Lovely jazz trio led by one of San Francisco’s foremost jazz bassists, with guest pianist Phillipe Villa of Nice and drummer Aaron Kierbel, in one of San Francisco’s best listening venues… lovely acoustics, lovely books, lovely musicians. Lovely all ’round… do come! $15 cover ($10 for students/musicians/low income).  

Terese Taylor joins Andre Custodio Saturday morning through the noon hour to create a tapestry of improvised ambient sound.  $5 suggested donation if you come for the music. A buck or two is nice if you just happen to be browsing & don’t mind supporting the arts. Saturday mornings through November 24th, Andre Custodio presents a series…

Guitarist Jordan Samuel’s quartet, featuring bassist John Wiitala, drummer Lorca Hart and trumpeter Henry Hung, will be performing a variety of jazz standards.   In honor of the upcoming Halloween holiday, the band will be playing scarier selections than normal such as “Friday the 13th”, “Witchcraft”, “Old Devil Moon” and others.  We hope to see you…

The 230 Jones Street Band represents a continuous line of descent from the earliest days of Friday evening jazz in the bookshop! Saxophonists Jerry Logas and Ray Loeckle, guitarist Glenn Deardorf, bassist Dean Reilly and drummer Tony Johnson play great jazz from swing to bop and beyond every fourth Friday at Bird & Beckett. They make up…

$20 cover charge. $10 for students / musicians / low income. Michael Dease, trombone Jason Hainsworth, tenor saxophone Spencer Hoefert, guitar Cris Carrera, bass Robert Chapa, drums Jason Hainsworth, Assistant Director of the Roots, Jazz & American Music program at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music (to initiates, the SFCM RJAM), welcomes long-time running-buddy-in-jazz Michael…

Bill Glassley returns to Bird & Beckett to present his newly published book, A Wilder Time: Notes from a Geologist at the Edge of the Greenland Ice (Bellevue Literary Press, 2018). In A Wilder Time, Glassley, a surfer turned geologist at the University of California at Davis and an emeritus researcher at Aarhus University, Denmark, retraces his…

Rural blues from the San Francisco masters of the form HowellDevine Joshua Howell, harp, guitar, vocals Pete Devine, traps, washboard, percussion, jug Joe Kyle, Jr., bass

  Maxine Chernoff will read her poems from Camera (2016) and Under the Music, forthcoming 2019. She has won an NEA grant and the PEN Translation Award, and has been a visiting writer at The American Academy in Rome. Neeli Cherkovski has been a key post-beat poet and essayist, from his days in Los Angeles in the late 1960s…

Sunday mornings while you’re browsing, you’ll hear Jerry Ferraz playing his guitar, singing the occasional song. Not a concert setting, but you’re welcome to find a seat — whether to listen more closely or to peruse a book.  Jerry has been sighted around San Francisco since he was a kid growing up in Eureka Valley…

A musical journey, composed and presented by Danny Bittker (diverse woodwinds) along with a caravan of wonderful Bay Area musicians: Jesse Foster-vocal and percussion; Lee Heuermann-vocal, flute; Scott Foster-guitar; Alex Baum-bass; Jason Levis-drums; Mara Fox-trombone; Cote Reese-piano; Danny Bittker-reeds Exciting and compelling sound and rhythm; something old new borrowed and yes….blue