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Thu, Sep 18 2025 7:30 PM

Wyldflowr Arts
809 37th St West Oakland
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Francis Wong
3-Day Residency
featuring Purple Gums
September 18th - September 20th @Wyldflowr Arts
809 37th St West Oakland, CA 94608
7:00pm doors
$10-20 tickets

Pocket brass band Purple Gums, comprised of the legendary Bobby Bradford (cornet), William Roper (tuba) and Francis Wong (saxophones) performs a tasty gumbo of jazz, free improv, ragtime and classical. The trio’s role is to carry on the tradition of making music in the moment. Charts don’t exist. Rehearsals have never occurred. Ideas are generated and developed on the bandstand.

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