653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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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!
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…
Sunday, February 4th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Alcatraz Islanders — Swing Era Hawaiian Music
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10 suggested donation
The Alcatraz Islanders perform swing era Hawaiian music that blends traditional island melodies with mainland jazz. The band is led by steel guitarist, Mikiya Matsuda, with Nick Rossi on guitar, Dan Neville on vibes and Vic Wong on bass. You can catch them in San Francisco every Tuesday at Pagan Idol and every first Wednesday…
Saturday, February 3rd– 7:30-10:00 pm
Five Spot Jazz Quintet
jazz club! when lights are low…
$20 cover charge
With a financial assist from Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund, the Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… The Five Spot Jazz Quintet Five musicians beyond description, together propelling a sweet little juggernaut of jazz feeling! Hailing from Dursley, England, pianist Mike Greensill might be best known in the Bay Area as resident piano player…
Friday, February 2nd – 9:00pm
Kahil El’Zabar and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble
45th Anniversary “Improvised Soul” Tour!
$20 cover chargeÂ
Kahil El’Zabar – traps, percussion, vocals Corey Wilkes – trumpet Alex Harding – reeds
Friday, February 2nd – 5:30-8:00 pm
Justin Rock Trio
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donationÂ
This may or may not be the Bastet! Either way, it’s Justin Rock, a firecracker of a jazz guitarist with a lot on his mind, most of it private! With collaborators Owen Clapp on bass and Mike Quigg on drums, he’ll rock the joint this Friday and Friday next. Jazz in the bookshop just got…