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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]

Sunday, March 18th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Jinx Jones Jazz Trio
which way west? Sunday concert series

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Sunday, March 18th – 2:00-3:30 pm
Susan Dambroff reads from
Conversations with Trees

In Conversations with Trees, Susan Dambroff examines the dualities hidden deep within the human heart and how those dualities are in dialogue with one another. These are tender poems which stand as witness to the passions of both pain and beauty. The poet wants us to see clearly and love deeply—even though we might “…watch smoke rise/talk about how a…

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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 $5
 

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  

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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…

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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!

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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

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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;  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…

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Friday, March 9th – 9:00-11:00 pm
Vocalist Denise Perrier – late show!
$20 cover charge
 

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

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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…

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Sunday, March 4th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Patrick Wolff Quintet
$10-$20 suggested donation; students $5
 

      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!  

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