Live Streaming every show!

Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!

But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Help us pay the band!

Donate to the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project!

653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six

phone: 1-415-586-3733     email: [email protected]

5 concerts in 4 days: January 22-25

Funk – Jazz – Tango – Jazz – Jazz

Thursday, January 22, 7:30pm: Fog City Groove [Soul/Funk/Worldbeat] {$20}
_____

Friday, January 23, 6:00pm: 230 Jones Street Band [Hard Bop]{$20}
_____

Friday, January 23, 8:30pm: Tango No. 9 [Tango Nuevo y Más] {$20}
_____

Saturday, January 24, 7:30pm: Kevin Gerzevitz Trio [plays Herbie Nichols] {$20}
_____

Sunday, January 25, 5:00pm: Jam Session/Vince Lateano Trio [jazz] {$20}

_____

Reserve a seat by calling the bookshop at (415) 586-3733. We’ll hold your reservation until the music starts. No advance ticket sales; plan to pay with cash at the door, and byob.

_____

Thursday, January 22, 7:30–9:30pm {$20, $10 for students; kids free}
Fog City Groove Soul/Funk/Worldbeat
Shelley Sorenson, vocals/flute; Lisa Hartmeyer, tenor sax; Lear Blitzstein, bari sax; John Brixie, keys; Matt Flynn, guitar; Brian Bishop, congas; John Sweet, bass; Tom Misage, drums

Friday, January 23, 6:00–8:00pm {$20, $10 for students; kids free}
230 Jones Street Band Swing to Bop to Hard Bop to Bossa & Beyond
Charlie McCarthy, saxophone; Sam Cady, piano; Chuck Bennett, bass; Tony Johnson, drums

Friday, January 23, 8:30–10:00pm
{$20, $10 for students}

Tango No. 9
Tango Nuevo, Vals,
Milongas y originales
Catharine Clune, violin
Greg Stephens, trombone
Zoltan DiBartolo, vocals
J. Raoul Brody, piano

 

Saturday, January 24, 7:30–9:30pm {$20, $10 for students; kids free}
Kevin Gerzevitz Trio plays the music of Herbie Nichols
Kevin Gerzevitz, piano; Ari Munkres, bass; Tim Bulkley, drums

Sunday, January 25, 5:00–7:00pm {$20, $10 for students; kids free;
no charge for musicians participating in the session}

Jam session for jazz players, hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio
Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums

Pianist and composer Herbie Nichols was a marvelously singular musician and wrote many beautiful and often complex tunes, including House Party Starting and Serenade (recorded by Billie Holiday as “Lady Sings the Blues”), that are much admired by modern jazz musicians and aficionados though relatively obscure to the popular jazz audience.

 

TAKE OUR SURVEY

To take our SURVEY, click here, and help the BBCLP get to know you better! As Duke Ellington always said, we love you madly...

The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project

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...
[Read More ]

 


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

Sign Up for Our Weekly Emails!