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!
Saturday, March 17th– 7:30 -10:00 pm
Sandor y su Mecanica, feat. Fito Reinoso
jazz club! when lights are low…
$20 cover charge; students $5Â
Dale timba pa que suena! Sandor y su Mecanica Fito Reinoso, tres & lead vocals Sandy Perez, congas Juan Ceballos. magic flute Gabriel Navia, bass Sandor Moss, drumset
Friday, March 16th – 9:00 pm
COPUS, a poets and composers salon
$10 cover charge
COPUS (Creation Of Peace Under Stars), comprising Royal Kent (poet/spoken word artist), Wendy Loomis (composer/pianist) , Melissa Finder (singer), Ann Souren (singer), Patrick Mahon (bassist) and Levon Washington ( drummer), convenes another in its long line of poets and composers salons. COPUS, which began in the late 1980s, presents powerful lyrics intertwined with beautiful melodies…
Friday, March 16th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Quartet celebrates Pisces birthdays!
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
David Boyce, reeds Scott Foster, guitar Noah Schencker, bass Cairo McCockran, drums A slammin’ quartet! All fun! All jazz!
Monday, March 12th – 7:30 pm
RJAM JAM SESSION! (Monthly every 2nd Monday)
Students from the SFCM Roots, Jazz & American Music Program
host young Bay Area talent
Jam session every 2nd Monday! 7:30 to 9:30 pm Free Hosted by the first-year students in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s brand new Roots, Jazz & American Music (“RJAM”) undergraduate program. College & high school students welcome. Free
Friday, March 9th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Grant Levin Quartet
featuring Francis Vanek, Chris Amberger and Rodney Ruckus
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since October 2002
$10-20 suggested donation; students $5
Francis Vanek, saxophone; Grant Levin, piano; Chris Amberger, bass;Â Rodney Ruckus, drums. This quartet reflects a web of personal and musical connections that is both immediate (Chris and Grant started working with Ruckus just a few short months ago) and long-term (Chris and Francis go way back). In the solid midrange, Chris (a veteran player…
Friday, March 9th – 9:00-11:00 pm
Vocalist Denise Perrier – late show!
$20 cover charge
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March 9th – 9 pm $20 cover charge. San Francisco’s Preeminent Jazz Vocalist ~~ Denise Perrier ~~ In residence at Bird & Beckett through May! Grant Levin, piano, Ollie Dudek, bass, Greg Wyser-Pratt, drums. Mark your calendar now for April 13 and May 18
POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, March 5th – 7-9 pm
A Reading for Al-Mutanabbi Street
An open mic follows
Jessica Loos, organizer and m.c.
March 5th, 2018, at 7 pm, Bird & Beckett Books in San Francisco will join with others around the world to host a poetry reading in observance of the 11th anniversary of the bombing of Baghdad’s Al Mutanabbi Street. Featured readers will be followed by an open mic, in which all who wish to participate will…
Sunday, March 4th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Patrick Wolff Quintet
$10-$20 suggested donation; students $5Â
Mike Olmos, trumpet; Patrick Wolff, tenor sax; Keith Saunders, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; Evan Hughes, drums Five of the City’s top jazz musicians convene to play music composed by jazz greats Kenny Dorham, Clifford Jordan and Horace Silver, and a few originals as well!
Sunday, March 11th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Achyutan & Barbara Hunter Quartet
$10-20 suggested donation; students $5Â
Barbara Hunter, flute and sax Bliss Rodriguez, piano Richard Saunders, bass Achyutan, drums Achyutan has been a professional drummer for over 40 years, with musical roots that go back to Kansas City where he studied at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and played drums for five years with the legendary Jay McShann. Achyutan has…
Sunday, March 11th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Take a Wacky Walk with the Seducers
Classic, Outlaw & Honky Tonk Country Music
$10 suggested donation
Joe Goldmark, a modern master of the pedal steel guitar, is at the heart of the Seducers, which features Mitch Polzak on lead guitar and vocals, Hank Maninger on electric bass and vocals and Kenny Owen on drums. Originals and classic country numbers from the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams and more.