Posts by Eric
Thursday, October 2nd – 7pm
Featured poets plus an open mic
on the first Thursday of each month
Tonight: Clive Matson
& Karen Pierce Gonzalez
Clive Matson’s roots in the beat generation go back to NYC in the early 1960s, and he’s been an important writing guru in the Bay Area for decades. We’re pleased to welcome him back to the shop with his recent collection, Hello Paradise, Paradise Goodbye. He’s a reliable link to the consciousness that bloomed from…
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Sunday, September 28th — 7:30-10pm
come for the jam,
stick around for the party!
Ryan Ancheta is one of our favorite young jazz musicians. He made a good impression on veteran drummer Vince Lateano and his trio partners Peter Barshay and Ben Stolorow at the jam session about three years ago while still a student at RASOTA, and he’s come back on stage here many times since, epitomizing the…
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Sunday, September 28th – 5-7pm
jam session!
hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio
Bring your axe! Bring something to sip and bring a few bucks to help us pay the trio. Or donate to the nonprofit to really help us sustain the jam session. It’s not a high revenue situation, this jam session, but the tradition is crucial and the trio is crucial– they’re professionals, and they rely…
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Saturday, September 27th – 7:30-9:30pm
Darren Johnston’s Standard Issue
Darren Johnson, peace cannon. Kai Lyons, guitar. John Wiitala, bass. Lorca Hart, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. for a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. An exciting prospect, this quartet! We said that before the date, and here’s our vindication: Darren Johnston has graced the stage at Bird & Beckett countless times (well,…
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The Late Show!
Friday, September 26th – 8:30-10pm
Othrwrldly: The Lisa Mezzacappa 5-ish
a sextet!
Aaron Bennett, saxophone. Kyle Bruckman, synthesizer. Brett Carson, piano. Mark Clifford, vibes. Lisa Mezzacappa, bass. Jordan Glenn, drums. $25-30 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Bassist, bandleader and composer Lisa Mezzacappa has been assiduously and playfully exploring the concept of worldbuilding in the othrwrldly cycle, a suite of…
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Friday happy hour show!
September 26th, 6-8pm
The Tony Johnson Quartet
Bob Kenmotsu, tenor saxophone. Keith Saunders, piano. Tomoko Funaki, bass. Tony Johnson, drums. $20 cover charge, byob. Students $10. Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. It’s been 65 years since Aussie Tony Johnson slipped into the country via Canada and took up residency in San Francisco. Tony immediately made his mark…
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