Posts by Eric
Sunday, November 5th – 5-8pm
Urban School Bebop Combo + Student Jam Session
Scott Foster sends in the terrific Urban School Bebop Combo to show what they’re made of. The ensemble will play a 45-minute set and then take part in a jam session hosted by the Keith Saunders Trio (Ollie Dudek, bass, and Tony Johnson, drums). The jam session is open to students coming from all directions,…
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Saturday, November 4th – 7:30-9:30pm
in flitters: 49 Bits From B*ck*tt
Noertker’s Moxie
Celebrate the release of a new Noertker’s Moxie CD—in flitters (49 bits from B*ck*tt)—with bassist/composer Bill Noertker and his cohorts, woodwindist Annelise Zamula, pianist Brett Carson, and drummer Eli Knowles. During the dark days of the Covid-19 pandemic, as a way of staying sane, bassist Bill Noertker began composing strange and repetitious little ditties. As…
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Friday, November 3rd – 8:30-10pm
Grant Levin / Gaea Schell Duo
piano + flute
Two great San Francisco-based jazz artists unite for two sets of flute & piano duo work. $15 cover charge (cash or Venmo at the door, please), byob. An intimate and thrilling evening of music guaranteed. Gaea Schell’s new album “In Your Own Sweet Way” (Saphu Records, 2023) prominently features her flute work and vocals alongside…
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Friday, November 3rd – 6-8pm
have guitar, will travel!
From NYC: Amanda Monaco Quartet
“A cliché-free, inventive player who doesn’t neatly fit into any of the usual modes of contemporary jazz guitar playing.” —Jazz Times. Amanda Monaco, guitar. Jason Gillenwater, tenor sax. Lisa Mezzacappa, bass. Jeff Davis, drums. $20 suggested (cash or Venmo at the door, please). BYOB. Acclaimed guitarist Amanda Monaco is traveling from NYC out to the…
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Thursday, Nov 2nd – 7-9pm: Poetry Post Jerry!
Michael Koch Carries On
Featured poets Keith Felton & Andrena Zawinski read their work, with an open mic to follow
Back in 1999, the year we opened Bird & Beckett, Jerry Ferraz was on the first poetry reading we presented, alongside Justin Desmangles and Dan Richman. He’s remained at the center of our poetry presentations ever since. Until now. Jerry has been saying for years that his “compass points North” and now he’s done it,…
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Sunday, October 29th – 5-7pm
Vince Lateano’s Doggone Jam Session
Pay what you can, and enjoy the process whereby musicians find their way among their peers, without specific preparation and preconceptions, just years of learning their craft and learning to listen and learning to respond to the moment, to the tradition and to the next musical idea. It’s fascinating and vastly entertaining, and Bird &…
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