Posts by Eric
Saturday, July 5th – 7:30-9:30pm
tbd (a quintet)
With the addition of emerging artist Lucas Davis on trumpet, tbd is a quintet this time out. tbd is the love child of trumpeter Mario Guarneri, a professional musician from the age of 14 or thereabouts, when he joined the musicians’ local in Los Angeles and started learning the ropes necessary for survival as a…
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Sunday, July 6th – 5pm
The Yoav Konig Sextet + Jam Session
On the first Sunday of each month, with donor support and the help of a small but avid audience, Bird & Beckett pays a modest stipend to young players still deeply in the process of acquiring an education in jazz. They may be young and they may be still learning the ropes, but their skills…
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Saturday and Sunday, July 5th and 6th
tbd (a quintet), July 5th at 7:30pm
Yoav Konig Sextet + Jam Session, July 6th at 5pm
On Saturday the 5th at 7:30,chamber jazz with tbd (a quintet), with Erik Jekabson and Mario Guarneri on trumpet, John Wiitala on bass, Akira Tana on drums, and the rising trumpet star Lucas Davis. Sunday the 6th at 5pm, the Yoav Konig Sextet plays a set and hosts our monthly student-centric jam session. Not a…
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4th of July weekend, July 3rd to 6th
Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal + open
Dred Scott/Tom Beckham Duo
Duncan James Trio
TBD Jazz Quintet
Yoav Konig Sextet+Jam Session
On the 3rd, our 1st-Thursdays poetry session kicks off the 4th of July weekend on a packed schedule that’s 2nd to none, with 5 shows in 4 days! That’s an All-American Independence Day holiday run for ya! Fuck Trump and come out to Glen Park for a minute along the way in celebration of diverse,…
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July 9th to 13th, six shows:
A talk on Philip Lamantia, a reading, West Coast blues, jazz twice in a row, and blues, boogie & zydeco
Wednesday 7/9 – 7:30-9:00pm donations appreciated A Walker Talks Live Stream “The Tao of Lamantia” Find it on our YouTube channel & Facebook page (or knock on the shop window & we’ll let you in) Thursday 7/10 – 7-9pm no charge, but you might want to buy a book! novelist/poet Owen Hill & drummer/poet…
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Fundraising for the future of
Bird & Beckett in Glen Park!
Here at Bird & Beckett Books, we’ve always relied on the kindness of neighbors and strangers to make it all work; and we’ve always found that strangers don’t stay strangers long! Your tax-deductible donations to our 501(c)3 nonprofit, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, FEIN 261906810, are the secret sauce. Book sales and cover…
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