653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
52nd Street to the Chisholm Trail
From 52nd Street to the Chisholm Trail
FRIDAY (4/8) – 5:30 to 8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop – a neighborhood party every week!
This week:
The Jimmy Ryan Quartet
with Ian Carey (tpt), Scott Foster (gtr), Bishu Chatterjee (bs), Jimmy Ryan (dms)
Jimmy’s been swinging at the skins since 2002 at Bird & Beckett… just the continuation of a long career that started in L.A. in the 1950s and continued in San Francisco in the early 1960s. After a lengthy hiatus from the early 70s well into the 90s, he agreed to fill in on drums at a gig his son, the trumpeter Joel Ryan, was playing with Bishop Norman Williams and BJ Papa at North Beach’s Gathering Cafe, and next thing you know he was back in the jazz life. He’s got a fine quintet on display at Bird & Beckett each month, and you’d do well to get down here to hear it!
SUNDAY (4/10) – 4:30 & 5:30 (two sets)
which way west? Sunday concert series – all ages welcome!
This week:
The Saddle Cats
Remember Bob Wills? Bring that right up to the minute, and you’re off on your own personal swingin’ cattle drive.
Western swing from a masterful group featuring legendary pedal steel player Bobby Black (Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen, Asleep at the Wheel), fiddler Richard Chon (Dan Hicks), rhythm guitarist Gordon Clegg and bassist Bing Nathan.
Available Now at Bird & Beckett
Hot off the press from your neighborhood bookshop just in time for the lame duck period. 75 million voters, and counting, have rejected fascism and lies. 70 million haven’t yet made that commitment. Bully Goat’s Bluff might change a few of their minds.
Fits nicely in an invitation envelope for mailing. Fits in a pocket as well.
~~ Poetry as philosophy to plumb the deeper truths of these times ~~
$15 and worth every penny
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Jerry Ferraz is a keystone of
the Bird & Beckett cultural edifice, built by you through your decades-long love and support.
Our events are put on under the umbrella of the nonprofit Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (the "BBCLP"). That's how we fund our ambitious schedule of 300 or so concerts and literary events every year.
The BBCLP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
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The Independent Musicians Alliance
Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.
https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/
Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site