Three colleagues play in true jazz time.

A few pix of the May 12 backyard benefit, which raised a month’s rent for Bird & Beckett and the Cultural Legacy Project! It’s quite amazing that we have the support of so many wonderful people. This here is the very nicely sunny tip of the iceberg. Thanks, Jerry. Thanks to the artists. To Billie. To Jessica!…

[arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwKYRAYyIho” /] Viktorija GečytÄ— & the Gene Perla Trio 10th Anniversary Tour             Spring into Summer, 2018 Their third Bird & Beckett appearance! 7:30 – City Jazz Sextet John Luu, trumpet     Dianne Douglas, alto saxophone Megan Wegman, piano     Ollie Dudek, bass     Raul Menjivar, drums Helen Palma, vocals…

Come to an end-of-the-year party for City College Jazz Club! The CCSF Jazz Club is made up of musicians who’ve played for decades as well as musicians who are new to jazz. There are 3 vocalists, 2 pianists, 5 horn players, and a rhythm section that includes fretless electric bass. The club was created in…

Walker Brents III addresses a different topic in each of his monthly talks, holding us in thrall with his storytelling prowess and his insights born of a wide-ranging sensibility and curiosity. This Sunday, he takes on the epic of Gilgamesh, born between the Tigris and the Euphrates, older than the Iliad, older than the Bible, older…

Aaron Germain’s Chance Ensemble plays a night of all original compositions, with a mix of straight ahead jazz, Brazilian, funk, and fusion. Arrangements include duos and trios within the quartet featuring: Mary Fettig, flute Murray Low, piano Jon Krosnick, drums Aaron Germain, upright and electric bass FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/368193923692006/ Youtube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcnw0E6T5Qw The Chance Ensemble and Bird…

Two legendary players of the avant garde! Larry Ochs, reeds Donald Robinson, drums Per Bay Improviser, a crucial site for tracking avant garde music in the Bay Area (found at, no surprise, bayimproviser.com): Larry Ochs works on and breathes music. He composes. He plays saxophone. He looks for adventurous ideas to take on and for…

May 2018 marks the start of our 19th year in business… Come celebrate on Friday, May 24th with Chuck Peterson’s legacy jazz band — the quintet known as the 230 Jones Street Literary Jazz Band and now featuring reed players Ray Loeckle and Jerry Logas, guitarist Glen Deardorff, bassist Dean Reilly and drummer Tony Johnson….