653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Open to walk-in trade and browsing
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!
Sunday, March 17th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Aki Kumar & Jon Lawton Blues Duo
which way west? Sunday concert series
Dynamic frontman & harp player Aki Kumar is a bonafide star among the next generation of West Coast blues artists and the world’s first professional blues harmonica player to hail from India. A master of the hugely influential Chicago blues sound, Kumar inherits his style from the harp legends of the 1950s and 60s. Aki…
Saturday, March 16th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Grant Levin Quartet
jazz club! when lights are low…
Dave Ellis, saxophone Grant Levin, piano Aaron Cohn, bass Jaz Sawyer, drums Through the heart of the 1990s, down on Folsom Street at the Up & Down Club, out on Market at the Cafe du Nord, over on Valencia at the Elbo Room, in clubs across the land and on ground breaking albums, Dave Ellis…
Saturday, March 16 – 2:00-3:30 pm
Book event – High Voltage Women:
Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light
by Ellie Belew
High Voltage Women: Breaking Barriers at Seattle City Light (Red Letter Press, 2019), by Ellie Belew, documents a great victory for women in the trades and for women’s rights. One of the first women Electrical Trainees at Seattle City Light, Megan Cornish, will speak at the event.
Friday, March 15th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Tonight, the Scott Foster Quintet
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since October 2002Â
Scott has a good band for you this month… Darren Johnston, David Boyce, Noah Schencker, Cairo McCockran… He does it for you the 3rd Friday of the month… each and every month… this is a man who does not heed the siren’s song… he stays the course! So, who’s he got? We’ll tell you again:…
Thursday, March 14th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Elliott Levin/Mogauwane Mahloele
an Excursion into the Freedom of Words and Music
Elliott Levin; Mogauwane Mahloele; Mark Pino, drums Elijah Pontecorvo, bass Elliott Levin is a legendary poet and vocalist on the Philly free jazz scene, traveling out to the Bay Area, a solar flare on any bandstand. In the company of Mogauwane Mahloele, South African percussionist, instrument builder, sculptor and painter, bassist Elijah Pontecorvo and drummer…
postponed
Phillip Johnston and Bruce Ackley Duo
We sincerely regret to announce that the Bruce Ackley / Phillip Johnson date, previously scheduled for June 11th, has been postponed. We look forward to rescheduling when possible. Bruce Ackley has been a cornerstone of the world-traveled, San Francisco-based saxophone quartet Rova since its founding in 1978. Born in Rochester, New York in 1948, he…
Monday, March 11th
7:00-9:30 pm
RJAM JAM SESSION!
(Monthly every 2nd Monday)
Students from the SFCM Roots, Jazz & American Music Program hosts young Bay Area talent
2nd 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.
