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Bright Moments!!!
Avotcja
¡La musica cura! Music heals!
Keep it on BEBOP, CUBOP & THE MUSCAL TRUTH w/Avotcja (pronounced Avacha) every Tuesday 8PM to 10PM on 94.1FM or www.KPFA.org Berkeley, CA. If Jazz or
Latin Jazz is your thing please hang out with me. BEBOP, CUBOP & THE MUSICAL TRUTH w/AVOTCJA (pronounced Avacha) Tuesdays 8PM to 10PM PST on www.KPFA.org or 94.1FM in Berkeley, CA. And on March 24th I’ll be doing what I love most, hanging out with all of you. I’ll also be bringing the fire of Musical medicine & a heavy dose of magical Musical medicine from my audio-temple, deliberately designed to make you wanna jump up & dance & celebrate the diverse beauty of our existence!
Keep it on BEBOP, CUBOP & THE MUSCAL TRUTH w/Avotcja
(pronounced Avacha) every Tuesday 8PM to 10PM on 94.1FM or www.KPFA.org
¡La musica cura! Music heals!
I ask you to join me Friday April 10th on LA VERDAD MUSICAL (THE MUSICAL TRUTH) w/Avotcja (pronounced Avacha) from Noon to 3PM PST on www.KPOO.com
or 89.5FM in San Francisco, CA. If you love Bomba, Plena, Music of the Caribbean,
Jazz & Latin dance Music, keep your radios, computers & hearts tuned to LA VERDAD MUSICAL (THE MUSICAL TRUTH) every Friday. Friday April 10th we celebrate
with a variety of amazing Artists. . In these times it’s important that we hold on to & support the beauty inside of each of us. Poetry & Music are healers & my gifts to you!
I’ll be playing a whole lot of great new & old Music & trying to raise a little Sun in
your hearts & make it very hard for you to sit still. Save the date because I’d be
pretty lonely without you. Invite a friend or two & I’ll meet you on the Airwaves.
It’s going to be a great show!!! I’ll be looking for you this Friday April 10th
on the Airways or in cyberspace at LA VERDAD MUSICAL/THE MUSICAL
TRUTH Noon to 3PM PST. It just doesn’t feel right without you! That’s KPOO
in San Francisco or 89.5 on your FM dial or on LA VERDAD MUSICAL (THE MUSICAL TRUTH) w/Avotcja on the worldwide Web at www.KPOO.com
where it’s gonna be about you & I & the Music of Poetry & the Poetry of Music!!!
Bright Moments
Avotcja
www.Avotcja.org
Alameda Island PoetsGreetings, Poets!
Alameda Island Poets is excited to have Avotcja guest-lead our Workshop
Thursday, April 9th from 7 PM to 9 PM PDT (UTC-07)Her workshop will center around the idea of looking back to go forward.
Hope to see you there!
(Feature’s Bio down in the Comments)
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86792163258…
“When Music appears…oceans disappear”
Jazz Musician: Omar Faqir Amman, Jordan
Sunday April 12th
THE ELECTRIC SQUEEZEBOX ORCHESTRA
SUNDAY APRIL 12th 2026
This Sunday ELECTRIC SQUEEZEBOZ ORCHESTRA
@
CALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY
@ The Jazzschool
2087 Addison Berkeley, CA 94704
Doors open 5PM show 5:30PM – 7PM
$15 General Admission
Seating is limited & on a first come, first served basis
ALL AGES & WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Tickets: www.cjc.edu
info: www.electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com
info: www.electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com or www.Avotcja.org
“Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” Kahlil Gibran
SACRED’s OPEN MIC APRIL 15th 7PM PST ONLINE
hosted by RICHARD IVANHOE
Feature – AVOTCJA
Keynote – KELLIANE PARKER
Last Word – BRITT Mini Feature – SAMTheme – Alan – “Leaving”
The next newsletter will come out before that time and I hope to include information about the live venue as well.
