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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]
Tuesday, June 24th – 7:30pm
Italian vocalist Chiara Izzi, from NYC
Chiara Izzi, vocals. Michael Potter, piano. Alan Jones, bass. $20 cover charge; byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Chiara Izzi arrived in New York City from Italy in 2014, three years after Quincy Jones awarded her first prize in the 2011 Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition. Chiara has said of Quincy Jones, “Having him as…
Sunday, June 22nd – 7pm
Caroline Julia Cabading
& the Autonomous Region
kulintang inflected jazz
Caroline Julia Cabading, vocals. Raymond Bambao, bass. Harold Ohashi, drums. Chris Planas, guitar. Roy Brown, piano. $25 cover charge, cash or venmo / byob. Students and teens $10. Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. The Autonomous Region was founded in the spring of 2015 as the house band for the International…
Saturday, June 21st – 7:30-9:30pm
The Jinx Jones Trio
Music is a universal language, and guitarist Jinx Jones is one of its great polyglots. His rockabilly guitar genius is widely acclaimed and well-ingrained in the West Coast & North Beach San Francisco consciousness, but it’s his abiding affection for jazz that we at Bird & Beckett love most. Audiences far and wide can now…
Saturday, June 21st – 5pm
Poet Art Goodtimes celebrates his 80th year!
Art Goodtimes, American poet, farmer and Colorado politician, celebrates his 80th birthday with a reading. No charge; just good will and high spirits.
Night Market in Glen Park, Saturday the 21st
big fun in the bookshop 5-9:30pm
…..Saturday, June 21st, 5-6pm: Art Goodtimes, American poet, farmer and Colorado politician, celebrates his 80th birthday with a reading. No charge; just good will and high spirits. …..Saturday, June 21st, 7:30-9:30pm: The Jinx Jones Trio. Jinx plays a lot of guitar! He’s a rockabilly guy, Colorado born, and a keen aficionado of soulful jazz…
Friday, June 20th – 8:30pm
The Fred Randolph Quintet
The Fred Randolph Quintet! Bassist Fred Randolph summons the troops to occupy your jazz head: Ian Carey, trumpet; Sheldon Brown, saxes/flute; Murray Low, piano; Brian Fishler, drums. 90 high octane minutes of jazz from a clever & nimble composer & first-call bassist cum bandleader, fronting a first-class quintet for the first night of summer! Adults:…
Friday, June 20th – 6pm
The Scott Foster Quartet
features music from the early-1960s
collaboration of Art Farmer and Jim Hall
Henry Hung, trumpet & flugelhorn. Scott Foster, guitar. John Wiitala, bass. Dan Foltz, drums. Adults – $20 / byob. Teens/undergrads – $10. Cash, please! Kids free. For a reservation and information, please call the shop at 415-586-3733. Tonight, the Scott Foster Quartet channels the Jim Hall/Art Farmer collaborations, with Scott on guitar joined by Henry…
June 19th to 22nd at Bird & Beckett
Jaime de Angulo to Caroline Cabading
Alturas to the Autonomous Region
jazz & poetry… los goodtimes…
Thursday, June 19th, 7:30-9pm: Walker Talks! In his monthly live stream, Walker Brents III plumbs a sliver of Jaime de Angulo’s storied career—cowpoke, daemonic scholar, gatherer of mystic word-lore among the Achumawi around Alturas, he-who-rolled-in-ditches-with-shamans. Legendary bohemian bay area presence, Big Sur hermit and socialite. Aged Chinatown cross dresser, Robert Duncan his amanuensis. Inspirer of…
Sunday, June 15th – 5-7pm
Dr. Legato with the Vince Lateano Trio
Celebrating Noel Jewkes at age 85!
Noel Jewkes, reeds & flute. Ben Stolorow, piano. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. $20 cover (adults) / byob. ~~cash please!~~ teens/undergrads – $10. kids free. To reserve seats, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Noel Jewkes is celebrating his 85th birthday this week, and we’re celebrating his six and a half decades as a force…
June 12th to 15th at Bird & Beckett
Sitar/Tabla Duo
Srinivas Reddy & Ferhan Qureshi
Eric & the In Crowd + Deep State Jazz
Carlo Rabano Chordless Trio
Noel Jewkes with the Vince Lateano Trio
A wonderful run of shows ahead! Please bring cash for the cover charge, and something to drink, if you like. Call to reserve a seat: 415-586-3733. Teens pay a reduced price, typically $10. Kids free and welcome. …..Thursday, June 12th, 7:30-9pm: The sitar/tabla duo of Srinivas Reddy and Ferhan Qureshi, $20. …..Friday, June 13th, 6-8pm:…