Posts by Eric
Saturday, August 30th – 7:30-9:30pm
Marc Caparone & Jeff Hamilton
New Orleans Pearls
Can’t make it to Sacramento for the 10th Annual Hot Jazz Labor Day Weekend Jubilee? We have a premier New Orleans jazz duo for you Saturday, the 30th! Marc Caparone on trumpet, and singing, and Jeff Hamilton on piano, two highly regarded practitioners of the art of trad jazz from New Orleans’ Congo Square and…
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Friday, August 29th – 8:30-10pm
Kristen Strom / Tammy Lynne Hall Duo
Kristen Strom, saxophone. Tammy Lynne Hall, piano. $20 cover charge; students $10. Call the shop at 415-586-3733 for a reservation. Byob. Tammy Lynne Hall has had a long and storied career in music, and is held in extremely high regard by her peers and her audience. We’re always pleased when she can work in a…
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Friday, August 29th – 6-8pm
The Macy Blackman Trio
Macy Blackman, piano. Bing Nathan, bass. Larry Vann, drums. $20 requested donation; students $10; kids free. BYOB. Call the shop for a reservation, 415-586-3733. Let the good times roll! Macy is a piano professor in the tradition of Professor Longhair, James Booker and Mac Rebennack, aka Dr. John, in a long line going back to…
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Thursday, August 28th – 7:30-9:30pm
Drummer Tom Misage & 101 Eastbound
Most of you in the Bird & Beckett sphere know Tom Misage as our sound guy on our Friday shows, and a good hearted Glen Park neighbor who lives a few blocks down Chenery Street between the bookshop and the canyon. But unless you attend the jam sessions that Vince Lateano runs on the third…
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Monday, August 25th – 7:00pm
Kai Lyons’ Changüísonico
with José Andrés Rodriguez
El Sinsonte (“The Mockingbird”)
of Changüí Guantanamo
Changüí at Bird and Beckett with none other than José Andrés, the Latin-Grammy nominated composer/singer from the historic Changüí Guantánamo (featured in Harry Belafonte’s “Roots of Rhythm” – link below.) Join us for a night of boleros, son, improv, call-and-response, humor, stories and changüí. $20 general | $10 students | All ages Changüísonico featuring El…
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Sunday, August 24th – 8-10pm
The Simon Aks Quartet
Simon Aks, guitar. Kevin Person, Jr., piano. Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass. Miles Turk, drums. $20 cover charge (cash please), byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Original music from Simon’s upcoming record, plus some classic jazz standards and more modern tunes.
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