Posts by Eric
This week’s fun…
a pushback against autocracy
and six cultural events from
Wednesday April 2nd to Sunday April 6th
Make Good Trouble!
No joke: It’s afternoon in America! Wake up! The joke, a bad one, is Donald Trump. Seriously: At noon today, Wednesday, April 2nd, and for 26 days in a row at noon, we’re going to turn on the tv at Bird & Beckett and play an hour’s worth of Senator Cory Booker’s speech that began…
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Sunday, March 30th – 8-10pm
The Ryan Ancheta Quartet
Trumpet player Ryan Ancheta is sneaking a quartet into the shop for a late show Sunday the 30th, with his mentor Marcus Shelby on bass, the veteran tho-still-young Greg Jacobs on piano and Ryan’s contemporary, Miles Turk on drums. Expect two blazing sets of bop, hard bop, post-bop and beyond! $20 cover charge, cash or…
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Sunday, March 30th – 5-7pm
Jam Session!
hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio
You never know who might drop in. Maybe you! The Vince Lateano Trio will make you feel right at home! BYOB and a twenty for the trio.
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Saturday, March 29th – 7:30-9:30pm
An unnamable quartet plays ineffable jazz
Marc Caparone, cornet and trumpet. Dan Barrett, trombone and cornet. Jeff Hamilton, piano. Mikiya Matsuda, bass. $25 cover charge for adults / byob. Teens and students, $10. Kids free. The sweetest, most joyful, most satisfying, most rambunctious music you’ll ever hear is the creole jazz that flowered in New Orleans and floated up and down…
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Friday, March 28th – 8:30-10pm
The Aaron Germain Quartet
Jesse Levit, saxophone. Matt Clark, piano. Aaron Germain, bass. Isaac Schwartz, drums. $20 cover charge per adult / byob. Student rate $10-15 sliding scale. cash or venmo; no credit cards. Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Aaron Germain, a unique voice on bass with a flexibility beyond compare, is well into his third decade working…
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Friday, March 28th – 6-8pm
The Tony Johnson Quartet
Bob Kenmotsu, saxophone. Keith Saunders, piano. Eric Markowitz, bass. Tony Johnson, drums. $20 suggested donation per adult / byob. Teens and students, $10. Kids free. Tony Johnson has been a cornerstone of the San Francisco jazz scene since he hit town in 1959. Tony recorded on Riverside Records with singer Bev Kelly and saxophonist Pony…
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