to face,” alluding to their mission of bringing audiences closer to classical and contemporary chamber music through live performance and conversations about the personal and historical backgrounds behind their selections in intimate spaces.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $10 online / $15 door / Free admission for students and children
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Cairo Guitar Collective: New Compositions by Egyptian Composers
2018-06-03 19:30 - 22:00
Cairo Guitar Collective performs newly commissioned works by Egypt’s best composers. The program features Bahaa El Ansary’s avant-garde trio for two guitars and oud (Love the sounds, which sounds, as it sounds), Ashraf Fouad’s tuneful guitar trio (Tre Angoli), Amr Okba’s sensual guitar duet (A Case for Meditation), as well as Karim Frege’s playful guitar duet (The Silk Road).

FEATURING:
Taha El Mansy – guitar, oud
Pawel Kuzma – guitar
Chelsea Green – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Cairo Guitar Collective (CGC) is dedicated to the performance of quality works for small guitar ensembles and is comprised of some of the best classical guitarists in Egypt. CGC offers its audience the experience of hearing the guitar played in surprising ways. The collective’s mission is to perform beyond Egypt as representatives of Egypt’s music culture; commission new compositions for guitar duet, trio, and quartet; unite a community of classical guitar enthusiasts throughout Egypt; provide professional performance experience for aspiring classical guitarists; conduct educational outreach presentations and workshops throughout Egypt; and spread awareness of AUC’s Bachelor of Musical Arts degree program.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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June 2nd MAPP @ Red Poppy Art House
2018-06-02 17:00 - 22:00
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 kaleidoscope of individuals and communities.

RPAH PROGRAM:

Time
Performance/Event
Description

5:00-7:00
Fernanda Martínez: Suspended
Artist reception & visual art exhibition

7:05-7:30
Misha Khalikulov & Elise Kwon
Cello & piano

7:35-8:05
San Pancho
Jazz Latin soul ft. Daniel Riera (guitar), Arturo Riera (percussion), Camille Mai (vocals)

8:15-8:45
Jody Richardson & David Katz
Violin & guitar free improvisations

9:00-9:30
Emad Bonakdar Trio
Persian, flamenco & jazz ft. Emad Bonakdar (strings), Nima Hafezieh (piano), Matineh Shaker (vocals)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Fernanda Martínez’s art is best recognized for its highly expressive spirit and its fascinating colors and contrasts. Through her work, she explores the relation with the environment by incorporating nature elements as themes and abstract shapes that reaffirm her appeal for flowers and plants. Her artwork highlights a free character with a marked emphasis for colorful patterns, using gouache and acrylic as mediums.

Cellist Misha Khalikulov and pianist Elise Kwon specialize in both classical and non-classical music that incorporates soulful, elegant, and sentimental arrangements.

Daniel Riera is a flutist, bassist, wind-controllerist, producer, composer, and sound designer from San Francisco. He is active as a stage performer with his jazz quartet, the Daniel Riera Ensemble, and groups such as Soltrón, Blind Willies, Marcus Cohen and the Congress, and the Retromaniax. He is also a hip-hop producer with credits including 2013 iTunes chart-topping album Cardboard Castles by Watsky. Riera releases his solo hip-hop/electronic music under the alias Tito Tunes.

A Bay Area native of Vietnamese and French descent, Camille Mai was born in 1993 and started composing for piano as soon as she could reach the keys. In 2005, her family moved to Paris, where she studied composition with pianist Jay Gottlieb and performed with local jazz and pop acts. By the age of 18, she had recorded two EPs. Now a regular of the San Francisco music scene, Mai has been featured in venues as diverse as Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, the SF Conservatory of Music, Carnaval SF, Peace Day Fest, and the Red Poppy Art House where she was a resident artist in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, she organized a tour of the West Coast with her then-jazz ensemble The View From Bernal Hill. Mai has also been commissioned as a composer for interdisciplinary projects like Día de los Muertos at Davies Hall, Teobi’s Dreaming, and 43 Artists for Ayotzinapa.

