Avotcja Jiltonilro is a venerable institution in the Bay Area community of poetry and music.
It is with great honor, respect and admiration that are hosting this benefit to help her fund the purchase of a wheelchair van. All of us artists who are blessed with the opportunity to perform with Avotcja want to ensure that she is able to safely get to the gigs!
There was a great showing of support at the La Peña show in January and this one will be no different, so be sure to get there early. Quijeremá will be performing selections from our new project with Avotcja, "Al Son del Tunduki"
E.W. Wainwright says in the African Roots Of Jazz, "When I think of Avotcja I think of an old saying, 'Doing the Necessary and the Impossible'. The passion and brutal honesty in her writing touches the depths of the hardest heart, while healing the damaged spirits of those gone astray. Her work is defined by an attention to detail and a professionalism that is undefined by her peers. She is truly an unsung hero."
Tell everyone you know to bring everyone they know!!!
SUGGESTED DONATION: $15-1,500 sliding scale
Wheel Chair accessible & all ages welcome
Info or directions: (510)525-7544
www.cafeleila.com
If you cannot attend, but would like to donate, please write “Avotcja’s Wheelchair Van Project” on an envelope & send checks or Money Orders to:
Avotcja Jiltonilro
“Avotcja’s Wheelchair Van Project”
P.O. Box 8757
Emeryville, CA 94662-0757
http://www.avotcja.org/
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Quijeremá is a dynamic force driven by sweeping bandola choruses with a firm foundation of acoustic bass and the deep reverberations of the Cajon, a Peruvian "beat box." Melodies are based in the percussion, interwoven with trumpet and the complex rhythm of Venezuelan maracas. Quijeremá's current work Al Son del Tunduki is a musical journey to unearth and celebrate the importance of the African Diaspora in the Americas.
"A potent mix of Latin American folk music and jazz" -- SF Chronicle
QUIQUE CRUZ (strings, Andean wind instruments & percussion)
JEREMY ALLEN (Bass & Percussion)
MARIA FERNANDA ACUÑA (Percussion & Venezuelan Cuatro)
HENRY HUNG (Trumpet, Flugal Horn, Percussion)
JOHN CALLOWAY (Piano, Flute & Percussion)
AVOTCJA (Poet/Ocean Drum)
www.quijerema.com