Scott Foster invites master percussionist John Santos and an all-star roster of musicians to join him for an exploration and celebration of the musical crossroads of Caribbean rhythms and American jazz. John Santos, percussion Jeff Cressman, trombone Scott Foster, guitar Saul Sierra, bass Jesus Diaz, percussion Horns to Havana is supporting tonight’s music; representatives will…

$20 cover charge; sliding scale available Traveling home for a few shows from his base in New York City, Jesse Levit — alto saxophonist, EWI player and Oakland native — brings in a quartet of San Francisco’s finest for two sets of jazz on the Bird & Beckett stage. We look forward to Jesse’s occasional…

3rd year! Students in the SF Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” BMUS degree program host their peers from Bay Area colleges and high schools. No cover charge. Donations to support the bookshop that supports the students are very much appreciated.

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Michael Zisman, mandolin; Jason Vanderford & Scott Foster, guitars;Joe Kyle, Jr., bass. Certainly the darlings of all San Franciscans who’ve ever witnessed their family ruckus at the Deluxe, the Americano Social Club is led by Michael Zisman on mandolin and features guitarists Jason Vanderford and Scott Foster and bassist Joe…

D.L. Lang, Vallejo Poet Laureate 2017-2019 Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate 2016-2017 Dani Gabriel, El Cerrito Poet Laureate 2018-present Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Berkeley Poet Laureate 2017-present Chris Olander, Nevada County Poet Laureate 2019-present Ron Riekki, co-editor of Undocumented: Great Lakes Poets Laureate on Social Justice

Adam Gay, bass, leads a quartet featuring Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Ben Stolorow on piano and Peppe Merolla on drums. Adam moved to Brooklyn a month or two ago, what a loss…  their gain!  But he’s back for a minute and that’s our gain. A fabulous quartet, playing some Blue Note bop classics and…

Celebrate the publication of great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea and meet a friendly indie press looking for new voices. Featuring Neeli Cherkovski, Joan Gelfand, Matthew Hupert, Deborah Kennedy, Mira Martin-Parker, and SB Stokes. Hosted by Jane Ormerod and Richard Loranger. “Birds Fall Silent in the Mechanical Sea” is…

Jerry Ferraz and Kim Shuck host and egg them on! Seriously, they’re as serious as your life.

$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Dave Tidball (clarinet, bass clarinet) Jim Dukey (clarinet, bass clarinet) Dick Mathias (clarinet, bass clarinet) Charlie Keagle (clarinet) With this concert, the Albatross Clarinet Quartet will present an array of new music, much of it recently conceived and arranged. Bebop to polytonal funk, musical commentary on classical pieces from the late 19th century …