653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Wednesday, August 14th – 7:30pm
Art Khu-Sedge Green-Zev Vestel Jazz Trio
The elegant & masterful jazz pianist Art Khu will join two terrific young players — drummer Zev Vestel and bassist Sedge Green — before the two embark to music programs in the Great Eastern Universities that continue to bring so many fine musicians into full throttle jazz careers. Help us celebrate with two sets of…
Saturday, November 9th – 7:30-9:30pm
Amina Scott Trio
Bassist Amina Scott has been touring in California in support of her new album “Where the Wild Seed Grows,” and has just wrapped up a sequence of quintet dates. We’re pleased to present this intimate trio engagement at Bird & Beckett before she returns to New Orleans. Born and raised in Oakland, Amina arrived in…
bach & poetry on wednesday
literary/political musing thursday
and lots of live jazz friday to sunday
Curious about Glen Park and wanting an extra excuse to visit the neighborhood? Or perhaps you’re a lucky resident looking for a a good excuse to stay local! Poetry with cello Wednesday evening, extemporaneous musings on Walt Whitman and democracy Thursday, two varieties of jazz on Friday and jazz of another stripe altogether on Saturday……
Tuesday, August 13th – 8pm
The Elé Salif Howell Quartet
featuring saxophonist Kazemde George
Kazemde George, saxophone. Kai Lyons, guitar. Giulio Xavier, bass. Elé Salif Howell, drums. $20 cover charge; by0b. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. Elé Salif Howell, a formidably talented young drummer and Oakland native son, returns to the Bay for some dates with the region’s most vital young lions — saxophonist Kazemde George, who’s now based in Brooklyn…
angela lilley beckett presents…
Sunday, August 11th – 5pm
Angels & Lillies
Singer-songwriter Maurice Tani
with Henry Salvia & Mike Anderson
Maurice Tani, guitar and vocals. Henry Salvia, piano. Mike Anderson, bass. $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. Maurice Tani is a San Francisco born and based singer-songslinger, known for his wry/rye-to-romantic writing, agile guitar style and expressive singing. With his band, Maurice Tani & 77 El Deora he’s been the source of untold,…
Saturday, August 10th – 7:30-9:30
The Ron Vincent Quartet
Brad Buethe, guitar. Ben Stolorow, piano. Jeff Saxton, bass. Ron Vincent, drums. $20 cover charge, byob. reservations: 415-586-3733. In the course of his career in jazz, Ron Vincent has played with such luminaries as Bob Brookmeyer, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer, Bill Charlap and Randy Brecker, to name a few. In 1989, Ron joined…
August 9-11 at Bird & Beckett
This weekend’s dates will include “Shifrin does Gershwin” on Friday the 9th at 6pm– it’s another happy hour night out with pianist Eric Shifrin’s ongoing 2nd Fridays residency. All year long, Eric & the In Crowd are celebrating the composers and songwriters whose tunes have come to be known as the “American Song Book,” gifting…
Thursday, August 8th – 7:30-9:00pm
Sitar and Tabla Concert
featuring Charles Lloyd and Ferhan Qureshi
Charles Lloyd (sitar and guitar) is a disciple of the renowned sitarist Pandit Habib Khan. Ferhan Qureshi (tabla) is a disciple of the legendary tabla maestro Ustad Tari Khan. Charles and Ferhan have been performing music together for over 15 years years and their concerts feature both traditional Hindustani (North Indian) classical music on sitar…
Wednesday, August 7th – 7pm
The Cape: a talk and visual presentation by artist/activist Patricia Diart
She wore a cape to S.F. City Hall to protest police violence. Then she got kicked out https://thecape.substack.com/
Sunday, August 4th – 5pm
Author Jeff Kaliss presents
I Want to Take You Higher:
The Life & Times of Sly & the Family Stone
Music journalist Jeff Kaliss returns to Bird & Beckett to present his deep dive into the world of Sly Stone and his band, revised & updated for a new edition just published by Backbeat Books, with George Clinton’s preface and a new forward by Ricky Vincent. From his anthemic early hits (“I Want to Take…