$15 cover charge. $5 for students/musicians/fixed income. One of Bird & Beckett’s favorite tango quartets returns to one of its favorite used bookstores! Tango No. 9 (violinist Catharine Clune, trombonist Greg Stephens, tenor Zoltan diBartolo, and pianist Joshua Raoul Brody) serve up a potpourri of classic tango, Astor Piazzolla’s tango nuevo, a smattering of waltzes and milongas, a soupçon of art…

$10-20 suggested donation. $5 suggested for students/musicians/fixed income. The legacy band! Chuck Peterson put this unit together several years ago, as a fresh iteration in a direct line of evolution from the earliest days of Bird & Beckett’s Friday evening jazz party. What Chuck started in 2002 with a trio playing weekly has grown like…

Traveling out of New York City, multi-instrumentalist Aaron Johnson (sax, clarinet, flute) joins San Francisco’s own Smith Dobson, a multi-instrumentalist himself (reeds, drums, vibes). On this date, Dobson will go head to head with Johnson on tenor and soprano sax. The rhythm section will comprise NY-based bassist Hans Glawischnig and local heroes Keith Saunders on piano…

Karina DeNike, vocals; Michael McIntosh, piano; Tom Griesser, saxophones; Joe Kyle, Jr., bass; Randy Lee Odell, drums. The Cottontails wail in a wide range of styles, from 20’/30’s Gatsby-era jazz, to classic 40’s swing, to vintage 50’s/60’s R&B.

  D’Armous Boone, tenor saxophone Arlington Houston, acoustic bass Ben Ring, drums This date marks the debut of D’Armous Boone & Another Standard. D’Armous elaborates: “The concept is to take compositions/songs from other genres of music and play them in a mostly straight-ahead jazz fashion.  While the concept is in no way something new, the…

Veterans of the Bossa Nova! The late-Sunday-night house band of the famed Club Deluxe, long-time favorite of the late Jay Johnson, the Deluxe’s heart and soul… Vocalist Liza Silva, with Ray Loeckle on sax, Ray Scott on guitar, Alex Baum on bass and Bill Belasco on drums.  Sao Paulo soul!!! Sao Paulo-born, Liza Silva toured…

Scott Foster, guitar; Ollie Dudek, bass; and Omar Aran, drums play Friday, July 20th, 5:30-8:00 pm at Bird & Beckett, “San Francisco’s Southernmost Literary & Jazz Joint.” Says Scott, “The trio would like to invite any musicians down for a summer hang. Please bring your axe and come play with us.” “jazz in the bookshop” at…

Our gratitude goes out to the lovely folks in the Aloha Uke Squad for rallying to raise dough to keep our coffers from emptying & our larder full! Bring your ukulele if you’re game to join in… or just come to revel in the sound of four strings multiplied by a factor of many! Surest cure…

Kathleen McClung is the author of two collections of poetry, The Typists Play Monopoly (2018) and Almost the Rowboat (2013). Her poetry, memoir, and fiction appear widely in journals and anthologies. Recipient of the Rita Dove Poetry Award from Salem College 2012 International Literary Awards, Kathleen was selected by Naomi Shihab Nye as the winner…

$20 suggested donation; $10 for regulars, fixed income & students…it’s all very voluntary, but do help us support the Bay Area’s great professional jazz musicians to the extent you’re able! Bird & Beckett presents well over 200 live music events annually! This afternoon… Ian Carey, trumpet & flugelhorn; Sheldon Brown, saxophones & flute; Dan Zemelman,…