Equally at home in contemporary styles as they are in the traditional music of their respective home cultures, San Francisco native Jody Richardson (violin) and Israeli-born David Katz (guitar) play spontaneously erupting music that draws freely from all available sources.

Emad Bonakdar is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and performer with a style influenced by his love of traditional Persian music, coupled with expressive and soulful flamenco music. His first concert in fusion music was in Tehran in 1991, and his first album, ARG, was inspired by the culture of the ancient Persian Empire. He has also composed movie scores including Mom’s Guest. Bonakdar was nominated in New York’s World Music Festival in 2004, and he performed for a benefit concert for the 2003 Bam (Kerman) earthquake. In the U.S., he formed the band Mezghoon with vocalist Mima Goodarz.

Matineh Shaker grew up in Iran and moved to the United States in 2008. She was interested in singing from a very young age and received vocal and piano training in Iran. Later, she expanded her skills by studying piano and music theory with Tal Zilber from New England Conservatory. Shaker took vocal and solfège lessons along with Persian classical music—radeef—with Shadi Ebrahmi, and she further fine-tuned her skills with Mojgan Shajarian. She joined Sayeh Ensemble in Boston in 2014, with the mission of writing and playing Persian classical music for an Iranian audience, as well as specially familiarizing the non-Iranian audience with such music. She performed as a solo and duet vocalist in numerous events across New England, from Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and Harvard Silk Road Project, to many performances at cultural events in universities and two popular full-feature concerts in Boston. Shaker was a performer in a cross-cultural music company in New York, Floating Tower, singing in Farsi alongside musicians from the Middle East and improvising on Persian tunes. She continues to be inspired by the music of cultures from around the world to advance her vocal art.

Nima Hafezieh is an Iranian composer and pianist born in 1994 in Iran. His talent in music was found at the age of four, and he was awarded a piano from the president of Iran at the age of 10. Going to music school at 15, he was accepted to Tehran Music School to study piano and composition. Hafezieh is currently working as a music transcriber/editor and music education advisor in support of the blind musicians and students with the Association of Blind Students and Graduates in Iran. He is known amongst the disabled as an ingenious artist.

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Time: 5:00pm event
Admission: Free
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Suspended: Artist Reception w/ Fernanda Martínez
2018-06-02 17:00 - 19:00
For her first solo exhibition at the Red Poppy Art House, Fernanda Martínez presents Suspended, a story of contemplation and revelation. Inspired by nature, the artist reveals patterns and colors belonging to a slow dimension, visible only through contemplation. Suspended is a celebration of life, of authenticity, of the present moment; it shows the beauty of process.
In conjunction with the June 2nd MAPP, the Red Poppy invites you to join the artist and curator for the opening reception from 5:00-7:00pm.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Fernanda Martínez’s art is best recognized for its highly expressive spirit and its fascinating colors and contrasts. Through her work, she explores the relation with the environment by incorporating nature elements as themes and abstract shapes that reaffirm her appeal for flowers and plants. Her artwork highlights a free character with a marked emphasis for colorful patterns, using gouache and acrylic as mediums.
Martínez is a self-taught Mexican artist based in Oakland, California. She graduated in communications and moved to California where she created La Tinta, her personal brand. La Tinta’s original art and products can be found in local Bay Area stores and select online platforms.

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Time: 5:00pm event
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Viktorija Gečytė & Gene Perla Quartet: Jazz for Today
2018-06-01 19:30 - 22:00
Lithuanian singer Viktorija Gečytė and American double-bassist Gene Perla have been enchanting audiences for the past 10 years, touring the U.S. and Europe. Their music springs from the Great American Songbook, including jazz standards, original compositions, and rarely performed musical gems.

