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!

Sunday, April 30th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Bruno Pelletier Quartet

Bruno Pelletier, guitar Matt Renzi, saxophone Ken Lenga, bass Tom Hassett, drums Bruno Pelletier-Bacquaert was born in Paris, France in 1960. He says, “I grew up in a musical family and was encouraged at an early age to develop a talent as a composer and instrumentalist.” Note: Bruno asserts, “It has been said that my dad…

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Saturday, April 29th – 7:30-10 pm
B3B4 – soulful funky organ jazz!

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… jazz club! at Bird & Beckett–every Saturday night, when lights are low… B3B4 Tom Griesser, saxophone Kevin Gerzevitz, organ Scott Foster, guitar Dan Foltz, drums This one will make your hair stand on end… put that tingle in your spine… take your breath away, turn it around and cause it to…

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Friday, April 28 – 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 — five musicians whose history on the local jazz scene dates back four or five decades. Ray Loeckle & Jerry Logas, reeds Glen Deardorff, guitar…

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Thursday, April 27 – 7:30-10:00 pm
Eric Shifrin & the In Crowd

Tonight, the In Crowd features Joe McKinley on bass and Pete Devine on drums. Eric met Joe in 1969, in Joe’s high school play… Joe played bass on Eric’s first piano recording “Blood Sugar” in 1988. Eric played with Pete in the “Big Money in Jazz” band with Mal Sharpe. All three were in the…

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Sunday, April 23rd – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Flying Salvias
which way west? Sunday concert series

Flying Salvias is an alt-everything duo from Brisbane, CA– the City of the Stars! A quartet for this appearance, actually! We appear to be at a watershed moment with the Salvias this April! As a twosome, they’ve been characterized as everything from “Ameri-kinda Alt Everything” to “Alt Cabaret”. Henry is well known for his expressive…

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Sunday, April 23rd – 2-4 pm
A Holy Trinity of Poets: Beck, Cherkovski, Shurin

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Saturday, April 22nd – 7:30-10pm
The Linchpins
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night

The Linchpins, a quintet comprising the personnel of two fine trios, pivoting on their bassist-in-common. Philip Greenlief and Cory Wright, reeds Scott Foster, guitar Dan Seamans, bass Tom Hassett, drums   This quintet is an intriguing prospect, one that appears to have caught fire in the minds of these five adventuresome and very fine musicians…

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Friday, April 21st – 5:30-8 pm
Scott Foster Quartet plays Monk’s Music
jazz and bebop in the bookshop
every Friday since 2002

This will be a fun band! Wonderful musicians: David Boyce, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar Noah Schenker, bass Cairo McCockran, drums Scott Foster leads the date on the 3rd Friday of each month, assembling a new group and repertoire for each outing. We can’t remember an occasion on which we’ve been disappointed! In fact, it’s been…

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Thursday, April 20th – 7:30-10:00 pm
JimBo Trout & the Fishpeople

Come trout fishing at Bird and Beckett! Since 1992 JimBo Trout and the Fishpeople have been brewing a good-time musical gumbo made up of bluegrass, blues, ragtime, jazz, cowboy, country, early rock+roll, jug band, old-time Appalachian, and more. The band features JimBo Trout on guitar, banjo, harmonica and vocals, along with Steve Neil on bass…

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Tuesday, April 18th – 7:00 pm –
The Violin and the Cello
Matteo Montanari & Rocco Malagoli
on tour — suggested donation $10

Matteo Montanari and Rocco Malagoli are two passionate musicians from Italy with worldwide performing experience; seeking always to discover new musical ideas in the world and new environments to convey the inspiration classical music gives us every day. Their travels have brought them through San Francisco, occasioning this impromptu addition to the bookshop’s concert schedule. Both…

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