Archive for July 2016
Friday, August 19th – 5:30-8 pm
The Scott Foster Ensemble feat. Danny Bittker
jazz in the bookshop every Friday evening!
Guitarist Scott Foster has assembled a band featuring Danny Bittker on a variety of reeds — clarinet, bass clarinet and tenor sax — and Mike Rinta on trombone! Danny’s a marvelous player with soul and humor to spare. He’s played at Bird & Beckett many times in the past, notably with his gypsy jazz outfit,…
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Thursday, August 18th – 7:00-10 pm
Live Recording Session! The Jack Tone Riordan Trio
Jack Riordan is just one of the top jazz guitarists in the region, no question — and he’s playing a three-venue run of shows in the company of ace organist Wil Blades and famed drummer Mike Clark: at Birdland Jazzista Social Club in Oakland on the 17th, Bird & Beckett on the 18th, and the…
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Monday, August 15th – 7-9 pm
Poets Gene Berson & Vince Storti
followed by an open mic
POETS! a twice-monthly series hosted by troubadour Jerry Ferraz. Every first & third Monday, 7-9 pm Tonight’s featured poets are Eugene Berson and Vince Storti. They’ll be followed by one of the best open mic sessions in San Francisco – a city of poets! Gene Berson says, “I’ve been writing seriously for many years, and…
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Sunday, August 14th – 7:30-10 pm
The Seducers!
classic country in our canyon moonlight series
Last chance to catch the Seducers on a Sunday at Bird & Beckett! In September, look for them on the third Thursday of every month from 8 to 10pm. But it’s still, August, so here they are, big as life! This classic/outlaw country band, featuring pedal steel ace Joe Goldmark, long, tall, loquacious guitarist/vocalist Mitch…
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Sunday, August 14th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Flying Salvias!
Ameri-kinda alt everything duo
Last glimpsed at Bird & Beckett in a Merle Haggard tribute with the Seducers a few months back, we’re beyond happy to bring Henry & Kathleen Salvia to the stage in our which way west? series for two sets of their own particular brand of mischief. The Flying Salvias have been called “Ameri-kinda Alt Everything”…
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Saturday, August 13th
Grant Levin – Charles Thomas Duo , 4-6 pm
Grant Levin Quartet featuring Jesse Levit, 7:30-10 pm
Grant Levin never fails to astonish when he takes to the piano at Bird & Beckett as he does several times each month. Â 2nd & 4th Saturday afternoons showcase Grant in a duo format with one or another of his closest jazz collaborators. Â 2nd Saturday nights, Grant has led a quartet date since the beginning…
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