Posts by Eric
Friday, April 14th – 5:30-8 pm
The Joe Cohen Show!
jazz in the bookshop every Friday evening
Tenor titan Joe Cohen leads dates all over town with a revolving cast of spectacularly talented local jazz musicians — it’s The Joe Cohen Show! Â At Bird & Beckett this Friday, it’ll be Jeremy Lieber on piano, Ollie Dudek on bass and Mark Lee on drums. Lucky us!
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Sunday, April 9th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Seducers – Classic, Outlaw & Honky Tonk Country Music
Joe Goldmark , pedal steel guitar; Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals; Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals; Kenny Owens, drums. The Seducers play Bird & Beckett on the second Sunday of April and May, and then move to the first Sunday in June. Classic songs by the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank…
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Sunday, April 9th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Cottontails
Karina Denike, vocals Tom Griesser, sax Michael McIntosh, piano Ari Munkres, bass Randy Lee Odell, drums Swingin’ jazz that evokes the best of the cocktail world from the ’20s to the ’50s. This outfit held down the third Sunday slot at the Riptide bar out on Taraval until fire destroyed the place a couple of…
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Saturday, April 8th – 7:30-10 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
Julie Kelly and the Vince Lateano Trio
Drummer Vince Lateano is a legend on the San Francisco jazz scene. Julie Kelly is a long-time friend of Vince and his wife, the vocalist Madeline Eastman. The late, respected jazz critic Leonard Feather once said of jazz singer Julie Kelly, “Julie Kelly radiates a sense of joy and spontaneity. Listening to her, you are…
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Saturday, April 8th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin Duo
with Charles ThomasÂ
Grant Levin Duo with Charles Thomas
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Friday, April 7th – 5:30-8 pm
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
jazz in the bookshop — every Friday since 2002
Al Molina, trumpet Jerry Logas, baritone sax, clarinet and flute Don Prell, leader and bass Chris Gustafason, drums Bassist Don Prell got his start in L.A. in the 1950s, traveling for several years as a member of the Bud Shank Quartet. He’s been a cornerstone of the Bird & Beckett Friday night jazz series since…
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