Posts by Eric
Tonight! Friday, March 14th – 6-8pm
Eric & the In Crowd
play jazz in the bookshop
For decades, Eric Shifrin has been wowing the swells and the swindlers, the singers and the swingers, the rowdy and the restless and the resolute barflies in dives, penthouses, lounges and lobbies and swank supper clubs — wherever he plays, that’s where you’ll find the in crowd. Standards, chestnuts, curios. He’s a gruff stylist with…
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Thursday, March 13th – 7:30pm
Jugalbandi Concert
Bruce Hamm, sarod / Joanna Mack, sitar
This concert features a Jugalbandi (duet) presentation of traditional North Indian classical stringed instruments. Bruce Hamm (sarod) is a disciple of the revered maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. He has pursued a serious and continuous study of classical instrumental and vocal music over nearly 4 decades. Bruce accompanied his Guru Ali Akbar Khan onstage on…
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Sunday, March 9th – 5-7pm
Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces
It’s all jazz at Bird & Beckett– except when it’s lit’rature, poetry, philosophy, belles lettres– or… ROCKABILLY RAVE-UPS & COUNTRY CROONING! CLASSIC BALLADS OF WINE, WOMEN, SONG AND LONG-HAUL TRUCKING! TODAY FROM 5-7PM!! Mitch Polzac & the Royal Deuces featuring pedal steel master Joe Goldmark! Bring a twenty for the band and…
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Sunday, March 9th – 10-11am
SF Lives Livestream
Journalist Denise Sullivan
in conversation with
poet Dee Allen
Independent reporter Denise Sullivan brings the SF Lives series to Bird & Beckett for a Sunday morning livestream. This month’s guest is Dee Allen, launching his 10th volume of poetry, The Mansion: Liberated Zones Inside The Controlled Inner City (Gnashing Teeth Publishing).”Named in honour of his first real home in the Bay Area, The Mansion covers…
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Saturday, March 8th – 7:30pm
The Zen of Glenn
colleagues probe the influence of a fallen hero
Francis Wong, saxophone. Erika Oba, flute, piccolo, piano, melodica. Chris Trinidad, bass, synth. Carrie Jahde, drums. Helen Palma, vocals. $25 cover charge; byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. “Zen of Glenn” is a new CD recording of the works of the late composer and activist Glenn Horiuchi (1955-2000), featuring arrangements by longtime…
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Friday, March 7th – 8:30-10pm
The James Mahone Quartet
Eat at home. Go out late. Stay out late. Enjoy the James Mahone Quartet! It’s the Friday late set at Bird & Beckett! James Mahone, tenor sax. Grant Levin, piano. Sam Bevan, bass. Michael (Mike) Mitchell, drums. Take a piano trio and do it one better! Nothing epitomizes jazz like the tenor saxophone! We love…
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