FEATURING:
Viktorija Gecyte – vocals
Gene Perla – double bass
Sean Gough – piano
Jon Arkin – drums

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Viktorija Gečytė started her singing career as a child television star in her native Lithuania. After graduating from Lafayette College in the United States, she settled down in Paris where she performs regularly at jazz clubs and festivals. Elegant, swinging, and sophisticated beyond her years, Gečytė bears comparison with the greats. She has great phrasing, impeccable timing, a low velvet voice with smoky hues, and hits every note on the button.
Raised in New Jersey, Gene Perla studied classical piano and trombone. After attending Berklee School, he moved to New York and performed with Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Elvin Jones, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, Joni Mitchell, Buddy Rich, Sonny Rollins, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, and Sarah Vaughan. Perla formed publishing and record labels and toured South America for six months with Steve Grossman and Don Alias. Other efforts include a Tony Award for Broadway’s City of Angels, as well as teaching music business at Lehigh University and the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC.

Learn more: (Viktorija) Facebook | YouTube | (Gene) Facebook
Photo by: Peter Tilley

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Pascal's Triangle: No-Boundaries, Modern Jazz Piano Trio
2018-05-27 19:30 - 22:00
Grammy-nominated jazz pianist and composer Pascal Le Boeuf presents a collection of new and classic original works with an “advanced-propulsion rhythm team” (New York Times) comprised of Bay Area heroes Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass and Malachi Whitson on drums.

FEATURING:
Pascal Le Boeuf – piano
Giulio Xavier Cetto – bass
Malachi Whitson – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Described as “sleek, new” and “hyper-fluent” by the New York Times, Pascal Le Boeuf is a Grammy-nominated composer, pianist, and producer whose works range from modern improvised music to cross-breeding classical with production-based technology. He is widely recognized for his polyrhythmic approach to chamber music and hybridization of disparate idioms.
Learn more: Facebook | YouTube
Photo by: Nadine Sherman

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
Admission: $20-25 general / $15 student. Ticket availability at the door is limited and contingent on online sales.
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California Choro Club: Celebrating 40 Years of SF Carnaval!
2018-05-26 19:30 - 22:00
Celebrating 40 years of SF Carnaval, the Red Poppy Art House and curator Andrew Scott present two days of Carnaval-inspired performances. On Saturday, California Choro Club brings the upbeat sounds of samba and choro directly from Brazil to San Francisco.

FEATURING:
Katia Moraes – vocals
Eduardo Souza – Brazilian guitar
Ted Falcon – violin, mandolin
Rebecca Kleinmann – flute
Ami Molinelli – percussion

ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Since arriving from London 30 years ago, Andrew Scott has been an active Bay Area musician, producer, and audio engineer. He runs Studio 401 in Bernal Heights providing recording, mastering, and live-sound services. His wife, Pauline, is a highly regarded local artist, and his children, Chloë and Jody, are established local musicians.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Katia Moraes began performing in the 1980s, sharing the stage with the high-energy Brazilian band O Espirito da Coisa. Since then, she has worked with some of the foremost acts around the globe, including Sergio Mendes, Airto Moreira, Oscar Castro-Neves, Rita Lee, Elba Ramalho, Sandy and Junior, Banda Cheiro de Amor, George Duke, Alex Acuña and Justo Almario’s Tolú, Latin Project, and Praful. In 1990, Moraes moved to LA, where she began working as a voiceover artist in film and television. In 2011, she created the annual musical entitled Brazilian Heart, a celebration paying homage to inspiring Brazilian singer-songwriters. (Photo by: Jorge Vismara)
Brazilian guitarist Eduardo Souza performs with the choro group Folha Seca, as well as with Gypsy Jazz Club, Tiago Tunes, Sérgio Morais, and Alessandra Terribili. He leads his own samba trio where he sings original compositions and plays guitar. His musical influences include Chico Buarque, Villa-Lobos, Dilermando Reis, Adoniran Barbosa, Manu Chao, Piazzolla, Bach, Flaming Lips, and Camarón de la Isla.
American violinist, mandolinist, and composer Ted Falcon grew up listening to jazz and the Brazilian music of Villa-Lobos, Tom Jobim, and Luiz Bonfá. He has lived and worked as a professional musician in New York City, Los Angeles, São Paulo, and Brasília. Falcon has written and published several books about Brazilian music for the Escola de Choro Raphael Rabello (Clube do Choro), the nation’s most respected choro school. He has performed with Hermeto Pascoal, Dominguinhos, Armandinho Macêdo, Thiago Espirito Santo, Hamilton de Holanda, and many other incredible Brazilian musicians. In the U.S., Falcon has performed alongside David Grisman and Mike Marshall, and has recorded with Suzanne Vega and Ben E. King.
Rebecca Kleinmann is an acclaimed flutist, singer, and composer with a 20-year professional career marked by diversity and improvisation. An explorer at heart, she rockets and flows between genres, one day leading The Rebecca Kleinmann Jazz Quartet, the next day performing with a Brazilian choro ensemble, and then later at night jamming in flamenco juergas. Kleinmann’s international career has taken her to perform on stages across the globe, including Melbourne’s International Women in Jazz Festival, SESC in São Paulo, Birdland in New York City, Blue Whale in Los Angeles, SF Jazz Center, San Jose Jazz Festival, Yoshi’s San Francisco and Oakland, Piedmont Piano, the Sound Room, Oracle Arena, and the Paramount Theatre in Oakland.
Ami Molinelli is a professional percussionist and educator specializing in Brazilian and Latin percussion, especially the pandeiro. She is the co-leader of the Brazilian choro and jazz ensemble Grupo Falso Biano, whose last CD was released in 2017. She has toured with Duo Violao, which consists of acclaimed seven-string Brazilian guitarist, composer, and choro master Rogerio Souza and Edinho Gerber. Molinelli’s performance and recording credits include theater, television (NBC), and live performances with artists such as Rogerio Souza, Jovino Santos-Neto, Hamilton de Holanda, Teka, Jai Uttal, and Michael Spiro. (Photo by: Rosaura Sandoval)

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Lisa Silva & Voz Du Brasil: Celebrating 40 Years of SF Carnaval!
2018-05-25 19:30 - 22:00
Celebrating 40 years of SF Carnaval, the Red Poppy Art House and curator Andrew Scott present two days of Carnaval-inspired performances. Lisa Silva, a fixture in the Brazilian music scene for many years, brings her joyous energy on Friday for an evening of samba, bossa, baiao, and samba reggae.

FEATURING:
TBA

ABOUT THE CURATOR:
Since arriving from London 30 years ago, Andrew Scott has been an active Bay Area musician, producer, and audio engineer. He runs Studio 401 in Bernal Heights providing recording, mastering, and live-sound services. His wife, Pauline, is a highly regarded local artist, and his children, Chloë and Jody, are established local musicians.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Sam Reider and the Human Hands: Bluegrass, Jazz Manouche & Folk
2018-05-24 19:00 - 20:15
Sam Reider and the Human Hands celebrate the West Coast release of their debut record, Too Hot to Sleep, featuring mind-bending instrumental music performed by virtuoso bluegrass and jazz musicians.

FEATURING:
Sam Reider – accordion, piano
Alex Hargreaves – violin
Dominick Leslie – mandolin
Roy Williams – guitar
Dave Speranza – bass

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jazz pianist turned roots musician, Sam Reider is redefining American music on the accordion. He has been featured at Lincoln Center and on NPR, and performed alongside pop stars, virtuosos, and folk musicians around the world, including Jon Batiste and Stay Human, viral YouTube sensation CDZA and T-Pain, Americana singer Jim Lauderdale, and Grammy Award-winning Venezuelan musician Jorge Glem. Reider’s debut record, Too Hot To Sleep, presents his distinct compositional voice alongside an ensemble of top-drawer musical collaborators and compadres called The Human Hands.
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Time: 6:30pm doors / 7:00pm show
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Édessa: Balkan, Armenian & Turkish Music
2018-05-19 19:30 - 22:00
A rare night of music presented by Édessa, the Balkan dance band explores a different repertoire from the Balkans, Turkey, and Armenia.

