Friday, April 3rd – 8:30pm
The Dan Seamans Trio

Darren Johnston, trumpet Scott Foster, guitar Dan Seamans, bass $20 cover charge; byob. Students $10. Dan Seamans steps up as leader of a fresh, one-off trio that won’t sound quite like any other. That’s the magic of small combo jazz, where friends and colleagues fall together to discover new music on the bandstand. It happens…

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Friday, April 3rd – 6pm
happy hour jazz at bird & beckett tonight!
Hipsteria

Elaine Alt, tenor saxophone & clarinet Jon Venker, organ Luke Schwartz, guitar “Tender” Tim Shea, drums with special guest vocalist May Oskan $20 suggested cover charge / byob. $10 students; kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733 “Tender” Tim Shea, with his small combo Hipsteria, is ubiquitous on the jazz casual scene…

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Saturday, March 28th – 7:30pm
The Benny Amón Trio

Charles Chen, piano Mikiya Matsuda, bass Benny Amón, drums $20 cover charge, cash at the door / byob. Students $10; kids free. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733 Classic 1940s-1960s piano trio repertoire, inspired by the likes of Ahmad Jamal, Clarence Profit, George Shearing, Errol Garner and many, many more.

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March 23rd to March 29th
Two Monday events
+ four shows Thursday to Sunday

Although the bookshop is typically closed on Mondays, we’ll be open Monday, March 23rd for two events that hold great meaning for us. Dan Richman — a poet and musician, a philosopher of the human spirit and the natural world, a toiler in the earth, an activist in the preservation of wetlands and bird habitats,…

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Friday, March 27th – 6pm
The Tony Johnson Quartet

Drummer Tony Johnson’s residency at Bird & Beckett continues, this month with his quartet featuring Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Keith Saunders on piano and Eric Markowitz on bass. Tony swam ashore from Australia in 1959 and hit North Beach swingin’. The singer Bev Kelly led a date at the Coffee Gallery in October 1960…

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