Posts by Heather World
Thursday, August 22nd – 7:30–9pm
Jazz Vocalist Thu Ho
cd release party
$20 cover charge; sliding scale available. Join us in a celebration of Thu’s gorgeous new cd, “Thu Ho with the Noel Jewkes Trio: Live at the Sausalito Seahorse” — eight exquisite jazz standards interpreted by a fabulous singer just making her mark on the jazz world and three consummate veterans whose talents are incontrovertible. At…
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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, August 19th – 7-9 pm
Poets Owen Dunkel + Greg Pond
open mic follows
Hosted by San Francisco troubadour-in-chief Jerry Ferraz and San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck. Owen was writing serious poetry from the time of the late ’60s ferment at SFSU and continues to this day; Greg has four highly regarded collections of poems to his name. Both fine poets, for sure! No charge, but bring a…
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Sunday, August 18th – 2-4 pm
No Land + Tongo Eisen Martin
poetry from NYC & SF
By now, the poet Tongo-Eisen Martin needs little introduction in San Francisco. A native son, he’s made his unique and indelible mark in poetry, prison education and hip hop, and has gained huge respect in recent years for his public poetry recitations of work alluded to in, if not quite contained by, two remarkable books:…
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Saturday, August 17th – 7:30-10 pm
The Evan Price Trio
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night
Evan Price – violin Owen Clapp – bass Jordan Samuels – guitar Evan Price is steadily gaining recognition as one of the world’s most confident voices in extra-classical string playing. A native of Detroit, MI, his musical background includes some earnest dues-paying in a variety of genres. From square dance bands to string quartets, from…
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Friday, August 16th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Tonight, the Scott Foster Quartet
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
Scott Foster, guitar David Boyce, saxophone Bill Noertker, bass Dave Mihaly, drums For more than fifteen years, guitarist Scott Foster has been giving Bird & Beckett a great jazz ride — each time out across new terrain. Nowadays, we count on him for a great show on the third Friday of every month. Tonight, he’s…
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tonight!
Monday, August 12th –7:30-9:00 pm
Pilgrim: Christoph Irniger Quintet
on tour, making a stop in the Velvet Lounge
Christoph Irniger (ts) Stefan Aeby (p) Dave Gisler (gui) Raffaele Bossard (b) Michael Stulz (dr) $20 cover charge; sliding scale available. “…a homegrown rising young sax star’s quintet” Jazzwise Magazine UK “Young Swiss saxophonist, composer Christoph Irniger is one to watch. His blossoming stature on the European jazz scene is partly due to his invigorating…
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