Posts by Eric
August 14th to 31st at Bird & Beckett
August 14th, 7:30pm: Mose Def : The Music of Mose Allison — Dean Mermell, vocals; Tom Griesser, tenor sax; Kymry Esainko, piano; Joe Kyle, Jr., bass; Eric Garland, drums. $25 cover. Students $10. Mose Allison recorded 19 fabulous bluesy jazz trio and quartet albums in the 16 years following his 1956 debut, featuring his lyrics,…
Read MoreWater under the bridge…
Hundreds, no, thousands of events have come and gone these past 25 years… the one you missed yesterday follows in the post below. But for the rest, much information, and often video documentation, can be found in our extensive archive, accessed through the “Events” tab in the navigation menu above. https://birdbeckett.com/events-past/ will take you there.…
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Thursday, August 13th
São Paulo Choro Quartet
Brazilian choro by São Paulo Allstars! Alessandro Penezzi, guitar Alexandre Ribeiro, clarinet Roberta Valente, pandeiro Jane Lenoir, flute $25-$35 sliding scale cover.
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Sunday, August 9th – 7:30pm
“All This is Possible”
album release concert
Vocalist Kay Kostopolous
with the Noel Jewkes Quartet
Kay Kostopoulos celebrates her new album, “All This is Possible,” in the company of the marvelous saxophonist Noel Jewkes, arranger/pianist John DiMartino, bassist Carla Kaufman and drummer Mark Lee. She caresses a set of jazz standards from the album with her own exotic flair, and augments those numbers with spoken excerpts from Homer’s Odyssey…
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Sunday, August 9th – 5pm
Maurice Tani: The Sangoire Sets
dark tales of crime, fashion and romance
Maurice Tani, guitar and vocals. Pam Brandon, vocals. Henry Salvia, piano. Greg Kehret, bass. Kenny Owen, drums. $25 suggested; pay what you will! It’s Happy Hour at Bird & Beckett! BYOB. Born and raised in San Francisco, Maurice Tani has spent five decades on the California alt-country/Americana scene. Fronting his own bands including 77 El…
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Saturday, August 8th – 7:30pm
UFO Pilots
A new trio, UFO Pilots is made up of Vincent Maclauchlan on guitar, Aidan McCarthy on bass and Nadav Beary on drums. All three were born and raised in the East Bay and all three now reside in New York. “We all live within a five minute walk from each other in Brooklyn, so…
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