Posts by Eric
Friday, December 20th – 8:30-10pm
The San Francisco Quintet
Todd Dickow – sax. Joel Behrman – trumpet. Benny Watson – piano. John Donnelly – bass. Greg Gotelli – drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. The SF Jazz Quintet, helmed by drummer Greg Gotelli, brings to you the classic composers of hard bop era as well as the best of the Great American…
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Friday, December 20th – 6-8pm
The Scott Foster Quartet
plays Rollins & Hall
Guitarist Scott Foster’s quartet with tenor saxophonist Bob Kenmotsu, bassist John Wiitala and drummer Dan Foltz will be playing repertoire exclusively from the collaboration between Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall — music from the album “the Bridge” and beyond. What a treat! It’s getting to be a lot like Christmas! Scott weighs in: “This is…
Read More12/19 live streamed talk on Artaud has been postponed to Thursday, January 16
POSTPONED TO 1/16 due to technical difficulties Antonin Artaud, charismatic silent movie actor, visionary dramatic theorist, and inspired prophet, was driven, by an increasingly troubled mind, in the years just prior to the second world war, to undertake a quixotic voyage to Mexico, in search of an elemental connection to the life of the earth…
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Wednesday, December 18th – 7:30pm
Josh Feinberg and Ferhan Qureshi
Sitar and Tabla Concert
Josh Fineberg began his musical training at 4 years old with western classical and jazz on piano and bass in New York City. He was hailed as a prodigy and performed in jazz venues and concert halls across the New York area. In his teens, Josh fell in love with the music of Ustad Ali…
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Sunday, December 15th – 5-7pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
Make it a habit! The Vince Lateano Trio plays the third Sunday of every month at Bird & Beckett! Tell your friends to meet you at San Francisco’s southernmost jazz joint & literary parlor! Vince is a 60-year veteran of the San Francisco jazz scene. Born, raised and introduced to jazz in Herb Caen’s home…
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Saturday, December 14th – 7:30-9:30p[m
MURMUR GARDEN
a quartet collaboration of
Myra Melford, Ben Goldberg, Ben Davis and Jordan Glenn
Ben Goldberg, clarinet. Myra Melford, piano. Ben Davis, cello. Jordan Glenn, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Cash or venmo at the door, please. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. These four much admired musicians have not played together before, so no one can really know what’s going to happen. But individually and in every musical situation each always…
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