Posts by Heather World

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Michael Moore, cornet Michael Gold, tenor sax Randy Craig, piano John Clark, bass and Scott Foster on guitar Scott invites a crew of musicians and long-time friends who gather annually in cornetist Michael Moore’s living room to reminisce about old times and old friends and play some old tunes.…

$20 cover charge; sliding scale available Adam Moezinia, guitar Noah Garabedian, bass Charles Goold, drums New York-based guitarist Adam Moezinia has been a rising star on the scene there since he arrived nine years ago to study at Juilliard. Since then he’s played with many great musicians including Cecile McLorin Salvant, Freddy Cole (with whom…

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Noah Frank, trumpet Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Genius Wesley, drums A brilliant young trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader, staking out classic jazz territory for 2020 in the company of some fine players bridging the generations!

$20 suggested donation / any amount welcome The Seducers have had a monthly gig at Bird & Beckett for three years, playing classic, outlaw and honky tonk songs by the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Bobby Bare, plus originals and a few from left field. Look for the Seducers every second Sunday…

Vibraphonist Yancie Taylor has been a cornerstone of the Northern California jazz scene for decades, most reliably heard for the past decade at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in downtown Oakland where he’s long held forth with a combo and hosts a jam session that’s legendary. Tonight, he’ll lead a quintet at Bird & Beckett featuring saxophonist…

Tonight, the Mike Olmos Quartet Mike is just the best! And what a quartet he’s fronting tonight at Bird & Beckett… Mike Olmos, trumpet Adam Shulman, piano Joshua Thurston-Milgrom, bass Evan Hughes, drums Clarinetist Rob Barics was slated to front this band as a quintet, but had to bow out at the last minute due…