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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Monday, March 23rd – 5pm
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
Forgive but Never Forget
On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb destroyed blocks of a street in Baghdad with a history dating back to the 8th century as a site where booksellers displayed their wares and people gathered to exchange ideas. The street has since been repaired, rebuilt and reopened. The world remains besieged by violence. Memory and…
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Sunday, March 22nd – 7:30pm
Ralph Alessi Quartet
Ralph Alessi, trumpet. Adam Benjamin, piano. Richard Giddens, bass. Mark Ferber, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please). BYOB. Students, $10. Trumpeter Ralph Alessi–ECM recording artist and acclaimed instrumentalist, composer, and educator known for his distinctive and innovative approach to jazz improvisation and composition–returns to his Northern California roots, on tour out of…
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Sunday, March 22nd – 5pm
Matthew Perifano: Shakespeare Dharma
a monologue with music
Shakespeare Dharma recounts Matthew Perifano’s rich and strange journey with Shakespeare that began with a reading group that approached Shakespeare as mind/body practice rather than as theater. Eventually, this reading group would form Birnam Wood Musical Shakespeare Co. and Matthew would discover his facility for setting Shakespeare’s verse to music. As Matthew became more knowledgeable…
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Saturday, March 21st – 7:30pm
Vernaculars pay tribute to
guitarist Sonny Sharrock
Encore: Vernaculars Plays Sonny Sharrock’s Ask the Ages Karl Evangelista, guitar David James, guitar Francis Wong, sax Chris Trinidad, bass Jimmy Biala, drums $25 cover charge (cash at the door please) / byob. Students $10. For a reservation, all the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Fresh from an SRO performance at The Back Room in Berkeley…
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