Sacred Grounds will be continuing on! The newsletter will be the primary source of information about how Sacred Grounds evolves during the transition to new hosts and scheduling. The link to this newsletter will be in Facebook postings as well as a series of
emails sent out during the transition. One can also email me, see the link at the top of the newsletter, should that be necessary.
Current Newsletter:
https://www.drdan.solutions/Sacred’sWeeklyNews.htm
“When Music appears…oceans disappear”
Jazz Musician: Omar Faqir Amman, Jordan
JOIN US FOR A HEALING EVENING
OF
POETRY, JAZZ & THE FIRE OF WORDSONG
with
members of
AVOTCJA & MODÚPUE
(the Bay Area Blues Hall Of Fame
Jazz Group Of The Year 2010 & 2005)
SANDI POINDEXTER (Violin)
FRANCIS WONG (Sax & Flute)
HESHIMA MARK WILLIAMS (Bass)
MYRON COHEN (Drum Set)
AVOTCJA (Poet/small Multi-Percussion)
it’s gonna be magic … come share the vibe!!!
WINTER IN AMERICA
FRIDAY APRIL 24th
at Oakland’s
BAM HOUSE THEATER
1540 BroadwayJOakland, CA 94612
(between 15th & 17th Streets & near BART)
7PM – 9PM $? COVER
WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE … ALL AGES WELCOME
For more info: For more info:
&/or to learn more about other events @ BAM HOUSE THEATER
see: www.lowerbottom players.com
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King Jr.
Join us SATURDAY APRIL 25th & the 4th Saturday of every Month
THE MUSIC OF THE WORD / (LA PALABRA MUSICAL)
still in English, Spanish, Spanglish y Lo Que Sea & on ZOOM
3PM – 5PM PST No Cover hosted by Avotcja
And don’t forget to bring your Congas, Guiros, Maracas, Panderetas etc.
SATURDAY APRIL 25th
SUSANA PRAVER PEREZ (Poeta/La Tertulia Boricua)
JOE NAVARRO (Poeta bilingue)
NAZELAH JAMISON (Poet/Performance Artist)
ABDUL KENYATTA (Poet, Novelist & Vocalist)
&
YOU on the Open Mic y mas
Always the word festival to remember!
@
CESAR E. CHAVEZ BRANCH
OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Suite 271
3301 East 12th Street @ 33rd Avenue
(½ block North of Fruitvale BART & 1 block South of Internat’l)
Face Masks strongly suggested
mark your Calendars
¡Vengan todos & tell everyone to tell everyone!
ALL AGES & WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Please spread the word! Thanks
http://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/cesar-e-chavez-branch
or
www.Avotcja.org
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King Jr.
Join us SATURDAY MAY 24th & the 4th Saturday of every Month
THE MUSIC OF THE WORD / (LA PALABRA MUSICAL)
still in English, Spanish, Spanglish y Lo Que Sea
3PM – 5PM PST No Cover hosted by Avotcja
And don’t forget to bring your Congas, Guiros, Maracas, Panderetas etc.
SATURDAY MAY 24th
ELIZABETH JIMENEZ MONTELONGO (Poeta, Visual Artist)
AMOS WHITE (Jazz & Haiku Poet)
NORMA SMITH (Poett)
JASON BAYANI (Poet, Kearny Street Workshop)
&
YOU on the Open Mic y mas
Always the word festival to remember!
@
CESAR E. CHAVEZ BRANCH OAKLAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Suite 271
3301 East 12th Street @ 33rd Avenue
(½ block North of Fruitvale BART & 1 block South of Internat’l)
Face Masks strongly suggested
mark your Calendars¡
Vengan todos & tell everyone to tell everyone!
ALL AGES & WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Please spread the word! Thanks
http://oaklandlibrary.org/locations/cesar-e-chavez-branch
or
www.Avotcja.org
“When Music appears…oceans disappear”
Jazz Musician: Omar Faqir Amman, Jordan
Sunday March 8th
THE ELECTRIC SQUEEZEBOX ORCHESTRA
SUNDAY MAY 10th 2026
This Sunday ELECTRIC SQUEEZEBOZ ORCHESTRA celebrates Women in Jazz with guests Jean Fineberg, Anne Sajdera, Andrea Claburn & Jamie Zee. Sunday, March 8th 5:30PM at THE JAZZSCHOOL in Berkeley. Tunes include Erik’s original Big Band composition/arrangement “Tattletale.”.
