Archive for June 2016
Friday, July 15th – 5:30-8 pm
Guitarist Scott Foster, Bassist Dan Seamans, Clarinetist Cory Wright
Guitarist Scott Foster brings in a group on the 3rd Friday of each month. He first started playing Bird & Beckett in the fall of 2002. Ever since, it’s been all good. He’s sure seems to be our favorite musician, our favorite jazz musician, our favorite jazz guitarist, our favorite band leader. Come hear what…
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Sunday, July 10th – 7:30-10 pm
A Silver Wings Farewell to Eddie Kendrick!
The Seducers live at Bird & Beckett!
Sunday, July 10th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? presents
Karma Beats, a world jazz trio
Dynamic young players making their mark on the Bay Area jazz & club scene, vocalist Helen Loo, reed player Dan Magay and guitarist Justin Rock (subbing for Karma Beats core member Luke Vesely) offer up a unique, versatile and soulful sound combined with an expansive, genre-bending repertoire. Karma Beats delves deep into music from Brazil,…
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Sunday, July 10th – 2 pm
A Celebration of Whitman McGowan!
Join Margery Snyder and friends of Whitman McGowan to celebrate his masterwork, UNCOMMON KNOWLEDGE (Viridiana, 2015), collected performance texts 1985 – 2012, published one year ago, just a few months before he died in October 2015. As his CDs revealed his gift for fruitful collaboration with musicians & other artists, so this book shows off the…
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Saturday, July 9th – 4-6 pm and 7:30-10 pm
A Double Shot of Grant Levin
sharing the stage with Noel Jewkes, Joe McKinley & Malachi Whitson
Every second Saturday, we’re blessed with a pair of performances by pianist Grant Levin — first a duo outing in the late afternoon, and then after a dinner break, a quartet with some of the finest players the bay area has to offer. Â In this instance, the duo pairs up Grant with the wonderful bassist…
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Friday, July 8th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Jimmy Ryan’s Bird & Beckett Bebop Reunion Band
July 8 marks the anniversary of drummer Jimmy Ryan’s passing. And though he’s sorely missed, the momentum he gave to our 2nd Fridays carries on! Tonight, Trombonists Stu Pilorz and Rick Elmore, pianist Don Alberts, bassist Aaron Cohn join forces with drummer Ron Marabuto to call some tunes that Jimmy would have called. Jimmy always…
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