City Jazz is made up of musicians who’ve played for decades as well as musicians who are new to jazz. The group has 3 vocalists, 2 pianists, 5 horns, a small string section, and a rhythm section that includes fretless electric bass. They’ll be playing a collection of their favorite tunes including several original arrangements…

Mia Ayumi Malhotra is the author of ISAKO ISAKO (Alice James Books, 2018), winner of the 2017 Alice James Award. She holds a BA from Stanford University and an MFA from the University of Washington, and her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies, including Indiana Review, The Greensboro Review, Best New Poets,…

Wendy Burch Steel and Redwood play a unique cross-section of genres incorporating all the good and sweet aspects of folk, old-time, country, bluegrass and blues. Bluegrass icon Laurie Lewis produced, played and sang on Wendy’s debut CD, “Open Wings” in 2012, which has received rave reviews nationally and internationally, airplay and interviews on various radio…

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Pianist Grant Levin leads a quartet featuring the flutist Lori Bell, up from San Diego for the date! David Ewell on bass; Hamir Atwal on drums. Bell is an award-winning musician “of admirable depth and broad musical sympathies whose recordings and live performances over the years have set new and…

Brett Karner – trumpet Xander Johns – baritone saxophone Jackson Contugno – tenor saxophone Spencer Hoefert – guitar Cris Carrera – bass Robert Chapa – drums Top talent from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz and American Music” program play Brett’s arrangements of some holiday chestnuts and a few numbers by the Ink…

$20 cover charge; $10 for students/musicians/low income. Trumpeter Geechi Taylor is a cornerstone of the Bay Area jazz scene. He’s bringing a slammin’ quartet into Bird & Beckett tonight for your pleasure Geechi Taylor, Trumpet/Vocal Michael Aaberg, Piano Ollie Dudek, Bass Michael Mitchell, Drums.  

Gaea Schell, piano, flute & vocal Dan Neville, vibes David Pinto, bass Carlos Ramirez, congas   As drummer Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath has said, Gaea “plays the heck out of the piano with them small hands.” Read more at http://www.gaeaschell.com/

Josiah Luis Aldrete, a founding member of the Molotov Mouths Outspoken Word Troupe, joins forces with fellow poet Tongo Eisen-Martin, to call the troupe to assembly at Bird & Beckett for an evening of incendiary expression! The Molotov Mouths — 3 women and 4 men from diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds: Chilean-born Ananda Esteva, queer activist…

The Cottontails jump, jive & wail through two sets of rollicking jazz, blues and R&B drawing on music from the 1920s through the 1940s. Karina Denike, vocals Michael McIntosh, piano Tom Griesser, tenor saxophone & clarinet Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Randy Lee Odell, drums