@
CALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY
@ The Jazzschool
2087 Addison Berkeley, CA 94704
Doors open 5PM show 5:30PM – 7PM
$15 General Admission
Seating is limited & on a first come, first served basis
ALL AGES & WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Tickets: www.cjc.edu
info: www.electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com
info: www.electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com or www.Avotcja.org
“When Music appears…oceans disappear”
Jazz Musician: Omar Faqir Amman, Jordan
Saturday September 23rd 2023
DOGOLE & MUSIC BEYOND BORDERS
On Saturday evening September 23rd at 7PM
my esteemed collaborators & I will unveil our special tribute performance
“THE LAST TRANE to AFRICA” in honor of John Coltrane’s birthday
at OAKTOWN JAZZ WORKSHOPS”
in Jack London Square 55 Washington Street Oakland, CA 94607
we’ll focus on the Afro-centric side of Trane’s music, featuring unusual percussion instruments in concert with more traditional Jazz instrumentation.
Our special guest AVOTCJA is creating a new Poem for the occasion
that she’ll premiere at the show.
Musicians include:
RICHARD HOWELL – Saxophones, Vocals
FRANK MARTIN – Piano
GARY BROWN – Double Bass
DAVID FRAZIER – Global Percussion
IAN DOGOLE – Global Percussion
AVOTCJA – Poetry, Ocean Drum
R\This concert is part of Jim Bennett’s “In The Moment” concert series,
presented in collaboration with Oaktown Jazz Workshops. This show is
also supported by Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund.
A special shout-out to Ian Carey for his poster design. Please join us for this
special event that is sure to uplift and energize.
Sunday July 13th
THE ELECTRIC SQUEEZEBOX ORCHESTRA
a one of a kind 17 piece Jazz Big Band
The Electric Squeezebox Orchestra continues
its residency at the California Jazz Conservatory.
This month the 17 piece ESO is led by ERIK JEKABSON
ESO Band Members and Instrumentation:
Resident Poet: Avotcja; Saxophones: Sheldon Brown,
Larry Delacruz, Rob Sudduth, Marcus Stephens,
Charlie Gurke, hTrombones: Rob Ewing, Will Shannon,
Patrick Malabuyo, Rich Lee; Trumpets: Darren Johnston,
Erik Jekabson, Christopher Clarke, Edward Evans;
Piano: Parker Grant; Guitar: Max Brody;
Bass: Josh Tower; Drums: Eric Garland
Doors open 5PM
Save the Date & bring a friend or 2 or 3
SUNDAY OCTOBER 8th 2023
@
CALIFORNIA JAZZ CONSERVATORY
Hardymon Hall @ The Jazzschool
2087 Addison Berkeley, CA 94704
Doors open 5PM show 5:30PM – 7PM
$15 General Admission
Seating is limited & on a first come, first served basis
ALL AGES & WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE
Tickets: www.cjc.edu
info: www.electricsqueezeboxorchestra.com
or www.Avotcja.org
THIS PROGRAM IS STILL UP ON ZOOM
B.A.J.A.B.A. on JaZzLine – JANUARY 23rd 2021
On KPFA-FM 94.1FM in No. California or www.KPFA.org
Highlighting and featuring Bay Area talent in all of the
flavors of the Africa American Musical Diaspora, hosted
by Afrikahn Jahmal Dayvs, with Ken “The Groove Meister”
Pruitt and Safi Wa Nairobi. This week spotlight will be on:
AVOTCJA at 11PM & HERB GIBSON at Midnight.
