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Jul
27

ATOM Ensemble at Oaktown Jazz Workshops

ATOM Ensemble formed in 2025 during a residency at Wyldflowr Arts in Oakland. Drawn together by their shared interest in exploring diaspora through music, the band integrates their multifaceted musical and cultural heritages to create new cultural pathways.

Roopa Mahadevan, vocals
Erika Oba, piano/flute
Chris Trinidad, bass
Kevin Amos, drums

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Jun
29

Zen of Glenn at Oaktown Jazz Workshops

Glenn Horiuchi was a musician, zen practitioner, mathematician, and community activist who made music to celebrate his Japanese American heritage and to bring attention to important social causes including the redress and reparations movement in support of wrongfully incarcerated Japanese Americans during the Second World War. His music drew from the rich history of the African American experimental avant-garde, having been mentored by or collaborated with bassist M’Chaka Uba, trumpeter and composer Wadada Leo Smith, trombonist and composer George E Lewis, and saxophonist Joseph Jarman–all members of the Chicago-based Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). This project features Francis Wong’s arrangements of Horiuchi’s music. Wong was a long time collaborator of Horiuchi, and alongside bassist Chris Trinidad, formed this ensemble to give new life to Horiuchi’s music.

Francis Wong, tenor saxophone
Chris Trinidad, bass
Erika Oba, flute/piano
Helen Palma, voice
Carrie Jahde, drums

$20 suggested donation at door
More info here

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Jun
22

Matt Small's Crushing Spiral Ensemble at Mr. Tipple's

Matt Small brings The Crushing Spiral Ensemble back to Mr. Tipples, for an exciting evening of cutting-edge new music featuring some of the Bay Area’s most innovative musicians.  Small is an award-winning bassist/composer/producer/founder, and has been composing for and leading The Crushing Spiral Ensemble as one of his main projects in the SF Bay Area for over 25 years.

Matt Small  | Bass/compositions
Steve Adams | Tenor
Cory Wright | Alto
Chris Grady  |Trumpet
Erika Oba | Piano
Jon Arkin | Drums

Tickets: 6:00pm / 7:45pm

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Mar
21
to Mar 22

Oba Mahadevan Collective at Wyldflowr Arts

Oba-Mahadevan Collective
Wyldflowr Arts | 809 37th St, Oakland, CA
Presale tickets available here

Friday, March 21, 7pm doors/7:30pm start
Saturday, March 22, 7pm doors/7:30pm start

I've been working with vocalist Roopa Mahadevan for several years now in different projects, and I couldn't be more excited to be coleading this band with her. Roopa is a virtuoso vocalist trained in Carnatic music who has also done a lot of jazz and improv, and we connected over our mutual interest in exploring diaspora through music. We'll be joined by Chris Trinidad on bass and Kevin Amos on drums for an exciting set weaving together Indian music, Japanese folk music, jazz, and more!

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Mar
8

Zen of Glenn Album Release show at Bird and Beckett

Saturday, March 8, 7:30pm
653 Chenery Street, San Francisca

Francis Wong leads this group in tribute to the late, great Glenn Horiuchi. It's been a truly inspiring and educational experience to immerse myself in Glenn's body of work. Alongside Francis, are band members Chris Trinidad (bass), Carrie Jahde (drums), Helen Palma (vocals), and myself (flute, piano, melodica). We're excited to share our new album with the world! 

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Mar
1

Nora Free Liberation Quartet at the Backroom

Saturday, March 1, 8pm
1984 Bonita Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704

Tickets available here

Nora Free is a jazz saxophonist, composer, educator, and experimental improvisor based in Oakland, California. Her music explores the intersection of improvisation, spell-casting, and spiritual ritual. Her latest project, Liberation Quartet, is a musical love letter, a statement of sonic intentions to aid in the struggle of all beings toward equity and justice. This performance will feature original compositions, and new arrangements of pieces by Geri Allen, Joni Mitchell, and Mary Lou Williams.

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Feb
15
to Feb 16

World Premiere - Meguru: Dreams of Harvest with the Fresno Philharmonic

The Fresno Philharmonic presents the world premiere of a new work - Meguru: Dreams of Harvest - by California composers Hitomi Oba and Erika Oba inspired by the life and writings of Fresno author and organic peach farmer David “Mas” Masumoto. This performance is the culmination of a two-year project called Cultural Crossroads: Kisetsu (“Seasons” in Japanese). Pianist Barry Douglas returns to the Fresno Philharmonic for Rachmaninoff’s beloved Piano Concerto No. 2.  The concert concludes with Shostakovich’s light-hearted Symphony No. 9.

Saturday, February 15, 2025 | 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 16, 2025 | 3:00 pm

Paul Shaghoian Concert Hall
2770 E International Ave, Fresno, CA 93730

Tickets available here

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