Posts by Heather World

Solid, swingin’, straight ahead jazz & hard bop. Tony Johnson leads our fourth Friday jazz dates in the bookshop, has for many years! But tonight, we’re subbing in the estimable Smith Dobson V for Tony since he took a major spill on that bike he still rides in his eighth decade. He’ll be mending for…

HowellDevine returns to the Bird & Beckett stage! If you’ve never heard them, and certainly if you’ve never heard them live, you’ll be blown away. Gale force blues in store for you! $20 cash cover charge; BYOB; proof of vaccination, a mask. Doors open at 4:45pm. Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Can’t make it…

Greg Abate, saxophone & flute Ben Stolorow, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Michael Mitchell, drums $20 cash cover charge; doors at 7:20; show at 7:30. BYOB, proof of vaccination and masks, please. Reservations, call the store at 415-586-3733 during store hours (Tuesday to Sunday, noon to six) Can’t make it to the show? Check it out…

Reprising a trio that worked together 15 years ago, guitarist Scott Foster has invited bassist Marcus Shelby and trumpeter Darren Johnston to reunite for a concert offering songs of peace and and other compositions, including Ornette Coleman’s “The Blessing” and Joe Henderson’s “Serenity.” Doors open at 7:20; show at 7:30. No reservations. The concert will…

Pearl Ubungen dances in the intimate space of Bird & Beckett within the sound envelope of the San Francisco ensemble led by saxophonist Salim Washington — Scott Foster on guitar, Charles Thomas on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums. An opportunity to absorb Washington’s “new synoptic vision of what jazz can be and do,” as…

Tonight’s reading features Olivia Soule and Brian K. Turner, with an open mic to follow. Olivia Soule completed her M.F.A. in poetry at the University of Nevada, Reno in 2018.  She has a B.A. in English and Italian from UCLA. Her poems have appeared in the Haight Ashbury Literary Journal, Pudding Magazine and Q/A Poetry,…