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DESCRIPTION:East Bay Express calendar listing\n\nThe theme for this Saturday's fourth 
 annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival in San Antonio Park in East Oakland is 
 "Stop US Imperialism -- Our Struggle Is at Home." To celebrate the birth of 
 free-thinker and revolutionary El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz aka Malcolm X 
 (1925-1965), the EastSide Arts Alliance has assembled an impressive cast of 
 musical and spoken-word performers for a free all-day community event. 
 Renowned poet Amiri Baraka will no doubt have much to say, as an outspoken 
 critic of this government's policies. He returns along with jazz 
 percussionist Kahlil El'Zabar, whose quartet includes master reed player 
 Hamiett Bluiett, violinist Billy Bang, and Umar Bin Hassan of the Last 
 Poets. The Chicago-based El'Zabar helped establish the festival, and his 
 musical vision has informed the progressive roster of artists gracing the 
 two rotating stages. On the local musical front, this festival has served 
 as a forum for Bay Area artists, especially jazz musicians, who often face 
 artistic isolation. This year's local performers include alto sax wiz 
 Howard Wiley and the Latino/world sounds of O-Maya. The Black Dot artists 
 will also be on hand, showcasing the talent bubbling up in Oakland 
 neighborhoods. Throw in a spoken-word summit held on the basketball court, 
 as well as the Electric Church, Marcel Diallo, Eddie Gale, and Marvin X, 
 and let the consciousness-raising begin. The festival brings an additional 
 splash of color to the working-class San Antonio neighborhood, already 
 considered one of the city's most diverse. For a day, banners with the 
 images of Mumia Abu Jamal, Aztec warriors, and Malcolm X adorn normally 
 drab playground fences, while Mexican paleteros lug their ice-cream carts 
 and ring their bells to the sounds of the music. Meanwhile, information 
 booths about community organizations and causes bring into focus the 
 people's struggles of today. It all happens Saturday at San Antonio Park, 
 19th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard. For information about the EastSide Arts 
 Alliance, 2364 E. 15th St., call 510-533-6629. -- Jesse "Chuy" Varela\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/19943.php
SUMMARY:Malcom X Jazz Arts Festival
LOCATION:San Antonio Park, 19th Avenue and Foothill Boulevard (Map)
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/19943.php
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