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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Sunday, December 7th – 5pm
End of semester SFCM combo
and jam session
Eight years ago, in 2017, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” B.Mus. program welcomed its first crop of young, supremely talented aspiring jazz musicians. After 100 years as an august bastion of western classical music, the Conservatory had finally given due recognition to America’s own true classical music, the music…
The Lowell Ensemble plays chamber music and holiday favorites to benefit Bird & Beckett on Wednesday, December 10th!
Reserve a seat now!
And bring your checkbook!
Join us Wednesday, December 10th at 7pm for a benefit concert of chamber music by the Lowell Ensemble, led by Janet Popesco Archibald on oboe and English horn, with Karen Hutchinson on piano, Vicky Ehrlich on cello,Paul Ehrlich on viola and Zachariah Spellman on tuba. Call the store at 415-586-3733 to reserve a seat! Donate…
Five events Thursday to Sunday,
December 11th to 14th
Thursday at 7, writer Bart Schneider brings us Giacometti’s Last Ride, following the Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti in Paris during his last years. Once Giacometti meets Caroline, the “working girl” who becomes his lover and final model, his life shifts into high gear. Schneider gives readers a cellular sense of Giacometti in his…
Water under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
Saturday, December 6th – 7:30-9:30pm
Greg Gotelli’s San Francisco Sextet
Joel Behrman, trumpet. Karl Dray, trombone. Tod Dickow, saxophone. Matt Clark, piano. Jeff Saxton, bass. Greg Gotelli, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. The San Francisco Sextet features first-call musicians always on full display with talents equal to the best jazz players on the planet and…
Friday, December 5th
John Calloway’s Fall to Winter Musings
6pm to 8pm
+ The Lost Trio at 8:30pm
Two shows on Friday, December 5th! John Calloway’s Fall to Winter Musings at 6pm followed by The Lost Trio at 8:30pm. 6-8pm – Dr. John Calloway brings a quartet featuring Greg Jacobs on piano, Sam Bevan on bass and Scott Amendola on drums, with John leading the combo on an array of flutes. John had…
Tuesday, December 2nd – 7:00pm
Jennifer Cleary & David Richardson
a bit of Broadway, a little pop,
and a hint of country western.
Featuring Austin Yu on the piano.
$15 cover charge; students $10; kids free Reservations, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Jennifer Cleary is a singer and actress with a background in pop, jazz, musical theater and vocal improvisation. She cut her teeth performing with rock bands in New York City and has recorded and toured nationally. Know in the Bay Area from…
Sunday, November 30th – 5-7pm
The Cottontails
Standing Room Only!!
Karina Denike, vocals. Tom Griesser, clarinet and sax. Michael MacIntosh, piano. Joe Kyle, Jr., bass. Randy Lee Odell, drums. $30 for adults, cash please! Students $15. Kids free. Jump jazz, rhythm & blues, fresh as a daisy with deep roots in the ’40s & ’50s! A Thanksgiving tradition at Bird &…
after the turkey…
230 Jones Street, Friday at 7:30pm
New Squatoolas, Saturday at 7:30pm
The Cottontails, Sunday at 5pm
Just one show Friday the 28th instead of our typical Friday double header, but you’ll get two swinging sets of jazz starting at 7:30pm. A twenty dollar bill gets you the evening when The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band takes the stage. Long a staple of Bird & Beckett’s bookings, this quartet…
Saturday, November 29th – 7:30-9:30pm
New Squatoolas!
Jim Peterson, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Larry Vann, drums $20 cash cover charge at the door, byob. A Thanksgiving weekend tradition at Bird & Beckett! New Squatoolas are ready to take you on a joyous romp in a New Orleans mode, playing the music of NOLA jazz, funk and soul pioneers…