Posts by Eric
Saturday, July 14th – 7:30 pm
Avotcja & Modupue
$20 cover charge (students $10)
jazz club! when lights are low…Â
Modupue! Bay Area Blues Hall of Fame Jazz Group of the Year 2005 and 2010 Avotcja, poetry and small multi-percussion Francis Wong, saxophone Yancy Taylor, vibes Heshima, bass Raul Ramirez, multi-percussion with guest saxophonist Richard Howell.
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Saturday, July 14th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The solo piano and vocals of Sharman Duran
The San Francisco International Arts Festival, presenting Sharman Duran in a trio performance this past May, noted that she is “a vocalist/songwriter comfortable with the complexities of jazz. The pairing of music of harmonic depth with lyrics conveying anything of philosophical nuance must be carefully done, and by a musician at home in the musical…
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Friday, July 13th – 9-11 pm
Sukhawat Ali Khan’s Shukriya Ensemble
$15 cover charge; students $5Â
Sukhawat Ali Khan returns to Bird & Beckett with an ensemble of musicians steeped in Sufi music and Sukhawat’s own family’s 600-year-old Hindustani classical musical tradition, the Sham Chorasi Gharana, best known to contemporary audiences worldwide from the work of his father and uncle, the brothers Salamat and Nazakat Ali Khan. The Sham Chorasi Gharana was established…
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Friday, July 13th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Grant Levin Trio
jazz in the bookshop every Friday
$10 suggested donation
Grant Levin, piano Giulio Xavier, bass Mike Mitchell, drums Two sets of piano trio jazz from three of the Bay Area’s finest players. Purchase Grant Levin’s latest trio cd on cdbaby: “Live in California” with bassist Greg D’Augeli and drummer Lew Langworthy – recorded in Chico, CA in 2018 and just released!
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Thursday, July 12th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Ray Skjelbred Trio
$15 requested cover charge ($5-20 sliding scale) Â Â
Ray Skjelbred, piano and vocals; Clint Baker, bass and vocals; Riley Baker, drums. Ray’s roots are in the blues and pianists like Joe Sullivan, Earl Hines and Art Hodes, and he plays like an angel. He’s a legend in the world of traditional jazz, traveling the circuit from his base in Seattle. Catch the…
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Monday, July 9th – 7-9pm
Fanny Renoir presents The Kentucky Twisters
$10 cover
In association with Bird & Beckett, Fanny Renoir presents The Kentucky Twisters The Kentucky Twisters is a six-piece bluegrass band. All six musicians are members of the California Bluegrass Association and have been playing together for some ten years entertaining folks here in the Bay Area. They say they’re “what you would call a Strictly…
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