The live streams from Bird & Beckett all started in mid-March on Friday the 13th, when the towering saxophonist Michael Zilber brought his trio (Jason Lewis on drums and Tyler Harlow on bass) into the shop before a scant audience in the face of the exploding novel coronavirus crisis. Angela Bennett pioneered our broadcasting foray with these two tunes that ended the trio’s first set – Duke Ellington’s lovely “Sophisticated Lady” and a burning take on Cedar Walton’s “Bolivia.” Once you’ve taken that in, catch the video at this link from Friday, July 24th of a piano & bass duo performance by Javier Santiago and Giulio Cetto, engineered by Nico Mesa, who’s working assiduously to bring our technology up to the level it needs to be at to do some justice to the fantastic musicianship of San Francisco’s jazz community and the beauty of jazz itself.

 

Mounting fears forced the cancellation of Saturday night’s jazz club show, and then on Sunday Rebecca Kleinman on flutes and vocals was joined by guitarist Julio Lemos for two sets of Brazilian duets. By the next weekend, the Bay Area shelter-in-place edicts came down, and shows began to proceed with no in-store audience.

Friday, March 20th
5:30 to 8:00
Gaea Schell
John Wiitala Duo
was live streamed 
click here to view

more live streams followed, and more are to come!

Kai Lyons, Javier Santiago and Giulio Xavier Cetto played on Saturday
Joshua Raoul Brody and Joe Cunningham, Potrero Hillbillies both, with fellow hillbilly Christopher Gray in spirit, played Sunday. Wonderful results each time out! You can find the evidence on our facebook page (just search fb for bird & beckett books, and look for the “videos” link on the left sidebar).

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these live stream concerts are all about helping the musicians
get through a period when their bookings
have dwindled to nothing.
And buoying your spirits.

watch for free, if your small funds
are necessary for other needs.
use this music to feed your soul.

donations from those who can afford them are crucial
and very much appreciated!

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and more as donations allow
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Saturday, March 21st – 7:30-9:00pm
Kai Lyons, jazz guitar, solo and trio
click here for the archived live stream
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Sunday, March 22nd – 4:30-6:30pm
Potrero Hillbillies
~~Joshua Brody ~~
~~Joe Cunningham~~
archived live streamed here
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Coming up: Bastet (Justin Rock Trio) on Friday, March 27th at 5:30pm and The Gerald Beckett Trio, debuting his new cd, MOOD, on Saturday, March 28th. Sunday’s show tba.