George Cole and EUROCANA fill it to the brim with unforgettable music featuring three-part harmonies delivered by top-tier vocalists and amazing instrumental virtuosity. Influenced by Django Reinhardt, rock ‘n' roll, jazz, and French chanson, the group swings with infectious joy, bringing audiences to their feet the old fashioned way.
FEATURING:
George Cole - guitar, vocals
Kaeli Earle - upright bass, vocals
Madeline Tasquin - vocals, guitar, percussion
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Thomas Strønen presents the second recording for Ecm Records with his chamber ensemble Time is a Blind Guide. Influenced by jazz and contemporary classical music, the ensemble’s sound and style prize timbre, silence, and harmonic evolution in a variety of ways. Introspective yet not indulgent, Time is a Blind Guide reflects the development of a spectacular group of improvisers.
FEATURING:
Thomas Strønen - drums
Håkon Aase - violin
Leo Svensson Sander - cello
Mats Eilertsen - bass
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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 a...
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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...
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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:
Bren...
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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 Patron...
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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.
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P...
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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 studyi...
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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...
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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...
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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 intim...
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Launched in 2003, the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) is a homegrown bi-monthly, multidisciplinary, intercultural happening that takes place in the Mission District of San Francisco. On the first Saturday of every even month of the year, the MAPP transforms ordinary spaces, such as private garages, gardens, living rooms, studios, street corners, and small businesses into pop-up performance and exhibition sites for a day/night of intimate-scale artistic and cultural exchange among a kal...
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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 -...
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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
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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 televisio...
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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 compose...
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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 Sco...
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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 Bern...
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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 l...
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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
ABOU...
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Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.Hosted by ...
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Hazel Reading Series is a vibrant literary community founded in 2013. Each month, the all-women lineup of writers is carefully selected by the readers of the previous month. Through this curation-by-evolution process, they have created a sense of lineage and have come into contact with some of the best writers in the Bay Area—some at the beginning of their careers, some who have already published several books—and hosted evenings that are as unpredictable as they are unforgettable.Hosted by ...
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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 Linco...
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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 Bal...
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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 gr...
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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 drumme...
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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 a...
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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, Bob...
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