Posts by Eric
Friday, April 10th – 8:30pm
The Fred Randolph Quartet
Sheldon Brown, saxes and flute. Matt Clark, piano. Fred Randolph, bass. Brian Fishler, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students: $10. Composer, bandleader & bassist Fred Randolph brings a quartet comprising top talent for two sets of jazz classics and originals. Enjoy the late show vibe this Friday, and every Friday…
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Friday, April 10th – 6pm
Finito!
Eric & the In Crowd
play tunes starting with the letter “F”
We’re celebrating our 24-year old Friday happy hour tradition at Bird & Beckett this month, starting with tonight’s Eric & the In Crowd date. It’s fitting that it’s all about the letter “F”! Finito! After this one, Eric & the In Crowd’s Second-Fridays residency will start at 7:30pm! Prefer the late afternoon vibe? Find…
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Thursday, April 9th – 7pm
A poets’ conclave
Stephen Vincent, Hilton Obenzinger
& Jerry Martien
read poems, new and selected
On the occasion of a trip by Jerry Martien down to Monterey to present his book Waveshock: Ed Ricketts, The Voyage of the Grampus, and Our Biopoetic Future, long-time friends Hilton Obenzinger, driving up from Palo Alto, and Stephen Vincent, hosting on his San Francisco home turf, converge on the bookshop to read poems and…
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Sunday, April 5th – 7:30pm
Cellist Rosalyn Zhang with the
Billy Higgins Legacy Band
featuring saxophonist Richard Howell
Prepare yourself for a magnificent union of Rosy Zhang, North York Concert Orchestra principal cello, with the jazz titans comprising drummer Myron Cohen’s Billy Higgins Legacy Band. $30 cover charge / byob; students $10. Cash at the door, please! Call ahead for a reservation (415) 586-3733, but keep in mind — we’re busy selling books…
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Sunday, April 5th – 5pm
Next Generation Jam Session
hosted by the UC Jazz Quintet
Trumpet player Jeremy Kemmerer brings a jazz quintet from UC Berkeley for a set, followed by our monthly first-Sundays jam session especially open to young and young-at-heart jazz musicians still learning the ropes of this hoary tradition! Jeremy Kemmerer, trumpet. Sam Malekzadeh, tenor saxophone. Chris Cook, piano. Benny Goldenberg, bass. Lucas Quan, drums. No charge…
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Sunday, April 5th – 1pm
Poet Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
reads from her new collection,
Lucky Charms
New and Selected Poems, 2000-2025
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux’s Lucky Charms: New and Selected Poems, 2000–2025 is fresh out from City Lights Books this spring, No. 26 in its Spotlight Series, edited by Garrett Caples. Her previous books include The World Exactly (Cuneiform, 2020), Universal Fall Precautions (Spuyten Duyvil, 2017), As Water Sounds (Bootstrap, 2014) and Palm to Pine (Bootstrap, 2011). She is…
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