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!

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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Sunday, November 5th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Americano Social Club
which way west? Sunday concert series
 

Michael Zisman, mandolin;  Scott Foster and Jason Vanderford, guitars; Joe Kyle, Jr., bass. Certainly the darlings of all San Franciscans who’ve ever witnessed their family ruckus at the Deluxe, the Americano Social Club is led by Michael Zisman on mandolin and features guitarists Jason Vanderford and Scott Foster and bassist Joe Kyle, Jr.   They play music…

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Saturday, November 4th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Dan Neville’s Golden Circle Sextet CD Release —Tenerife 
jazz club!
when lights are low…
$20 cover charge
 

Golden Circle Septet CD Release Concert! “Tenerife” Dan Neville, vibes and compositions Destiny Muhammad, harp Rebecca Kleinmann, alto flute Grant Levin, piano Shimpei Ogawa, bass Pepe Jacobo, drums special guest Anthony Blea, violin $20 cover charge  

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Friday, November 3rd – 5:30-8:00 pm
Oop Bop Sh’Bam 
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002

Oop Bop Sh’Bam plays bebop and jazz standards on the first Friday in November and December! Al Molina, trumpet; Jerry Logas, reeds; Jeffrey Burr, guitar; Dean Reilly, bass; Vince Lateano, drums

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 Thursday, November 2nd – 7:30-9:30 pm
Randy Lee Odell presents… Flowtilla

fresh groove music for omnivores… Flowtilla is a San Francisco Bay Area based trio formed in 2000 by guitarist Len Paterson, and bassist Ellen Schoenwetter. Their driving sound is an eclectic mix of funk, rock, afro, jazz and world tinged grooves. Drummer Randy Lee Odell completes the trio this evening in Bird & Beckett’s “canyon…

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Sunday, October 29th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Simon Rowe Latin Project
$15 cover charge

Welcome Simon Rowe, new Glen Park resident and also the new and founding director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Roots, Jazz & American Music program. The “Simon Rowe Latin Project” led by pianist Simon Rowe showcases the talents of Cuban conguero Carlos Caro,drummer Brian Kendrick and bassist Gerry Pineda. Inspired by the the…

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Sunday, October 29th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Maurice Tani
which way west? Sunday concert series
 

Maurice Tani has been called a “cartographer of the heart” and he’s just released an acclaimed  new album, “The Lover’s Card.” Stripped down to the essentials and painted flat black, American bassist Mike Anderson has Maurice’s back.  

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Sunday, October 29th – 2:30-4 pm
“The Old Boy” Lao Tsu’s Tao Te Ching – Walker Talks!

Tao Te Ching, as enscribed by Lao Tsu,  “The Old Boy.”  The book itself seems to have come into existence in the 5th century, BC.  Its subject matter is what makes life life, the Tao, the dark inscrutable essence.  Its real matter is you, the reader, where the farthest depths of mystery meet the familiar…

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Saturday, October 28th – 7:30-10:00 pm
John Stein, with the Dave Bass Trio
jazz club! when lights are low…
$15 cover charge
 

Internationally renowned jazz guitarist and composer John Stein has released many wonderful albums under his own name and performs internationally as well as maintaining a faculty position at Berklee College of Music.  He has played live and recorded with some of the world’s finest jazz artists, including David “Fathead” Newman, Larry Goldings, Lou Donaldson, Dr. Lonnie Smith…

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Thursday, October 26th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Friends of Old Puppy

Steven Strauss – ukulele Greg Pratt – guitar Ed Johnson – wash-tub bass Cynthia Wilson – drums Visit this link to hear the band! https://stevenstraussmusic.com/friends-of-old-puppy/

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Friday, October 27th – 5:30-8 pm
15th Anniversary of the jazz in the bookshop
San Francisco’s longest running weekly neighborhood jazz party!

Friday, October 27th, Chuck Peterson returns to Bird & Beckett for an anniversary outing of the 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band, which he created years ago with, first, Bill Perkins and then the late Howard Dudune sharing the front line. Friday jazz in the bookshop was Chuck’s baby from the beginning, 15…

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