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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]
Friday, December 15th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Quartet, featuring saxophonist Rob Sudduth
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
Saxophonist Rob Sudduth — whose credits include work with everyone from Norah Jones to Huey Lewis (a lot of work with Huey Lewis) to Ben Goldberg and Graham Connah — joins guitarist Scott Foster, bassist Dan Seamans and drummer Tom Hassett.
Thursday, December 14th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Steve Stein presents Doris Williams
in an early music celebration of Christmas
An early music celebration of Christmas, with a joyous nod to the swinging 1960s. Vocals and instrumental performances on lute and harp by Doris Williams, a valued musician on the Bay Area early music scene since the late 1980s. Doris is joined on the program by viola da gamba player Kit Robberson and classical guitarist Steve…
Sunday, December 10th – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio
featuring Jaz Sawyer on drums and Giulio Xavier on bass
$15 cover charge
Hey, where’s the snare?! Jaz & Giulio make it happen. Grant sets the stage. The music at Bird & Beckett doesn’t stop.
Sunday, December 10th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Darlene Langston with the Buena Vista Jazz Band
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10 to $20 suggested donation
Drummer Greg Gotelli brings in his merry six piece Chicago-style jazz band with vocalist Darlene Langston for two sets of chesnuts to roast on your open fire!
Saturday, December 9th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Wendy DeWitt plays Boogie Woogie & Blues for Christmas!Â
jazz club! when lights are low…
$15 cover chargeÂ
Wendy DeWitt is the Queen of Boogie Woogie! and Blues & You Name It! You ain’t heard nothing, ’til you’ve heard Wendy rip it up! Wendy DeWitt, piano Takezo Takeda, guitar Kirk Harwood, drums The boogie woogie notes that fly out of Wendy DeWitt’s fingers connect you so passionately with her that you walk out of…
Friday, December 8th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Smith Dobson Quartet featuring Jeffrey Burr
music inspired by Paul Desmond
jazz in the bookshop — every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
Smith Dobson, saxophones Jeffrey Burr, guitar Doug Stuart, bass Jon Arkin, drums Some Ellington, some Monk, some more… through the lens of the work of the great saxophonist Paul Desmond, a long-time associate of Dave Brubeck and a player known for a tone that evokes a fine dry martini… interpreted by some of San Francisco’s…
Thursday, December 7th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Randy Lee Odell presents… Jill Tracy
Jill Tracy is a San Francisco-based singer/pianist, storyteller, and “sonic archeologist†who has garnered multiple awards and a passionate following for her beautifully haunting, cinematic music, sophisticated lyrics, old-world glamour—and curious passion for strange tales. Hailed a “femme fatale for the thinking man†by the San Francisco Chronicle, Jill Tracy was described by NPR’s All…
Tuesday, December 5th – 7-9 pm
Mr. B plays boogie woogie piano and much, much moreÂ
On tour out of Ann Arbor, Mr. B is renowned. We’re pleased and honored to present him here, brought to us and hosted by Joe Cunningham, at this magnificent juncture in boogie woogie time!
Sunday, December 3rd – 7:30-9:30 pm
The Seducers
Classic, Outlaw & Honky Tonk Country Music
Joe Goldmark! The wham of that steel guitar man makes this band! Kenny Owen on the pots drives it home! Mitch Polzak and Hank Maninger, center stage, on lead and bass guitars and trading vocals, seal the deal! You like your Waylon & Willie & Hank & Buck & George & Merle? Well, then, you’ll…
