City of Oakland, Allen Architectural Engineering, Move Architecture through Music at MOja 

By Bekka Wiedenmeyer In the late 1980s, East Oakland native and architectural engineer David Allen met pioneering jazz musician John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie. Gillespie is known for his significant contributions to bebop, Afro-Cuban music and modern jazz, and during his more than 50-year career, he played with the likes of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis and […]