Marco Diaz – trumpet Charlie Gurke – saxes Julio Perez – percussion Saúl Sierra – bass. $20 cash cover charge; BYOB; proof of vaccination & masks, please. Doors open at  7:20 for the 7:30 show. Audience capacity – 20. Call for reservations (415) 586-3733. Also viewable live streamed on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page or YouTube…

“With its intimations of primal sacred cries, HowellDevine embodies elemental blues and boogie like juke joint prophets. Featuring Eli’s Mile High Club-honed Joshua Howell on slide guitars, harmonica, and vocals, percussion expert Roll ’Em Pete Devine on drums and washboard, and the relentlessly propulsive Joe Kyle Jr. on bass, the combo taps into red clay…

Jeffrey Burr, guitar Adam Shulman, organ Eric Garland, drums $20 cover. Reservations accepted by phone at 415-586-3733 Tuesday to Sunday, noon to six. If you get the message machine, leave your email address as well as phone number. BYOB, plus proof of vaccination and mask. Doors open at 7:20pm for the 7:30pm show.

Hungry to hear some of Bird & Beckett’s past live streams? On the home page you can scroll down to read the individual posts for the shows we’ve mounted in the past several months, a hint of what’s gone down since the pandemic lock-down began. In more amazing times, it would take you right back…

Bird & Beckett’s events open to the public have been back since mid-June 2021. Mask up and come in! (do please bring proof of full vaccination. Not vaxxed? Please get vaxxed and join us!) Jazz, poetry & more live in the shop and live streamed Come to 653 Chenery if you’re in town! Doors open…

Publisher and researcher Tate Swindell hosts author Thomas Antonic, offering a presentation, with audio & visuals, from his book Amongst Nazis: William S. Burroughs in Vienna 1936/37. An onstage Q & A between Antonic and Swindell with audience participation will follow.  A live stream of this event can be found on the Bird & Beckett…

The Jinx Jones Trio, with Angeline Saris, bass & Ken Owen, drums. Two sets of instrumental exotica and jazz! One of America’s finest guitar stylists & an intrepid explorer, dedicated to the psychotropic extremes of rockabilly, surf and your more august & happy traditions. Live streamed and live in the shop to an audience of…

Larry Vann has long been the Groove Merchant! He brings it again with his long-time working trio, with Michael Warren on bass and Tim Landis on guitar, for two sets of jazz, soul, blues and funk. Larry has performed with Curtis Mayfield, Elvis Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite, among a raft of superstars, and he’s played…

Three New York-based jazz masters take the stage at Bird & Beckett Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30pm for two sets of jazz! $20 cash cover charge. BYOB. Vax. Masks. Audience capacity is just 20 seats. For a reservation, call 415-586-3733! Also streamed on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page and YouTube channel. Oakland-born tenor saxophonist…

Want a taste right now of their fine elixer? Check out the December 12 show on our YouTube channel or Facebook page! We’d suggest you pick it up at the 14:48 mark, when the mix has settled in and the band is tooled up for pure honky tonk magic. Click through to the full post,…

4tet Apocalyptique Filling a need for comfort music since 2020 R&B, jazz, samba, pop Sharman Duran (piano) Salvador Aguilera (saxophone) Rick Brown (trombone) Pepe Jacobo (drums) Reservations encouraged (call 415-586-3733), as audience capacity is limited to 20 during the present phase of our little apocalypse. Doors open at 7:20 for the 7:30 1st set and…

The Jon Frank Trio, with Sam Cady on piano and Chris Amberger on bass, has been honing its repertoire, including a number of  tunes penned by the pianist, in anticipation of a recording session soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKBjiDQqs88[/embedyt The leader of the trio, drummer Jon Frank, sends this biographical sketch: I started playing drums in garage bands…

On the first Thursday of each month, Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host a poetry reading with a couple of headliners and an open mic. Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 7pm Judith Ayn Bernhard and Silvi Alcivar are the featured poets Reservations are encouraged, as audience capacity is limited to 20 during the current uncertainty.…

Celebrate 2022 with our annual first Sunday booking of Avotcja with her supergroup Modúpue featuring Sandy Poindexter, violin; Francis Wong, saxophone; Heshima Mark Williams, bass; Val Serrant, steel pan drum & percussion. _____________________________________ Live stream only for this show, to preserve the continued good health of Avotcja, a Bay Area cultural treasure! Avotcja is a…

Poets Francisco Orrego and Maria Serafin on December 2nd December 3rd, Destiny Muhammad, harp; Chico Lopez, bass; Tarika Lewis, violin December 4th, the quartet of guitarist George Cotsirilos, with Keith Saunders on piano, Robb Fisher on bass and Ron Marabuto on drums December 5th, student combo followed by a jam session hosted by the Terrence…

Click on the links here to view our recording of this show on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. Drummer/percussionist/composer/bandleader/educator Annette A. Aguilar, born and raised in San Francisco, has been a force on the New York scene for decades, notably with her band StringBeans. Here in San Francisco, you can often catch her performing…

Kim Shuck invites you to the twice-monthly Poets!Zoom. Every 2nd and 4th Monday evening. The 4th Monday is always All Open Mic. Kim reminds you that you don’t have to get rained on to participate. Use the Zoom link below, or the Facebook Live link following that. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84350265713?pwd=eE84V3BYdWxiSFBHNHhmdUt1WTUzdz09Meeting ID: 843 5026 5713Passcode: 244211One…

Duncan James, guitar Larry Chinn, piano Jim Kerwin, bass Bob Blankenship, drums Swing straight ahead into 2022… no time like the present, and no time like swing time! Sign up for our emails Doors open ten minutes before showtime. Reservations encouraged, as the room does fill up for many shows. To reserve, call 415-586-3733 prior…

Ben Stolorow, piano; Al Obidinski, bass; and Vince Lateano, drums pay tribute to a long-time friend, colleague and jazz legend, the late Dottie Dodgion, with a cameo by Dot’s good friend Sonny Buxton sharing some thoughts on Dot, her swing & her legacy. Vince, Al and Sonny are all contemporaries of Dottie’s and knew her…

Dan’s back, and we’re pleased to have him. Dan Neville Trio, with Ayla Davila, bass & Brian Andres, drums. $20 cash cover charge. byob. proof of vax, masks required. Reservations, call 586-3733 during store hours (12-6 Tues-Sun). Doors open 7:20. Show at 7:30. Click here or on the picture above to hear Dan’s quartet date…

Trombonist Mara Fox has amazed audiences all over the world for more than two decades, working in jazz, R&B, Latin and classical contexts. She’s recorded and toured internationally with Conjunto Cespedes, and with the Klezmorim. Locally, she plays with the Pacific Mambo Orchestra (2013 Grammy Award Winner for “Tropical Island” as Best Latin Album), the…