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!

Friday, December 30th – 5:30-8 pm
Voz do Brasil!
featuring vocalist Liza Silva

Veterans of the Bossa Nova! The late-Sunday-night house band of the famed Club Deluxe, long-time favorite of the late Jay Johnson, the Deluxe’s heart and soul… Ray Loeckle on sax and Ray Scott on guitar, Alex Baum on bass and Bob Blankenship on drums.  Sao Paulo soul!!! Sao Paulo born, Liza Silva toured internationally for…

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Click here for a brief rundown of our year-end events schedule
4 events in 4 days including New Years Eve and New Years Day!

Year-End Events at Bird & Beckett!   Thursday, December 29th – 8-10 pm $10 suggested donation Jinx Jones & the King Tones Jinx Jones (guitar), Joe Kyle Jr. (bass), Ken Owen (drums) canyon moonlight series occasional Thursday and Sunday nights Friday, December 30th – 5:30-8 pm $10 suggested donation Voz do Brasil Liza Silva (vocal), Ray Loeckle…

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Sunday, January 22nd – 4:30-6:30 pm
Sueños with Noah Frank & Ely Strauss
which way west Sunday concert series

Sueños fuses jazz with Hip-Hop, R&B, and Indie Rock. Set your ears for Hip-Hop drum grooves, gospel harmonies, acoustic bass lines, bebop-tinged horns, and electronics.

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Sunday, December 18th – 7:30-9:30 pm
A Seducer’s Christmas

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and all that signifies to you and yours! love you all madly

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Sunday, December 18th – 4:30 pm
Buena Vista Jazz Band plays trad jazz for xmas!

Buena Vista Jazz Band a trad jazz Christmas celebration! featuring vocalist Darlene Langston with Andrew Storar, trumpet; John Hunt, trombone; Brian Campbell, clarinet; Si Perkoff, piano; Duncan James, guitar; Al Obidinski, bass; Steve Apple, drums which way west? Sunday concert series, natch! struggle on, friends! big, necessary year ahead. get used to the idea, but have…

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Saturday, December 17th – 7:30-10 pm
The Noel Jewkes Quartet
jazz club! every Saturday night,
when lights are low…

Noel Jewkes plays with such cool aplomb that you’ll not question that he’s a giant among his peers and thousands of jazz fans in the Northern California watershed who’ve followed his career. He’s a titan of the tenor — can make the soprano sing — will adjust your attitude with his fleet and sweet alto….

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Friday, December 16th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Trio celebrates their new cd — “Go Small”
recorded live at Bird & Beckett!

Go Small! cd release party The Scott Foster Trio recorded live at Bird & Beckett! Cory Wright, clarinet Scott Foster, guitar Dan Seamans, bass read an interview with Scott at this link! Scott has been a featured guitarist at Bird & Beckett since our “jazz in the bookshop” series began nearly 15 years ago. For…

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Friday, December 9th – 5:30-8 pm
Trombone Summit
Stu Pilorz Quintet feat. Mike Rinta
Keith Saunders, piano; Aaron Cohn, bass; Al Coster, drums

Featured trombonist Mike Rinta, arranger and performer with the Grammy winning Pacific Mambo Orchestra, has toured the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, and Asia with Sly & The Family Stone, Jimmie Vaughan, Howard Tate, John Lee Hooker Jr. and many others. In addition he has performed or recorded with many greats such as Herbie Hancock,…

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Thursday, December 8th – 8-10 pm
Larry Vann Trio!
Soul jazz funk explosion!!

formerly with Elvin Bishop   LARRY VANN ~ Vocalist, Drummer  ~ “Groove Merchant” is the title appointed to this San Francisco Bay Area legend.  Authentic “root music”, music the soul can reach out and touch, the essential substance of his artistic source, is the foundation of this superbly seasoned artist’s own music branding, which fuses the…

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Monday, December 5th – 7-9 pm
Poets Genny Lim & Nellie Wong
open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz, m.c.

Two crucial poets with their roots in the vibrant social and political activism of 1970s San Francisco read their work. Both have pursued vital careers in poetry and allied arts in the decades that have followed.

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