653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Sunday, February 11th – 4:30-6:30 pm
El Guajiro – Johnny Escobedo
$10 suggested donationÂ
El Guajiro plays the gamut of popular music from Latin America, including cha cha, boleros, Latin jazz, as well as different varieties of Cuban music. El Guajiro is el guajiro Johnny Escobedo’s group, with a number of associates that include Norman Downing, the Razons Bo and Richie, Mario Vega and others. For this concert, he’s…
Sunday, February 11th – 1:45-3:00 pm
The fiction of Don AlbertsÂ
Don Alberts, known to Bird & Beckett audiences as a fine jazz pianist, is also a prolific writer, and reads this afternoon from his autobiographical novel, The Rushing and his short story collection, The God Fire Mantras — just a sliver of the poetry and prose he’s produced over the course of a rich career. He’ll have…
Saturday, February 10th – 7:30-10:00 pm
George Cotsirilos Quartet cd release
jazz club! when lights are low… $20 coverÂ
The George Cotsirilos Quartet celebrates its new CD on OA2/Origin Records featuring George on guitar, Keith Saunders on piano, Robb Fisher on bass and Ron Marabuto on drums. Read the San Jose Mercury piece on this recording at this link. Originally from Chicago, George Cotsirilos has been a member of the San Francisco Bay Area…
Friday, February 9th – 8:30-10:30 pm
Vocalist Denise Perrier – late show!
$20 cover charge
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Denise Perrier has been called “The Voice with a Heart” and is known internationally for her warm, swinging contralto. She’s joined tonight by tenor sax player Joe Cohen, pianist Grant Levin, bassist Joe McKinley and drummer Jim Zimmerman for two sets of songs from Cole Porter to Billy Strayhorn to Blare & Martin…
Friday, February 9th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Justin Rock Bastet
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation Â
Justin Rock, guitar Owen Clapp, bass Mike Quigg, drums
Thursday, February 8th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Paul Sanwald Quartet – LP release celebration!
Come out to celebrate the new long-playing album — an actual lp! — by the Paul Sanwald Quartet! No cds on this one, just vinyl! Don’t own a turntable? All the more reason to come hear the music live!! Wataru Uchida, tenor sax Spencer Caton, piano Paul Sanwald, bass Dan Foltz, drums
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Join us in promoting a living wage for performing artists in this wealthy and sophisticated city! Think it through, and express your opinions to your district supervisor! Get behind Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund! At Bird & Beckett, we generally ask you to put up $10 to $15 to $20 when you come…
Wednesday, February 7th – 7:00 pm
All the Women in My Family Sing:
Women Write the World – Essays on Equality, Justice, and Freedom
Contributors read!
Raising the Voices of Women of Color! Deborah Santana – activist, author, and editor of All the Women in My Family Sing – hosts contributors to the anthology: Samina Ali, La Rhonda Crosby-Johnson, Denise Diaab and Camille Hayes.  A new collection of essays by America Ferrera, Belva Davis, Marian Wright Edelman, Natalie Baszile, Porochista Khakpour, Samina Ali, Nayomi…
POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, February 5th – 7-9 pm
Fanny Renoir & Ronald Sauer
An open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz, m.c.
Listen to the interview with Fanny Renoir you’ll find at this link (scroll down to “The Road to Enlightenment,” Episode 6 of the Passport Podcast). San Francisco has an incredibly rich recent present, whether you date it from 1946 or 1961 or 1968 or 1971 or… 1899… name your year. So much of it revolves…