Posts by Eric
Saturday, May 2nd – 7:30pm
Cantos de mi Tierra
Formed in the summer of 2023, the latin cabaret ensemble Cantos di mi Tierra had its first public performances in October 2023 with three sold-out shows at Martuni’s in San Francisco and returned for two shows in January 2024. Soon after, adding a bassist and a percussionist, the ensemble performed at Feinstein’s at the Nikko,…
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Sunday, May 3rd – 5pm
Student-Centric Jazz Jam
hosted by the Yoav Konig Quartet
RASOTA bass student Yoav Konig, a formidable young talent, has assembled a quartet of great players – with Nico Colucci on tenor sax, Michael Potter on piano and Miles Turk on drums, all current or recent graduates of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s RJAM B.Mus. program. After a short set, the quartet will host…
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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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…
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Sunday, April 19th – 5pm
Vince Lateano Trio
with guest Kai Lyons, guitar
Ben Stolorow, piano. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. Special guest Kai Lyons, guitar. $20 per person donation encouraged; byob. Students, $5-$10. Kids free. Guitarist Kai Lyons is a uniquely talented guitarist and a musicologist much admired by his peers and friends, adaptable to any congenial bandstand assembly like the one on hand…
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Sunday, April 19th – 3pm
Jorge Argueta presents
My First Words in Nahaut
Tay naja nitajtaketzki achtu tik Nawat / Mis primeras palabras en nahuat / My First Words in Nahuat is San Francisco Mission District poet and childrens’ book writer Jorge Argueta’s latest and very personal book, adding to nearly two dozen earlier works for children and readers of poetry. Jorge grew up in Santo Domingo de…
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