Quijeremá: A Potent Mix of Latin American Folk Music & Jazz

Quijeremá infuses their original contemporary Latin American compositions with a unique sense of ancient musical traditions. The blending of rhythm, texture, and color in their music is seamless, transparent, and always original. Delighting audiences over the course of an eight-year, five-album career, this finely tuned Bay Area quintet mixes the best of roots music with spontaneity and verve.

Quijeremá has performed throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America, and has collaborated with a variety of distinguished international musicians such as John Santos, Anthony Blea, Manuel Moreno, Mads Tolling, as well as members of renowned Chilean groups Congreso, Illapu, The Latin American Sax Quartet, La Pedro Band, Entrama, and Santiago del Nuevo Extremo. In 2006, they were invited to Venezuela to perform as part of the Fiesta de la Diversidad Cultural Music Festival. A year later, they were invited to inaugurate the Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi memorial amphitheater, afterwards touring throughout Santiago, Chile.

Quique Cruz: strings, Andean wind instruments, percussion
Jeremy Allen: bass, percussion
Maria Fernanda Acuña: percussion, Venezuelan cuatro
Henry Hung: trumpet, flugelhorn
John Calloway: piano, flute, percussion

“A potent mix of Latin American folk music and jazz.”
—Jesse Hamlin, San Francisco Chronicle

“Using various methods of artistic expression, Quijeremá is more than just a band. They are poets and multi-media designers. Combining sounds from almost all over Latin America, their music contains a multi-cultural vibe that is guaranteed to impress anyone.”
—Remezcla.com

www.quijerema.com
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$12-$15 admission. Cash only.
Doors open 7:30 pm. Doors open at 8:00 pm.