653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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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, January 28th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin Duo
Pianist Grant Levin and bassist Charles Thomas converse in jazz for two sets, always with something new to say about familiar topics.
Friday, January 27th – 5:30-8 pm
230 Jones Street Jazz Band
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002
Talk about your San Francisco jazz… On the fourth Friday of each month, our weekly jazz in the bookshop series features The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band — aka The Chuck Peterson Quintet — five musicians whose history on the local jazz scene dates back 60 years, to the very early 1950s.
Thursday, January 26th – 8-10 pm
Eric Shifrin & the In Crowd
Get in with the in crowd! Eric Shifrin, jazz pianist par excellence and free spirit, has gathered the in crowd in the saloons and salons of the City for several decades. Associates Bing Nathan (bass) and Dennis Norby (drums) Â have been there with him all along the way, and they swing it in the bookshop…
Saturday, January 21st – 7:30-10 pm
Aaron Germain Chance Ensemble
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night, 7:30-10 pm, at Bird & Beckett Tonight– Aaron Germain Chance Ensemble featuring all original music by bassist and composer Aaron Germain Mary Fettig, sax and flute Murray Low, piano Jon Krosnick, drums Aaron has played in a multitude of genres with…
Friday, January 20th – 5:30-8 pm
Scott Foster and David Boyce Duo
jazz in the bookshop every Friday since 2002
What can we say about Scott Foster!? He’s just Bird & Beckett’s favorite guitarist… soulful, deep and endlessly inventive. He’s been steady on the gig here since 2002, now assembling a new act for you every third Friday. Tonight, he’s joined by his colleague and friend, woodwind virtuoso David Boyce. David is a titan of a…
Thursday, January 19th – 7:30-10 pm
Delta Blues Trio HowellDevine
“Sexy shack-shaking music” from HowellDevine – Arhoolie recording artists! The first blues act signed by this crucial record label in 27 years! And now Arhoolie — home to Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell and the zydeco king, Clifton Chenier — has been picked up for distribution by the Smithsonian. The world is HowellDevine’s oyster… or…
Monday, January 16th – 7-9 pm
POETS! Lida Parent & Geddes Fielder, followed by an open mic
Jerry Ferrraz, m.c.
Lida Parent was born in Inglewood,  in Southern California, and raised in nearby Chatsworth.  She writes: I began writing when I was 9 years old.  I learned it was a creative way I could connect my feelings to people.  My imagination took me to a live painting of opportunity.  I enjoyed reading literature, and began…
Sunday, January 15th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Rick Brown Quartet
which way west Sunday concert series
Rick Brown, trombone; Steve McQuarry, piano; Carl Herder, bass, and Vinnie Rodriguez, drums
Sunday, January 15th – 2-3:30 pm
Tamim Ansary presents his new memoir,
Road Trips: Becoming an American in the Vapor Trail of the Sixties
Afghan American author Tamim Ansary presents his latest work, Road Trips: Becoming an American in the Vapor Trail of the Sixties, which recounts stories from his years as part of the American ’60s and’70s counterculture, after he arrived from Afghanistan and “dropped out†of a society he’d never been a part of. Ansary writes memoir, history,…
Saturday, January 14th – 7:30-10 pm
Grant Levin Quartet, featuring Tony Peebles on sax
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Grant Levin leads a quartet, featuring Tony Peebles on sax with Giulio Cetto on bass and Jeff Minnieweather on drums. $10 cover.