The bassist Giulio Xavier Cetto and the pianist Javier Santiago, both prominent figures on the San Francisco jazz scene, share an apartment here in San Francisco; fortunately, that cohabitating status allows us to book them as a duo for our live stream series, and we welcome them back! No in-store audience is allowed due to…

We’re now open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday to Sunday. No browsing inside yet, but we can fill your requests for specific titles and help you find the books you don’t know you need. Walk down, take a bus or find a parking space — and visit our storefront! Do us all a favor…

5/5 update: Slow down, people! Just kidding, but really, the onslaught of orders is hard to handle. We’re in it for the long haul, so we need to slow it down. Twenty years and counting now… When the City announces that you can come to — though not into — the shop, we’ll ask you…

The live streams from Bird & Beckett all started with Friday the 13th, when the towering saxophonist Michael Zilber brought his trio (Jason Lewis on drums and Tyler Harlow on bass) into the shop in the face of the exploding novel coronavirus crisis. Angela Bennett pioneered our broadcasting foray with these two tunes that ended…

Click here to view and listen on YouTube! King of the San Francisco saloon and salon pianists, Eric Shifrin sings too, and rolls through material from Cole Porter to Hoagy Carmichael to Gene Autry.   He’s been charming the swells, swindlers and stand-up guys in bars and bistros from the Barbary Coast to Nob Hill…

  Vocalist Sherri Roberts and pianist David Udolf are collaborators in music and life and household chores, including much dog walking. Incidentally, they’re wonderful musicians, both! They’ll present an evening of jazz standards, familiar and surprising, charming and impeccably performed. Settle in for a cozy hour of lovely music. Sherri has several albums to her…

A long-time force on the Bay Area jazz/hip hop/afro-funk music scene, David Boyce is revered for his work since the mid-1990s as a founding member of the Broun Fellinis as much as for his connection with the soprano saxophone genius of New Orleans jazz pioneer Sydney Bechet, aand so many points along the jazz journey.…

Come to Bird & Beckett via our live stream to celebrate with Nashville Honeymoon. Lynne Maes and Hank Maninger are the Tammy Wynette and George Jones of our time and place, though with much less alcohol. Two voices, two guitars, two songwriters. Cohabitating and so contagious! Remember while you’re here to pay the cover charge,…

Pianist / improviser composer / producer Walter Earl The music flows from Walter’s huge heart through his hands and the instrument to create a soulful experience you won’t be able to, and won’t want to shake.     Help us help Walter meet the bills in this time of few gigs and short bread! If…

Few are better suited to a solo outing than guitarist Jeffrey Burr. Widely acknowledged as among the very top jazz guitarists in the Bay Area, he ranks with the best anywhere in contemporary jazz. Come to Bird & Beckett via our live stream this Friday evening, 5:30 to 8:00 pm for two sets of gorgeous…

John Calloway – flute, piano & percussion Angela Doctor – vocals & percussion Oliver Paddock – piano, guitar, bass & vocals Three great musicians join forces to bring you an eclectic performance reflecting the wide variety of musical styles and tastes that go on under their own shared roof! click on these links: View/Listen   …

Walker Talks on the last Sunday of each month, this time on Ezra Pound, in his end years at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Live streamed at 2:30 pm on Bird & Beckett’s facebook page.      

Jerry Ferraz plumbs the duende Sunday mornings, with his half-sized guitar and head full of songs. He’s grew from Eureka Valley soil in the ’50s and ’60s, with cosmic roots in medieval traditions. “Morning” can be a hazy concept in pandemic times, so we’ll call it 1pm today! Live streamed today on Bird & Beckett’s…

Glen Park will always be a beautiful little neighborhood. Thanks for being part of it. The good times will roll again! Live streams from the bookshop stage today: 1pm – Jerry Ferraz, troubadour 2:30pm – Walker Talks, on Ezra Pound at St. Elizabeth’s 4:30pm – The JOA Trio

You know what we’ve said for years now– “Never a missed Friday since 2002!” It’s been true for well over 900 Fridays, and remains true to this day. Not so easy to keep to that with the pandemic shutting down so-called normal life, but “cohabitating musicians” Jon and Noah Frank, père et fils, step up…

Co-housed musicians Stephens & Williams presented three sets of trad, swing & bop jazz your listening pleasure — straight from your living room away from home, Bird & Beckett, down on Chenery Street in San Francisco’s lovely Glen Park neighborhood.   No audiences are allowed in the shop these days, just the musicians and the proprietor,…

This Friday’s jazz party is a fundraiser for the Independent Musicians Alliance’s emergency grant program for jazz musicians in need. For many years, we’ve relied on Scott Foster to bring a wonderful evening of jazz to Bird & Beckett on the third Friday of each month, and he’ll be filling that role once again this…

No in-store audiences are allowed during this pandemic, but click through to the full post (or scroll down if you’re already in it) for a live stream link, and to contribute to the musicians’ much needed payday.           Kaylah wrote and performed as a child with her father, jazz saxophonist Philip…

Tenor saxophonist Phillip Greenlief plays two sets of Monk’s music, solo, streamed live in real time from Bird & Beckett via facebook. Saturday, April 11th, 7:30 and 8:45 pm. Some of the arrangements Phillip will perform this evening were featured on the release Monkwork by The Lost Trio (the cd was listed in NPR’s Top…

No in-store audience was allowed due to the pandemic, but folks found the live stream link below, and to contributed generously to the musicians’ much needed payday. Housemates in San Francisco’s nearby Excelsior district, pianist Javier Santiago and bassist Giulio Xaxier Cetto have been in high demand on the local jazz scene in recent years,…

Tongo Eisen-Martin, a child of the Bay Area, seemed to emerge full blown on the Bay Area poetry front in 2015 with his debut Someone’s Dead Already from Bootstrap Press and a cascade of uncanny readings, hands in pockets, gaze fixed in the middle distance of his mind. But by that point he had already…

Eric Shifrin plays solo from the Bird & Beckett stage over the facebook! Click here to go there in one simple step, or go to facebook, search for “bird & beckett books,” click on “videos” – scroll down a bit and watch for the screen with the little red square that says “LIVE” Join us…

Saturday evening, March 28th, jazz flautist Gerald Beckett led a trio to celebrate the release of his new album, “MOOD,” replete with beautiful originals from Gerald’s pen and solid gems from Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, Harold Mabern, Wynton Marsalis and Cyrus Chestnut. Gerald leads a pantheon of great Bay Area jazz talent on “MOOD,” including…

Continuing on! Live jazz in the bookshop every Friday since October 2002, with never a missed Sunday. No virus afoot will stop us!   Tonight, guitarist Justin Rock brings in his mighty and mighty eclectic trio, Bastet for two sets of adventurous jazz without borders. Justin Rock, guitar  —  Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass  —  Mike…