FEATURING:
George Chittenden – clarinet, guitar
Ari Langer – violin
Lise Liepman – santouri, accordion
Sean Tergis – darabuka, defi, tupan

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Édessa captures the passion and vitality that is at the heart of Balkan music, playing the intricate time signatures and highly ornamented modal music that is characteristic of the Balkans with authority and joy. An understanding of the distinct connection between this music and its expression in Balkan dance informs the ensemble’s performances and derives from decades-long involvement as both musicians and dancers. Using both traditional and modern instruments, their style interweaves the ancient and mesmerizing sounds of the zurna and davul; the lyrical and sweet melodies of the Greek islands; the haunting, trance-like pentatonic tunes of Epirus; and—at the other end of the acoustic spectrum—contemporary Bulgarian wedding music. Édessa travels nationally and internationally and is in constant demand for events ranging from American-style folk dance camps, workshops, and parties, to a variety of ethnic celebrations including Greek Glendi (festival), Roma spring celebrations, Armenian parties, Kurdish wedding celebrations, and Bulgarian national holidays.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Pablo Estigarribia and Adrian Jost: Tango for Piano & Bandoneon (TWO SHOWS)
2018-05-18 19:00 - 22:00
Tango finds new life when a Bay Area favorite meets world-class talent from Buenos Aires. Touring together for the first time, Pablo Estigarribia and Adrian Jost present an evening of tango for piano and bandoneón, as well as solo pieces. From classics like “El Choclo” to original compositions, their collaborations bring new life into the heart of tango—a tradition layered with fresh harmonies and perspectives. Stories of life, love, and loss are articulated through the hands and minds of two great talents.

FEATURING:
Pablo Estigarríbia – piano
Adrian Jost – bandoneon

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
The ascent to a new pinnacle in tango music evolution began when Pablo Estigarribia, a classically trained virtuoso pianist, discovered tango in 2005. A native of Argentina, he is privileged to have studied, composed, arranged, and performed with legendary figures such as Emilio Balcarce, Horacio Cabarcos, Maria Graña, and Victor Lavallen. Estigarribia was awarded the prestigious Gardel Prize in 2015 for Best Tango Recording by a New Artist and is widely recognized as one of the best tango musicians of his generation.
Born on the French Riviera in Switzerland, Adrian Jost first studied the accordion and bayan with the country’s best teachers until coming to the U.S. to pursue his master’s degree at Northwestern University. It was there that Jost discovered Argentine tango and started the transition to the iconic bandoneon. In 2001, he co-founded Trio Garufa, a popular San Francisco-based tango group that enthralled audiences in the U.S., Europe, Argentina, Colombia, and Canada.
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Time: (First Show) 6:30PM doors / 7:00-8:15PM show
(Second Show) 8:30PM doors / 8:45-10:00PM show
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Diaspora: Sephardi, Greek & Near Eastern Music
2018-05-17 19:30 - 22:00
Diaspora’s Red Poppy debut features an eclectic mix of music from Southern Europe and the Near East. Leah Sirkin, Steve Brock, and Tano Brock are the core members of this San Francisco family band. Special guests joining them for the night include Arabic drum master Faisal Zedan and dancer Nicole Maria.

FEATURING:
Leah Sirkin – violin, vocals
Tano Brock – clarinet, oud, vocals
Steve Brock – tabla, kanjira
Faisal Zedan – darabuka, riqq, frame drums
Nicole Maria – dance

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Diaspora plays Sephardi music—music of the Jews of the Mediterranean—which has roots in the musical traditions of Medieval Spain. The soulful and lively songs in varied meters are sung in Ladino (Judeo-Spanish). Diaspora also performs tunes from Greece, Turkey, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.
Learn more: Leah Sirkin | Tano Brock | Steven Brock | Faisal Zedan | Nicole Maria

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Ashley Broder Trio: Original Chamber Folk
2018-05-13 19:30 - 22:00
Renowned instrumentalists Ashley Broder, Ben Schreiber, and Aria DiSalvio join forces to perform Broder’s originals and some traditional fiddle favorites. Mandolin, electric mandolin, fiddle, and cello weave melodies, textures, and harmonies to create a sound that has been described as cinematic and transportive.

