Songs that bear a message… The Scott Foster Trio Scott Foster, guitar Richard Hall, piano Andrew Higgins, bass  

Poetry! Stephanie Baker Jess Rowland Ava Koober / Marina Lazzara / Patrick James Dunagan collaboration Music! J & Kevin BYO Bottle, Ears, Minds, Heart 

El Guajiro plays the gamut of popular music from Latin America, including cha cha, boleros, Latin jazz, as well as different varieties of Cuban music. El Guajiro is el guajiro Johnny Escobedo’s group, with a number of associates that include Norman Downing, the Razons Bo and Richie, Mario Vega and others. For this concert, he’s…

Don Alberts, known to Bird & Beckett audiences as a fine jazz pianist, is also a prolific writer, and reads this afternoon from his autobiographical novel, The Rushing and his short story collection, The God Fire Mantras — just a sliver of the poetry and prose he’s produced over the course of a rich career. He’ll have…

The George Cotsirilos Quartet celebrates its new CD on OA2/Origin Records featuring George on guitar, Keith Saunders on piano, Robb Fisher on bass and Ron Marabuto on drums. Read the San Jose Mercury piece on this recording at this link. Originally from Chicago, George Cotsirilos has been a member of the San Francisco Bay Area…

Denise Perrier has been called “The Voice with a Heart” and is known internationally for her warm, swinging contralto. She’s joined tonight by tenor sax player Joe Cohen, pianist Grant Levin, bassist Joe McKinley and drummer Jim Zimmerman for two sets of songs from Cole Porter to Billy Strayhorn to Blare & Martin…

Justin Rock, guitar Owen Clapp, bass Mike Quigg, drums

Come out to celebrate the new long-playing album — an actual lp! — by the Paul Sanwald Quartet! No cds on this one, just vinyl! Don’t own a turntable? All the more reason to come hear the music live!!   Wataru Uchida, tenor sax Spencer Caton, piano Paul Sanwald, bass Dan Foltz, drums