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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Saturday, April 4th – 7:30pm
Bryan Gould’s Swing Fever
featuring saxophonist Noel Jewkes + rhythm
Bryan Gould, trombone and vocals. Noel Jewkes, saxophones. Brad Buethe, guitar. Richard Saunders, bass. Tony Johnson, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Reserved seats are held only until showtime. Tunes from the 1930s and ’40s have inspired Swing Fever for many decades and they’ve…
Friday, April 3rd – 8:30pm
The Dan Seamans Trio
Darren Johnston, trumpet Scott Foster, guitar Dan Seamans, bass $20 cover charge; byob. Students $10. Dan Seamans steps up as leader of a fresh, one-off trio that won’t sound quite like any other. That’s the magic of small combo jazz, where friends and colleagues fall together to discover new music on the bandstand. It happens…
Friday, April 3rd – 6pm
happy hour jazz at bird & beckett tonight!
Hipsteria
Elaine Alt, tenor saxophone & clarinet Jon Venker, organ Luke Schwartz, guitar “Tender” Tim Shea, drums with special guest vocalist May Oskan $20 suggested cover charge / byob. $10 students; kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733 “Tender” Tim Shea, with his small combo Hipsteria, is ubiquitous on the jazz casual scene…
Poetryx2 + Jazzx5 = 4/2-4/5
Poetryx2 + Jazzx5 = 4/2-4/5 _____ Thursday, April 2, 7:00pm David Holper + Kimi Sugioka + open mic {Free} _____ Friday, April 3, 6:00pm Hipsteria {$20} _____ Friday, April 3, 8:30pm Dan Seamans Trio {$20} _____ Saturday, April 4, 7:30pm Swing Fever {$30} _____ Sunday, April 5, 1:00pm Sunnylyn Thibodeaux {Free} _____ Sunday, April 5,…
Saturday, March 28th – 7:30pm
The Benny Amón Trio
Charles Chen, piano Mikiya Matsuda, bass Benny Amón, drums $20 cover charge, cash at the door / byob. Students $10; kids free. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733 Classic 1940s-1960s piano trio repertoire, inspired by the likes of Ahmad Jamal, Clarence Profit, George Shearing, Errol Garner and many, many more.
March 23rd to March 29th
Two Monday events
+ four shows Thursday to Sunday
Although the bookshop is typically closed on Mondays, we’ll be open Monday, March 23rd for two events that hold great meaning for us. Dan Richman — a poet and musician, a philosopher of the human spirit and the natural world, a toiler in the earth, an activist in the preservation of wetlands and bird habitats,…
Friday, March 27th – 6pm
The Tony Johnson Quartet
Drummer Tony Johnson’s residency at Bird & Beckett continues, this month with his quartet featuring Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Keith Saunders on piano and Eric Markowitz on bass. Tony swam ashore from Australia in 1959 and hit North Beach swingin’. The singer Bev Kelly led a date at the Coffee Gallery in October 1960…
Thursday, March 26th – 7:30pm
WORDPlay: An Arts for More benefit
for Options Recovery Systems
An Evening with Poet Kim Addonizio
with Danny Caron, guitar
& Peter Barshay, bass
Arts for More and Bird & Beckett present an intimate evening of poetry and music with acclaimed writer Kim Addonizio, joined by accomplished jazz and blues guitarist Danny Caron and bassist Peter Barshay. No charge at the door, but it’s a benefit! Bring your checkbook and support a valuable institution while enjoying the immense talents…
Monday, March 23rd – 5pm
Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here
Forgive but Never Forget
On March 5th, 2007, a car bomb destroyed blocks of a street in Baghdad with a history dating back to the 8th century as a site where booksellers displayed their wares and people gathered to exchange ideas. The street has since been repaired, rebuilt and reopened. The world remains besieged by violence. Memory and…