Posts by Eric
A little backstory on
Friday “jazz in the bookshop”
~~our jazz happy hour~~
continuous since 2002
growing from roots planted in 1999
Here’s a little backstory, to get us to where we now stand… in re: the Fridays, anyway… Read on! And thanks for being part of the Bird & Beckett story in the present day. /s/Eric Whittington, proprietor, since 1999 Once upon a time, in the late spring of 1999, Bird & Beckett opened its…
Read MoreWater under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
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Wednesday, March 4th – 7pm
Author Event:
Jan Sollish & Jackie Davis Martin
Two writers bring new work. Jan Sollish has published a memoir about her years from 1977 to 1982 at the Club Fugazi tending bar at Beach Blanket Babylon; Jackie Martin Davis has brought out a book of short stories that verge on memoir, fictively brushing up against the chronology and experiences of the author’s life.…
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Sunday, March 1st – 7:30pm
Billy Higgins Legacy Band!
Alto saxophonist Alex So
Bassist Isaac Coyle
Drummer Myron Cohen
Just added! Hurry down to Bird & Beckett for fresh & fiery jazz tonight! Young saxophonist Alex So is coming on strong And young bassist Isaac Coyle, says bassist Fred Randolph, has been blowing Fred’s mind! Anyone who’s heard him these past few years in the clubs around town will agree. At the kit is…
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March 1st – 5pm
Jam Session
hosted by the
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Jazz Ensemble
Bay Area student musicians welcome–travelers, too! Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland is sending their jazz ensemble to play a set, and then host the session. Educator Fred Randolph, among the top bassists on the region’s club circuit and a prolific composer, is coming along to herd the cats! Free!
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Sunday, March 1st – 1pm
Celebrate the
San Francisco Community Music Center
and the Chinese Zodiac
Year of the Fire Horse!
Shirley Wong hosts a panoply of faculty, student and allied musical talents in a tribute to her sister Betty and to the wonders of the Community Music Center, a San Francisco tradition for well over one hundred years. The Community Music Center has introduced generation upon generation of eager students to the wonders of music…
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