And together we’re gonna light up the night sky.
www.KPFA.org
Until the lion writes his own story,
the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter.
an African Proverb
THIS PROGRAM IS STILL UP ON ZOOM
January 14th
On THURSDAY JANUARY 14th at 6PM the public is invited to
JAM in an Afrofuturistic universe hosted by San Francisco POET
LAUREATE KIM SHUCK. Universes will intersect, dissect, and
groove to a mixture of funk, and words intertwining in non-linear
realities with Shuck’s special guest poets ISHMAEL REED, AVOTCJA,
STAAJABU, DEVORAH MAJOR, TUREEDA MIKELL, and Dr. GLENN
PARRIS. These poetic grandmasters will light the universe with
words celebrating Blackness and the universality of life itself. To
register in advance for POEM JAM hosted by San Francisco Poet
Laureate Kim Shuck,
please click onto: http://on.sfpl.org/poem-jam-jan.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the meeting. You can also view on YouTube
by going to: https://youtu.be/8wODrUydXkU
This is a monthly poetry reading lead by Kim Shuck.
“When Music appears…oceans disappear”
Jazz Musician: Omar Faqir Amman, Jordan
THIS PROGRAM IS STILL UP ON ZOOM
This amazing show is still up on Zoom! Please check it out!!!
Sunday November 15th
PIEDMONT PIANO COMPANY
JUST ANNOUNCED!
THE SHOWROOM SESSIONS:
Streaming LIVE from Piedmont Piano Company.
THE DYNAMIC MISS FAYE CAROL & HER TRIO
&
VOCAL RUSH
with Special Guest AVOTCJA
CELEBRATING BLACK LGBTQ+ PIONEERS
The Bay Area’s Queen Songstress presents the
premiere of her new musical suite celebrating
Black LGBTQ+ pioneers in music. Miss Faye and
her slammin’ Trio will showcase her own
inimitable renditions drawing from the work of
these pioneers in music from the last 100 years
from Billy Strayhorn to Little Richard to Sylvester,
and more. This evening will feature a special
guest appearance from celebrated poet &
multidisciplinary artist Avotcja and the debut of a
new collaborative video with Miss Faye & Oakland
School for the Arts’ award-winning youth acappella
ensemble Vocal Rush.
This project is supported by the East Bay Fund for
Artists at the East Bay Community Foundation.
Watch the LIVE STREAM on youtube or facebook:
you can tune in here https://m.facebook.com/PiedmontPiano/live/
Donations/tips accepted via paypal.me/fayecarol,
Venmo: Faye-Carol, Cashapp: $lovetomissfaye
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#streaming #piedmontpianocompany #showroomsessions #5pm #pst
#realmusiclives #dontmissout #donate #supportmusicians #supporttheartists
#supportthearts #bayareamusic #oakland #oaklandcalifornia #youtube #facebook
“When Music appears…oceans disappear”
Jazz Musician: Omar Faqir Amman, Jordan
THIS PROGRAM IS STILL UP ON ZOOM
Sunday January 3rd 2021
BRING IN THE NEW YEAR RIGHT
It’s THE ANNUAL HEALING EVENING of
POETRY, JAZZ & THE FIRE OF WORDSONG
with
AVOTCJA
(of Avotcja & Modúpue / Bay Area Blues Hall Of Fame
Jazz Group Of The Year 2010 & 2005)
&
THE GENIUS WESLEY TRIO
LUIS MANUEL PERALTA (Piano)
ISAAC COYLE (Bass)
GENIUS WESLEY (Drums)
AVOTCJA (Poet/small Multi-Percussion)
it’s gonna be magic … come share the vibe!!!
SUNDAY JANUARY 3rd
at the beautiful
BIRD & BECKETT BOOKS
653 Chenery @ Diamond
San Francisco, CA 94131
(1½ blocks North of Glen Park BART)
7:30 – 9PM online
ALL AGES ALWAYS WELCOME
to pay the Band by Paypal send to www.birdbeckett.com
or by Venmo send to: @birdandbeckett
For more info: (415)586-3733
&/or to learn more about other events @ Bird & Beckett
see: www.birdbeckett.com or www.Avotcja.org