Posts by Heather World

Live in the shop and viewable as a live stream on YouTube or Facebook. This early evening into the twilight, Bird & Beckett is pleased to present a combo comprising students from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Roots, Jazz and American Music B.Mus. degree program. It’ll be a sextet, coached into being by Akira Tana, but set…

Eric Shifrin, piano Richard Chon, violin Ari Munkres, bass Mark Lee, drums Live in the shop and viewable as a live stream on YouTube or Facebook. Doors open at 7:20pm. Music at 7:30pm. $20 cash cover charge at the door. Call for reservations – 415-586-3733 during regular store hours, Tuesday to Sunday, noon to six pm. Proof of…

Making the swing to bop & the bossa nova, and making it count! Four pros plying their trade for the glory and a guaranteed fair wage! Charlie McCarthy, saxophone Glen Deardorff, guitar Al Obidinski, bass Tony Johnson, drums Live in the shop and viewable as a live stream on YouTube or Facebook. Doors open at 7:20pm. Music at…

TOGETHER AGAIN Betty Wong & Friends CD Release Concert & Bird & Beckett Pandemic Relief Party Live in the shop and viewable as a live stream on YouTube or Facebook! TOGETHER AGAIN was inspired by two musicians — during the Covid pandemic, a time of impending threat to survival — making music that draws energy…

Michael O’Neill, reeds Adam Shulman, piano Dan Feiszli, bass Jason Lewis, drums The Michael O’Neill Quartet has developed an avid following over nearly two decades. O’Neill’s latest album, And Then It Rained (Jazzmo Records, 2020), featuring bassist Dan Feiszli and drummer Jason Lewis alongside pianist Michael Bluestein, is his fourth, and the first to focus…

Simon Rowe leads a trio in two sets of straight ahead, bebop and latin inflected jazz. An Australian bitten by the jazz bug in Sydney at age 12, when his grandfather brought a Louis Armstrong lp into the house, Simon has traveled the American jazz byways ever since he packed off to Texas as a…