653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
[email protected]
Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
Live Streams every weekend!
Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Saturday, January 13th– 7:30-10:00 pm
Cartoon Jazz Octet
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Cartoon Jazz Octet plays classic tunes from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s by Raymond Scott & John Kirby plus a slew of originals! Jeff Sanford, reeds Eric Wayne, trumpet Hal Richards, reeds Andy Ostwald, piano Randy Johnson, guitar, banjo & vocals Zachariah Spellman, tuba Simon Planting, bass Mark Rosengarden, drums
Friday, January 12th – 9:00 pm
Reasons for Moving
Reasons for Moving Darren Johnston, trumpet Larry Ochs, sax Fred Frith, guitar Allison Miller, drums This all-improvised concert at Bird & Beckett by the group “Reasons for Moving” is in preparation for a 2018 tour of Europe starting at the Jazzdor festival in France, and will feature a first meeting of core members Frith/Ochs/Johnston with…
Sunday, January 14th – 2-4 pm
Benefit for North Bay poets
who lost their homes in the fires
Sonoma County Poet Laureates, past and present, and California State Poet Laureate Dana Gioia converge on Bird & Beckett to aid poets and artists of the county who suffered loss in the Santa Rosa and Sonoma fires in October. Past laureates Terry Ehret, Gwynn O’Gara, Bill Vartnaw and Katherine Hastings, current laureate Iris Jamahl Dunkle…
Friday, January 12th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Grant Levin Quartet
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
jazz in the bookshop, every Friday evening, 5:30-8:00 pm Jonathan Bautista, sax Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Jaz Sawyer, drums
Monday, January 8th – 7:30 pm
RJAM JAM SESSION! (Monthly every 2nd Monday)
Students from the SFCM Roots, Jazz & American Music Program
host young Bay Area talent
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s brand new bachelor’s of music Roots, Jazz & American Music program sponsors this monthly jam. Local college and high school players particularly encouraged to come out! Free
Sunday, January 7th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Avotcja & Modupue
which way west? Sunday concert series Â
Avotcja small percussion and spoken word Sandi Poindexter, violin Francis Wong, sax and flute Jon Jang, piano Sascha Jacobsen, bass Myron Cohen, snare drum $10-20 suggested donation; students – $5
Sunday, January 7th – 2-4 pm
Your Golden Sun Still Shines
– a reading by contributors
Contributors to the new anthology from Manic D Press Your Golden Sun Still Shines: San Francisco Personal Histories & Small Fictions Dee Allen Peter Case Patsy Creedy Michael Koch Kim Shuck Denise Sullivan
Saturday, January 6th– 7:30-10:00 pm
Ben Stolorow – Sylvia Cuenca Group
jazz club! when lights are low… Â
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Harvey Wainapel, reeds Ben Stolorow, piano Ken Okada, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums $20 cover charge; students – $10
Friday, January 5th – 8:30-10:30 pm
Denise Perrier & Oop Bop Sh’Bam
Vocalist Denise Perrier with Oop Bop Sh’Bam… Al Molina, trumpet Jerry Logas, sax Jeffrey Burr, guitar Dean Reilly, bass Ulf Bjorkbom, drums $15-20 sliding scale cover charge; students – $10
Friday, January 5th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Knox Barber Quartet
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
Young players from the SF Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” BMUS program kick off Bird & Beckett’s 2018 live music schedule. This evening, Friday, January 5th, from 5:30-8:00pm, it’s the Knox Barber Quartet! Setting the bar for the future of San Francisco jazz! Jayden Clark – tenor sax Liam Hughes-Butler – guitar Knox…