653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six

 

Live Streams every weekend!

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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Friday, July 24 – 7:30pm
jazz from the bookshop, live streamed to you!
Santiago/Cetto Duo
Javier Santiago, piano + Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass

Tune in for two sets of jazz classics & originals by two of the Bay Area’s stellar young musicians, captured for you by rising star Nico Mesa — the man who made our last live stream with this duo shine so brightly. Want to quickly get to the heart of the matter? Go to the…

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Wednesday, July 15 – 5:30 pm
Emily L. Quint Freeman, with her memoir
Failure to Appear: Resistance, Rebellion and Identity
a live stream

The New York Times, June 6, 1970   10 Foes of Draft Guilty in Chicago: Convicted of Burning Files — 3 Absent from Court On May 25, 1969, Linda Quint, now Emily L. Quint Freeman, with a number of others, broke into the South Side Chicago draft board office. dragging 40,000 files of draft-eligible young men…

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Tammy Lynne Hall Duo with Mads Tolling on Friday, July 17
Karl Evangelista/Rei Scampavia Duo (Music of Alice Coltrane) on Sunday, July 19

Friday, July 17th at 7:30pm Rest in Peace, John Lewis the art of the duo Tammy Lynne Hall, piano Mads Tolling, violin watch it here Sunday, July 19th at 7:30pm The Music of Alice Coltrane duo explorations by Grex Karl Evangelista, guitar Rei Scampavia, keyboards watch it here   We cannot yet host in-store audiences…

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Thursday, July 16 – 7:30pm live stream
Walker Brents III retells the story spun by Albert Camus in his 1947 novel, La Peste (The Plague)

When “you” becomes “we” is where absurdity transitions into meaning. Facts are cold; truth is warm. Such literary masterpieces as The Plague, by Albert Camus, offer our human souls awareness of this. And so, as if to answer a demand of the age, Walker Brents III offers a re-telling, composed before your listening eye, of…

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Sunday, July 12 — 2pm
WAKE UP AMERICA!
If not now, when?
14 poets convene in a live stream

Wake Up America Poetathon, Part II IF NOT NOW, WHEN? Live Stream, Sunday, July 12 at 2pm Poetry that speaks to Freedom, Love, Peace, Equality for All via ZOOM   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8615962043  Meeting ID: 861 596 2043 OR one tap mobile +16699006833 (CA) ,8615962043# US (San Jose) +13462487799 (TX) ,8615962043# US (Houston) OR facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/271042350933245 POETS: Dr….

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Friday, July 10
Vic Wong / Daniel Fabricant duo

Two peas in a jazzpod, Daniel Fabricant and Vic Wong live in the same building not far away, where Dan & his wife tend to their young baby, who’s getting an early introduction to roots and fifths from Dan’s serenades & lullabies on bass, while Vic posts a daily morning cup of jazz guitar to…

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Friday, July 3rd – 7:00pm
live streamed jazz from the bookshop!
TonaLaura Duo
pianist Laura Klein & guitarist Tony Corman

  TonaLaura Jazz Duo is the musical marriage of the husband-and-wife team, pianist Laura Klein and guitarist Tony Corman.Laura’s unique, lyrical harmonic sense and Tony’s extraordinary arranging skills bring a rare richness to the duo format.  For this special performance, they’ll be playing a wide selection of tunes drawn from the Great American Songbook, bebop, Brazilian…

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Sunday, June 28th – 7 pm
Classical guitarist Lyle Sheffler plays solo
for a Bird & Beckett live stream on facebook

We’re pleased to present classical guitar soloist Lyle Sheffler this Sunday evening. As a performer, Lyle is an integral part of the San Francisco music community, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. He also maintains a thriving teaching studio in the San Francisco Bay Area. Besides classical guitar, Lyle is proficient on…

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Friday, June 26th – 7pm
jazz pianist Keith Saunders
a live stream concert on facebook
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002

Keith Saunders is in the very top echelon of great jazz players in the region, with decades on the scene in New York, decades more in San Francisco and environs, many years leading his own quintet back east, a deeply felt bebop ethos and a vast knowledge of the music in all its forms. He’s…

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Thursday, July 25th – 7:30pm
Zan Stewart: Jazz Musician, Writer, Raconteur
talking about jazz & wailing on sax
a Bird & Beckett live stream via facebook

This Thursday, 7/25, at 7:30pm, we present a live stream talk and performance by Zan Stewart — decades in the jazz journalism business and decades more as a jazz saxophonist and composer. He has stories to tell about the greats he encountered in his writing career, and notes to blow by way of illustration, tribute…

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