$20 cover charge; $10 for students, musicians, low income. Grant Levin, piano Jack Tone Riordan, guitar Erik von Buchau, vibes Tomoko Funaki, bass Rick Rivera, drums A piano-guitar-vibes configuration inspired by a stormy day’s immersion in the classic live 1958 George Shearing Quintet recording, “George Shearing on Stage!” That lp featured pianist Shearing in the company…

$20 cover charge; $10 for students, musicians, low income. 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 Street… Sweet and low…

$10-20 suggested donation. $5 for students / musicians / low income Rob Reich, piano; Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Andrew Stephens, trumpet; Ollie Dudek, bass; Eric Garland, drums. Rooted in the classic swing music of the late 1930s, Swings Left plays tunes of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Artie Shaw, as well as many of…

$10-20 suggested donation; $5-10 for students, musicians, low income. Singer Darlene Langston is featured with the band, with Noel Weidcamp on cornet, John Hunt on trombone, Don Neely on clarinet, soprano sax and alto sax, Si Perkoff on piano, Duncan James on guitar, Al Obidinski on bass and Greg Gotelli on drums. The BVJB evokes…

Walker’s back from his summer rambles. Come out to hear some of what he’s been ruminating about out there on the road! Walt Whitman, the good grey poet, saeth Walker, “is evermore my guide as I now grow grey. The literary field of action is one of perception and notation, especially related to journeys and rambles…

Start your weekend out at Bird & Beckett Friday evening with the relaxed bop & swing of the 230 Jones Street Band, then grab a taco and come back for the late show, when Beth Custer and Stephen Kent’s Trance Mission deploys clarinets, didgeridoo and percussion to take you there… Saturday morning, Andre Custodio’s Audible…

$20 cover charge; $10 for students / musicians / low income Ian Carey, trumpet Keith Saunders, piano Robb Fisher, bass Ron Marabuto, drums [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlTxPby7eaQ” /] The North Berkeley Jazz Quartet comprises veteran professionals drawn together about five years ago by geographic proximity, common long experience in top-level gigging on the national and international stage, plenty…

$15 cover charge. $10 for the merely curious. $5 for students / musicians / low income Didjeridu, percussion and cello-sintir meets, for the n-thousandth time, B flat, alto and bass clarinets and percussion in the original formulation of Trance Mission. Notable performances of the duo and its descendants include Maybeck Studio, Live Oak Festival, Freight &…

$10-20 suggested donation; $5 for students / musicians / low income Talk about your San Francisco jazz… On the fourth Friday of each month, our weekly jazz in the bookshop series features the 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band — aka The Chuck Peterson Quintet, named for the guy who started it all…