FEATURING:
Ashley Broder – mandolin, electric mandolin, fiddle
Ben Schreiber – fiddle
Aria DiSalvio – cello

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Southern California-based composer and instrumentalist Ashley Broder is fluent on mandolin (both acoustic and electric), violin, and cello. She crafts melodies, sonic textures, and haunting harmonies that distinguish her works easily from the norm. Her original compositions draw inspiration from an eclectic range of genres, including folk, jazz, classical, pop, and rock. Classically trained in violin as a child, Broder discovered the mandolin at age eight, then took up the cello in college. She has been described as a “mandolin phenomenon” by the San Diego Tribune and is sought after by a wide range of musicians needing to round out their sound.
Ben Schreiber is a contra-dance fiddler and tune-writer, native to St Louis but currently living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He plays fiddle in several dance bands and is known for his driving energy and lyrical stylings. Schreiber began playing the violin at the age of three and was classically trained. Around the age of 12, he shifted his focus to folk music. After a brief foray into the world of competitive bluegrass, he became drawn towards the contra-dance community and eventually formed several local Midwest bands. In addition to contra-dance music, Schreiber also plays for English Country Dancing and was a member of the klezmer band Yidn.
Aria Disalvio has extensive experience as a performer, teacher, and recording artist. She performs regularly with chamber groups including Trio Dagabo and New Music Works, as well as being a lead cellist in the San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers, led by master Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser and folk trio One Lane Bridge. A teacher for over 12 years, Disalvio shares her passion for music with students of all ages in her private cello studio in Santa Cruz, as well as at Sierra Fiddle Camp and The Valley of the Moon Scottish Fiddling School.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Trance Mission Duo: Rhythmic & Melodic Soundscapes
2018-05-12 19:30 - 22:00
Trance Mission Duo presents new music from their upcoming album and chestnuts from their vast repertoire. Melodic, haunting, rhythmic, and pulsating, their global jazz and trance dance music has delighted audiences all over the world.

FEATURING:
Beth Custer – clarinets, percussion, vocals
Stephen Kent – didgeridoo, sinter-style cello, percussion, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Trance Mission Duo (TMD) just returned from a successful European tour wherein they performed with drummer Michael Baird in Belgium and the Netherlands to sold-out venues. TMD features two extraordinary multi-instrumentalists/composers with mountains of global accolades to their credit that continue the musical traditions they started in the 1990s. Founded in 1991 by Stephen Kent and Beth Custer, this seminal fourth-world quartet out of the Bay Area performed extensively on the West Coast and in Europe, and created four universally acclaimed recordings released on San Francisco’s City of Tribes label. The music of Trance Mission is as fresh and alive today as it was at its inception, with performances that snap, crackle, and pop with infectious improvisational spirit and humor. The duo is currently working on a new release slated for 2018.

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Madelina y Los Carpinteros w/ Wentworth-Romero Duo: A Celebration of Latin-American Roots
2018-05-11 19:30 - 22:00
An evening of folk-inspired Latin American music of resistance and joy, Madelina y Los Carpinteros, plus special guest Tito Guerra, present traditional and original music from Chile, Argentina, the Andes Region, Colombia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Madelina y Los Carpinteros is a multicultural Latin American ensemble following the tradition of Nueva Canción and Nueva Trova, movements that came out of the Americas’ liberation struggles to freshly embody the folk roots with an enriched lyricism. The group sings original compositions and presents new interpretations of music from South America, the Andes, and Puerto Rico.
Wentworth-Romero Duo shares the night, playing an eclectic mix of classical, Latin, Brazilian, and global music. Francisca Wentworth and Tom Romero, a flute-guitar duo, have performed together around the San Francisco Bay Area since 2010.

