This weekend’s dates will include “Shifrin does Gershwin” on Friday the 9th at 6pm– it’s another happy hour night out with pianist Eric Shifrin’s ongoing 2nd Fridays residency. All year long, Eric & the In Crowd are celebrating the composers and songwriters whose tunes have come to be known as the “American Song Book,” gifting the jazz world with so many of the tunes that have become bandstand standards and jazz classics. In this month’s iteration of the In Crowd, Eric is joined by Bird & Beckett favorites Ari Munkres on bass and Mark Lee on drums. Fascinatin’ rhythm guaranteed! 

That’s followed on Saturday the 10th by drummer Ron Vincent’s quartet, with Brad Buethe on guitar, Ben Stolorow on piano and Jeff Saxton on bass.

And on Sunday, the 15th at 5pm, Maurice Tani’s “country noir” outing dubbed “Angels & Lillies” with Henry Silva & the American bassist Mike Anderson. Every second Sunday, it’s Sin & Celebration in an Americana vein at Bird & Beckett!

Elé Salif Howell Quartet, Tuesday 8/13/24, 8-10pm. $20 cover charge; byob.

We continue with an extraordinary mid-week date, the Elé Salif Howell Quartet on the Tuesday 13th at 8pm