Archive for September 2015
jazz in the bookshop
Friday, December 4th — 5:30 to 8:00 pm
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
We’ve been doing it since late 2002 — never missed a Friday — and on it goes! Bassist Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble plays the first Friday of each month in our “jazz in the bookshop” series. This evening: Guitarist Ray Scott joins SeaBop regulars Jerry Logas, reeds; Don Prell, bass; Vinnie Rodriguez, drums. A veteran of the…
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Sunday, November 29th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Tom Solinger Quartet
Jazz violinist and vocalist Tom Solinger has assembled a quartet featuring Sue Crosman, piano; John Clark, bass; and Mark Lee, drums. Tom’s time on the San Francisco jazz scene dates back to the 1970s; he’s known John, a first class bassist, since those days. Mark has been a key drummer on the local scene for…
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Saturday, November 28th – 7:30-10 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
Newk’s time
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet
Drummer Vinnie Rodriguez leads the date on an excursion through the music of Sonny Rollins, putting his worthy constituents Jay Sanders (piano), Mike Irwin Johnson (guitar) and Noah Schencker (bass) through their paces. Nary a reed player among them, much less a wind instrument…. Jay’s well known as a trumpeter, but here he navigates the…
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Saturday, November 28th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin Duo
with drummer Pepe Jacobo
Twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, pianist Grant Levin performs with a duo partner at Bird & Beckett. Â Grant is always amazing, and the rapport he builds with his fellow musicians is consistently deep.
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November 27th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Chuck Peterson Quintet
jazz in the bookshop every Friday
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 — aka The Chuck Peterson Quintet — five musicians whose history on the local jazz scene dates back 60 years, to the very early 1950s.. Reed…
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Sunday, November 22nd – 4:30 pm
AvantNOIR: Lisa Mezzacappa Project
The crime fiction of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster inspired bassist Lisa Mezzacappa to cook up this project, which performed the suite recently at SFJazz. Â Thanks to Marty Bigos for helping to underwrite AvantNOIR’s performance today at Bird & Beckett. And thanks to Jean Conner, whose support through the years has made our entire Sunday…
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