FEATURING:
Fernando Torres – guitar, tiple, Venezuelan cuatro, charango, zampoña, percussion
Madeleine Zayas – vocals, cajón, güiro, Venezuelan maracas, bombo
Denis Schmidt – guitar, charango, tiple, zampoña, bongos, drumset, effects
Craig Thomas – Puerto Rican cuatro, upright bass, zampoñas
Francisca Wentworth – flute
Tom Romero – guitar
Tito Guerra – soprano saxophone, accordion, bass, vocals

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Originally from Chile, Fernando “Feña” Torres is a musician, composer, poet, and journalist. He masters several Latin American folk string and wind musical instruments. He started to perform publicly at the zenith of what was later known as the Chilean New Song Movement. After being expelled from Chile by the military dictatorship in 1977, Torres came to the U.S. as a political refugee. He was a founding member of one of the first South American music ensembles in the Bay Area, Grupo Raiz. Torres has composed music for theater and film and collaborated with many Bay Area and international musicians such as Pete Seeger and Holly Near.
Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Madeleine Zayas is a Latin American singer/interpreter, songwriter, and choreographer based in Oakland. She is the lead singer and artistic muse of the bands with whom she has been performing throughout the Bay Area since 2012. Her singing career began as a duo with Brandon Vance and as co-founder of Buena Trova Social Club. With a love of dance at an early age, Zayas became a choreographer at age 10 and a professional dancer at age 15. She has performed in theaters and on television in Puerto Rico, California, and Nevada since 1985, and has shared the stage with Inti-Illimani, Holly Near, and John Santos. Zayas believes in art and cultural activism as a positive force of communication and a tool for social change.
Denis Schmidt, born in Paris, has been playing South American folk music since the 1970s. After studying this music in Perú, Bolivia, and Ecuador, he came to the Bay Area and started playing with different groups such as Grupo Raíz, Pueblo Unido, Canta Tierra, and Madelina y los Carpinteros. Guitar, charango, zampoñas, and percussions are among the many instruments Schmidt plays.
Craig Thomas started playing guitar in the 1960s. He has played folk songs in archetypical ‘60s smoke-filled coffee houses and ‘70s West Coast scenes. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, he joined in on debates on both sides of the question, “Is jazz a folkloric musical form?” In the 90s, he started learning to play music from latitudes to the south, from the Caribbean to South America, including folkloric music, popular music, and Latin jazz. A life-long respect for songs of struggle has connected him with Madelina y los Carpinteros, with whom he plays string bass and Puerto Rican cuatro.
Francisca Wentworth plays flute, alto flute, South American pan pipes, and quena. She began playing at the age of 13, guided by her grandmother, world-renowned harpsichordist Alice Ehlers. She later studied with Roger Stevens in Los Angeles and at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. While living in London, Wentworth attended a week-long master class with flute great James Galway. During her travels in Europe, she performed in Austria and London with various guitarists and in Spain with the Pepe Million Trio. Wentworth has shared the stage with artists including Inti-Illimani, Pete Seeger, Holly Near, and Bonnie Raitt.
Tom Romero is a music teacher at Kehillah’s Jewish High School in Palo Alto, California. He is an active musician who has been teaching guitar in the wider San Francisco Bay Area for over 15 years. He has a BA in music from California State University, Long Beach, where he studied classical guitar with Kurt Schuster. Romero then received his teaching credential and MA in music teaching from Notre Dame University, where he studied classical guitar with Richard Patterson. Romero has composed original music for short films and documentaries, and he currently performs with the Aurora Mandolin Orchestra/Ensemble, Three Times Bad, and the Silver Strings Ensemble.
Tito Guerra is a self-taught Bohemian and Chilean multi-instrumentalist. “Mis manos son lo único que tengo.”

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Jenna Mammina & Rolf Sturm: Jazz & Pop Duo
2018-05-10 19:30 - 22:00
Jenna Mammina and Rolf Sturm are an acoustic duo presenting jazz and pop standards, as well as originals. Some of the material will be off of their two recordings, and some might be made up on the spot with the audience!

