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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, January 19th – 8:30-10:30 pm
Reinhart-Hamilton-Young-Matsuda Quartet
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Chestnuts of early jazz & popular music Robert Young, saxophone, cornet & vocals Jeff Hamilton, piano & vocals Bill Reinhart, guitar & banjo Mikiya Matsuda, bass
Friday, January 19th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Scott Foster Trio: A Blues Reset for 2018
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
Scott Foster, guitar Lorenzo Farrell, organ Dan Foltz, drums Taking it down to the fundamental blues base of jazz, in myriad forms.
Sunday, January 14th – 7:30-10:00 pm
The Seducers
Classic, Outlaw & Honky Tonk Country Music
Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar Hank Maninger, lead guitar and vocals Tim Wager, bass guitar and vocals Kenny Owen, drums [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S2j5JvYm6M” /]
Sunday, January 14th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Craig and MacGregorÂ
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10 suggested donation
Randy Craig and Robbie MacGregor convene a revolving cast of characters, veteran players all, at the Marsh in Berkeley on a regular basis, for a romp through a cavalcade of rock, jazz and pop tunes. Tonight they bring their show to Bird & Beckett! [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifP0KU5qslg” /]
Saturday, January 13th– 7:30-10:00 pm
Cartoon Jazz Octet
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Cartoon Jazz Octet plays classic tunes from the 1930s, ’40s and ’50s by Raymond Scott & John Kirby plus a slew of originals! Jeff Sanford, reeds Eric Wayne, trumpet Hal Richards, reeds Andy Ostwald, piano Randy Johnson, guitar, banjo & vocals Zachariah Spellman, tuba Simon Planting, bass Mark Rosengarden, drums
Friday, January 12th – 9:00 pm
Reasons for Moving
Reasons for Moving Darren Johnston, trumpet Larry Ochs, sax Fred Frith, guitar Allison Miller, drums This all-improvised concert at Bird & Beckett by the group “Reasons for Moving” is in preparation for a 2018 tour of Europe starting at the Jazzdor festival in France, and will feature a first meeting of core members Frith/Ochs/Johnston with…
Sunday, January 14th – 2-4 pm
Benefit for North Bay poets
who lost their homes in the fires
Sonoma County Poet Laureates, past and present, and California State Poet Laureate Dana Gioia converge on Bird & Beckett to aid poets and artists of the county who suffered loss in the Santa Rosa and Sonoma fires in October. Past laureates Terry Ehret, Gwynn O’Gara, Bill Vartnaw and Katherine Hastings, current laureate Iris Jamahl Dunkle…
Friday, January 12th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Grant Levin Quartet
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donation
jazz in the bookshop, every Friday evening, 5:30-8:00 pm Jonathan Bautista, sax Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Jaz Sawyer, drums
Monday, January 8th – 7:30 pm
RJAM JAM SESSION! (Monthly every 2nd Monday)
Students from the SFCM Roots, Jazz & American Music Program
host young Bay Area talent
The San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s brand new bachelor’s of music Roots, Jazz & American Music program sponsors this monthly jam. Local college and high school players particularly encouraged to come out! Free