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, August 31st – 8-10pm
The Craig Handy Trio
with Essiet Essiet & Sylvia Cuenca
Three more awesome musicians on one stage would be hard to imagine. Craig, Essiet and Sylvia are long-time collaborators in jazz and make for a magnificent trio. Hope you can join us! $20 cover charge; byob. Students $10. Reservations, 415-586-3733.
Sunday, August 31st – 5pm
Jam Sessions Last Sunday of the Month
with the Vince Lateano Trio
You never know who might drop in to jam… maybe you! Serious jazz players welcome. Audience, too!
Saturday, August 30th – 7:30-9:30pm
Marc Caparone & Jeff Hamilton
New Orleans Pearls
Can’t make it to Sacramento for the 10th Annual Hot Jazz Labor Day Weekend Jubilee? We have a premier New Orleans jazz duo for you Saturday, the 30th! Marc Caparone on trumpet, and singing, and Jeff Hamilton on piano, two highly regarded practitioners of the art of trad jazz from New Orleans’ Congo Square and…
Friday, August 29th – 8:30-10pm
Kristen Strom / Tammy Lynne Hall Duo
Kristen Strom, saxophone. Tammy Lynne Hall, piano. $20 cover charge; students $10. Call the shop at 415-586-3733 for a reservation. Byob. Tammy Lynne Hall has had a long and storied career in music, and is held in extremely high regard by her peers and her audience. We’re always pleased when she can work in a…
Friday, August 29th – 6-8pm
The Macy Blackman Trio
Macy Blackman, piano. Bing Nathan, bass. Larry Vann, drums. $20 requested donation; students $10; kids free. BYOB. Call the shop for a reservation, 415-586-3733. Let the good times roll! Macy is a piano professor in the tradition of Professor Longhair, James Booker and Mac Rebennack, aka Dr. John, in a long line going back to…
Thursday, August 28th – 7:30-9:30pm
Drummer Tom Misage & 101 Eastbound
Most of you in the Bird & Beckett sphere know Tom Misage as our sound guy on our Friday shows, and a good hearted Glen Park neighbor who lives a few blocks down Chenery Street between the bookshop and the canyon. But unless you attend the jam sessions that Vince Lateano runs on the third…
Monday, August 25th – 7:00pm
Kai Lyons’ Changüísonico
with José Andrés Rodriguez
El Sinsonte (“The Mockingbird”)
of Changüí Guantanamo
Changüí at Bird and Beckett with none other than José Andrés, the Latin-Grammy nominated composer/singer from the historic Changüí Guantánamo (featured in Harry Belafonte’s “Roots of Rhythm” – link below.) Join us for a night of boleros, son, improv, call-and-response, humor, stories and changüí. $20 general | $10 students | All ages Changüísonico featuring El…
Sunday, August 24th – 8-10pm
The Simon Aks Quartet
Simon Aks, guitar. Kevin Person, Jr., piano. Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass. Miles Turk, drums. $20 cover charge (cash please), byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Original music from Simon’s upcoming record, plus some classic jazz standards and more modern tunes.
Sunday, August 24th – 5pm to 7pm
John Calloway / Larry Dunlap Duo
Two magnificent veteran musicians — John Calloway on flutes and Larry Dunlap on piano — perform on equal footing, listening, responding and creating fresh takes on classic material in the moment. $20 cover charge, payable in cash at the door. BYOB. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733.
Saturday, August 23rd
Celebrate with Avotcja
Jamming at 84!
Saturday, 8/23, 7:30pm JAMMING at 84 with AVOTCJA Francisco Herrera, Heshima Mark Williiams & Val Serrant plus special guests, including San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita Kim Shuck, Jordana, David Kubrin, Kaylah Marin, Gregory Pond, Maurisa Thompson, Dan Brady and possibly, schedules permitting, Rico Pabon & blues guitarist Ronnie Stewart…