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 in San Francisco’s premier little bookshop/listening room….

Drummer Jon Frank leads a quartet with Noah Frank, trumpet; Grant Levin, piano; Charles Thomas; bass.

Avant pastoralism in a chamber music mode Sheldon Brown (clarinet and bass clarinet) Joseph Noble (flute, alto flute, bass flute) Amber Lamprecht (oboe and English horn) www.echosbones.bandcamp.com.

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… the 5th Anniversary of jazz club!   Join us to celebrate five years of Saturday night jazz, when lights are low! Pianist Grant Levin has been on the date since the beginning, building an avid following and bringing to the stage some of the Bay Area’s most amazing musicians. Tonight,…

Noah Frank, trumpet Eli Maliwan, tenor sax Kai Lyons, guitar Curtis Aikens, bass Genius Wesley, drums With a sound and approach flexibly fitted to the space and the time, Sueños fuses hip-hop & R&B rhythms, blending modal with gospel harmonies, flowing with bebop-tinged horns over the top of a tight rhythm section that knows no…

The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project in association with Jazz in the Neighborhood presents: Ray Skjelbred, piano Clint Baker, trumpet Riley Baker, drums A sublime stroll through the history of early jazz and the stride era.   Many have had good things to say about Ray: He plays so good it scares me. –…

Right around the Fourth of July each year, we’re pleased to present the Buena Vista Jazz Band — a seven-piece trad jazz aggregation featuring the amazing vocalist Darlene Langston, with Noel Weidkamp, trumpet; John Hunt, trombone & vocals; Don Neely, clarinet & vocals; Si Perkoff, piano; Al Obidinski, bass; and Bill Belasco, drums  Apocryphally, Louis…

  Editor Shizue Siegel presents a reading by Dee Allen, James Cagney, Francée Covington David Erdreich and Richard Sanderell, Norma Smith, Lyzette Wanzer, Avotcja  — all contributors to the just-published anthology Civil Liberties United: Diverse Voices from the San Francisco Bay Area (Pease Press, 2019) — 300 pages of poetry, prose and art from 100…

  Jack Riordan, guitar Matt Montgomery, bass Hamir Atwal, drums Two extraordinary sets of live jazz in store for you tonight! $20 cover charge; sliding scale available where needed.  

Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Mark Lee, drums Pepe Jacobo, congas Exquisite jazz in San Francisco’s best listening room, bar none! With books and great acoustics. BYOB. $20 suggested donation, but any amount is welcome. You won’t find a better small combo live jazz experience than this! Grant Levin is an extraordinary pianist, and…