FEATURING:
Jenna Mammina – vocals
Rolf Sturm – guitar

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Vocalist Jenna Mammina has been recognized as one of the leading women of the jazz/pop crossover for three years in a row by Jazziz magazine. She has performed with Ricki Lee Jones, Bobby McFerrin, Al Jarreau, David Sanborn, Phish, and Rosemary Clooney. Mammina has appeared at Yoshi’s in Oakland, The Green Mill in Chicago, and festivals like Jazz Aspen, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage, and Monterey San Francisco.
Appearing on over 65 albums, guitarist Rolf Sturm has performed with or been on recordings featuring Loudon Wainwright, David Johansen (Buster Poindexter/NY Dolls), Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane), Maggie Roche, Eddie Arnold, Ike Willis (Frank Zappa), Roswell Rudd, Archie Shepp, Tony Trischka, John Medeski, and Catherine Russell. Sturm has also performed at the JVC Jazz Festival, Syracuse Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His music has been featured on NPR and has received four stars in DownBeat magazine.
The acoustic duo has been Mammina and Sturm’s main focus since 2015. Together, they have toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico performing at festivals, conferences, clubs, cafes, and house concerts. Their albums, Spark and Begin to Dance, have received rave reviews and airplay nationwide.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Hazel Reading Series: Stories by Women
2018-05-07 20:00 - 21:30
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.
Hosted by Sara Marinelli, Hazel Reading Series comes to the Red Poppy for an incredible evening of stories by women.

FEATURING:
TBA

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Time: 8:00pm event
Admission: $5-10 suggested donation. No one turned away for luck of funds.
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Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers: Taboo Jazz from the ‘20s & Beyond
2018-05-05 19:30 - 22:00
Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers perform classic jazz and blues songs ranging from the 1920s, ‘30s, ‘40s, and ‘50s, all about getting low and getting high.

FEATURING:
Lavay Smith – vocals
Danny Armstrong – trombone, vocals
Rob Barics – tenor saxophone, clarinet
Ron Belcher – bass
Chris Siebert – piano

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Lavay Smith is the vocalist and bandleader of the Red Hot Skillet Lickers, one of the top swingin’ jazz and blues bands in the world. She grew up in Southern California and the Philippines, becoming an internationally recognized diva of jazz and blues with a singing style influenced by Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Bessie Smith, Little Esther Phillips, and other legendary greats. Whether singing her own compositions or drawing on a large repertoire of classics, Lavay Smith and her all-star seven-piece band bake up an instant recipe for dancing and good times.
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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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Jacob Szekely Trio: Indie Chamber Jazz
2018-05-04 20:00 - 22:00
As a composer and improvisor, Jacob Szekely has recreated a revolution by definitively expanding the sonic culture of the cello into the world of contemporary jazz. The trio’s influences range from classical, jazz, funk, rock, as well as Indian music. Their sound is highly complex, rhythmically and harmonically, while always grooving and with an unfailing sense of melody.

FEATURING:
Jacob Szekely – cello
Dennis Hamm – piano, keyboard
Gene Coye – drums

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Jacob Szekely began his studies at age three and grew up in a musical family where his talent was recognized early on. His family moved to Lexington, Kentucky, where fiddling and bluegrass music were in the air, and by the age of 13, Szekely expanded his listening to rock and jazz. “It took me a while to realize that I could improvise and play in different styles on the cello,” says Szekely. “I always knew that the sound of the cello was my voice, but there just wasn’t a template for that.”
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Time: 7:30pm doors / 8:00pm show
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Andrew Dixon ft. Julie Moon: Album Release & Original Music
2018-05-03 19:30 - 22:00
With music in the jazz tradition of late Coltrane and 70s Miles Davis, saxophonist Andrew Dixon comes to the Red Poppy to perform original compositions from his debut album release, East Oakland Run Down. Opening the evening is composer and pianist Julie Moon with solo works.

FEATURING:
Andrew Dixon – woodwinds
Dahveed Behroozi – piano
Giulio Cetto – bass
Mike Quigg – drums
Justin Rock – guitar
Julie Moon – piano

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Time: 7:00pm doors / 7:30pm show
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