Classic, outlaw and honky tonk country music from an all-star band led by pedal steel master Joe Goldmark! Mitch Polzak, the heart-throb mayor of Port Costa, fronts the band on lead guitar and vocals, flanked by the brilliant Hank Maninger on bass guitar and vocals and the Zen poet-drummer Kenny Owen. It doesn’t get any…

Appearing at Bird & Beckett Books on Mother’s Day, Gail Dobson and her Quintet plus guest student singers! Gail will spolight the music of Gershwin, Jobim, Sting , Pharoah Sanders, Billie Holiday and other great songwriters, and some spoken word — bringing the message, “Peace on Earth!” Her musicians on the date will include Smith Dobson and…

The Dr. Legato Express pulls into Bird & Beckett!  Veteran reed player Noel Jewkes (Dr. Legato) brings in a group to revisit his classic 1978 outing on Revelation Records, “Just Passin’ Thru.” Noel Jewkes – saxes Dave Bendikeit – tpt & fluglehorn Keith Saunders – piano Chris Amberger – bass Mark Lee – drums Kay…

Pass the word! Jerry Ferraz, a permanent fixture since days gone by on the Bird & Beckett cultural front, invites you over to his flat and sunny backyard this Saturday, May 12th, 1-5pm, for chili & salad & garlic bread, plus: — live jazz in the gazebo by the Vince Lateano Trio — a live auction…

Touring out of Chicago… Jason Stein – bass clarinet Jason Roebke – bass Mike Pride – drums read up on Jason at his website: https://jasonsteinmusic.com/biography Read this article: chicagoreader.com-jason-stein Locksmith Isidore has three albums to its credit, released in 2008, 2009 and 2010, all released to overwhelmingly positive reviews… e.g., Wire Magazine Review JASON STEIN’S LOCKSMITH…

Bassist Paul Sanwald is headed back to New York! Sad, that! But turn out tonight to bid him farewell and hear his fantastic quartet with Rob Sudduth on saxophone; Spencer Caton on piano and Dan Foltz on drums! Pick up his lp while you’re here!

They call it Alt Ameri-kinda! It might be cabaret, it might be country, it might be funky… It’s certainly divine, funny, smart and way beyond charming. Kathleen & Henry Salvia are two of a kind! Kinda! Read their story here: https://www.flyingsalvias.com/bio

Tsun Yuan Chen (Andrew Chen) presents his autobiographical novel, Along Alien Roads: The I-Jing of a Life. Chin, a Chinese American surgeon, begins his tale with his ancestors and spans more than a century of recent Chinese history, traversing a path from Asia to America, between straight and gay, love and inevitable continual change, while sustaining the…