Bassist Giulio Xavier Cetto showed up from the Central Valley a couple short years ago and immediately became a star on the local jazz scene. He’s got energy and chops to burn, is practically the house bassist at the Black Cat and gigs constantly all over town when he’s not on the road. He’s put…

Talk about your San Francisco jazz! On the fourth Friday of each month, our weekly “jazz in the bookshop” series features the 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band — once known as The Chuck Peterson Quintet — five musicians whose individual histories on the local jazz scene date back to the 1950s. The…

The Jazz Philanthropists Union in association with Jazz in the Neighborhood presents… Rova: Bruce Ackley, soprano sax Steve Adams, alto sax Larry Ochs, tenor sax Jon Raskin, bari sax $20 cover charge https://www.rova.org/about-us/rova-quartet.html Jimmy Carter was POTUS—before ‘POTUS’ was a thing; the ‘Energy Crisis’ was waning and the Iran hostage crisis was still two years…

Tom Clark, born in Chicago in 1941, emerged as a major figure in poetry in the early 1960s. He was prolific and much published throughout his life by Black Sparrow Press and numerous other small presses, served as poetry editor of the Paris Review from 1963-1973, and was a key figure on the faculty of…

Sharman Duran, compositions, vocals, piano Todd Dickow, reeds Alex Baum, bass Bob Blankenship, drums Introducing her cd: “Questioning Reality” On her latest CD, vocalist/ pianist/ songwriter Sharman Duran addresses the adventure and angst that characterize life in the 21st Century, whether it’s celebrating the boon that social media has been to the lives of lonely…

The return of the mighty David Murray and the miraculous Kahil El’Zabar. People get ready! We are pleased and honored to present a return engagement by one of the towering jazz figures of our time, saxophonist David Murray, playing in a duo format with his esteemed colleague of three decades, the Chicago-based percussionist Kahil El’Zabar.…

Mark your calendar! The New York-based quartet Elder Ones — Amirtha Kidambi (compositions, voice, harmonium and synth); Matt Nelson (saxophone), Brandon Lopez (bass), and Max Jaffe (drums) — drops in to Bird & Beckett on Sunday July 28, 4:30-6:30 pm, between stops at Santa Cruz’s Kuumbwa Jazz and Oakland’s Studio Grand. $20 cover charge; sliding…