Pianist and composer Adam Shulman leads a septet through some new original tunes in the style of the LA bands from the ’50s such as Lennie Niehaus, Gerry Mulligan, Shorty Rogers etc.

Darren Johnston, trumpet Wil Blades, organ Jon Arkin, drums

Victor Grossman, a U.S. Army draftee stationed in Europe during the McCarthy Era, left his barracks in Bavaria one day in 1952, and swam across the Danube River from the Austrian U.S. Zone to the Soviet Zone. The Soviets moved him to East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic. There he remained, observer and participant,…

Ken Fowser – tenor sax Josh Bruneau – trumpet Peter Zak – piano Vince Dupont – bass James Gallagher – drums $15-25 cover charge; sliding scale. The quintet is traveling en masse from NYC, with stops at Cafe Stritch in San Jose, the North Coast Brewing Company in Fort Bragg, Bird & Beckett, and then…

Cal Calamia is a queer trans bilingual educator and poet living in San Francisco. Always busy, they are a marathon runner and a crowd surfer when they’re not writing or teaching. Their work is centered on on universalizing personal experiences, and is largely performative. Cal’s work can be heard on calcalamia.com and at readings across…

Improvising/avant garde saxophonist Yoni Kretzmer has relocated to the Bay Area for a spell from his base in Brooklyn. He’s joined by renowned San Francisco bassist Lisa Mezzacappa and his frequent collaborator in Brooklyn, the drummer Kjell Nordeson. Kretzmer has two new recordings out now from OutNow Recordings — “Mis-Stake” by his 2Bass Quartet and…

Ed Coletti will read from Apollo Blue’s Harp And The Gods Of Song, accompanied by Steve Shain on upright bass. North Bay poet David Beckman will also read several poems.  

Quartet: Patrick Wolff, tenor saxophone Richard Sears, piano Josh Thurston Milgrom, bass Hamir Atwal, drums Sextet: Patrick Wolff, tenor saxophone Matt Renzi, reeds Erik Jekabson, trumpet Richard Sears, piano Josh Thurston Milgrom, bass Hamir Atwal, drums   This evening will feature two distinct sets of original music and arrangements by Patrick Wolff. The first will…

$20 cover charge; sliding scale available. Gumbo on the house at the break! Mean to Me resurrects classic jazz of the 1920s through ’40s filtered through the unique sensibilities of the band, which boasts a proclivity for bop, soul and latin jazz as well. Think Monk sauntering up Tin Pan Alley and turning onto Bourbon…

The Jazz Commissioner meets the New Jazz Commissioner at Bird & Beckett! John Calloway plays a mean flute, is an accomplished star in the Latin jazz world, is a highly regarded jazz educator and served on the San Francisco Arts Commission for many years.  Marcus Shelby is a superb & world renowned bassist, always has…