In one of the sweetest rooms in the City, Imperial Jazz Co. brings together some of the brightest lights on the Bay Area music scene performing songs and instrumental standards with maximum swing, scorching solos, and delightful vocals.  The band includes: Phillip Greenlief (Lost Trio, Orchestra Nostalgico, Animals & Giraffes), reeds John Hanes (Smith Dobson…

Drummer Lorca Hart brings in guitarist Mike Scott and organist Brian Ho for two sets of music rooted in the classic jazz organ sound (Jimmy Smith, Kenny Burrell, Larry Young, jazz standards and be‐bop) while also exploring more contemporary elements (John Scofield, Larry Goldings, r&b, pop, and original compositions).

It’s always a blast at Bird & Beckett at the end of the (conventional) work week. Jazz in the bookshop on Fridays from 5:30 to 8:00 pm every single week (since 2002!). And a 9:00 to 11:00 pm late show as well. Tonight in the early show, it’s the quintet they call Oop Bop Sh’Bam!…

It’s always a holiday with the Evangenitals. Equal parts pious & pesky, and committed to our salvation!  

Three colleagues play in true jazz time.

A few pix of the May 12 backyard benefit, which raised a month’s rent for Bird & Beckett and the Cultural Legacy Project! It’s quite amazing that we have the support of so many wonderful people. This here is the very nicely sunny tip of the iceberg. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks to the artists. To Billie. To Jessica!…

[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKYRAYyIho” /] Viktorija GečytÄ— & the Gene Perla Trio 10th Anniversary Tour             Spring into Summer, 2018 Their third Bird & Beckett appearance! 7:30 – City Jazz Sextet John Luu, trumpet     Dianne Douglas, alto saxophone Megan Wegman, piano     Ollie Dudek, bass     Raul Menjivar, drums Helen Palma, vocals…

Come to an end-of-the-year party for City College Jazz Club! The CCSF Jazz Club is made up of musicians who’ve played for decades as well as musicians who are new to jazz. There are 3 vocalists, 2 pianists, 5 horn players, and a rhythm section that includes fretless electric bass. The club was created in…

Walker Brents III addresses a different topic in each of his monthly talks, holding us in thrall with his storytelling prowess and his insights born of a wide-ranging sensibility and curiosity. This Sunday, he takes on the epic of Gilgamesh, born between the Tigris and the Euphrates, older than the Iliad, older than the Bible, older…