jazz in the bookshop, every Friday evening, 5:30-8:00 pm Jonathan Bautista, sax Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Jaz Sawyer, drums

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

Avotcja small percussion and spoken word Sandi Poindexter, violin Francis Wong, sax and flute Jon Jang, piano Sascha Jacobsen, bass Myron Cohen, snare drum $10-20 suggested donation; students – $5        

Contributors to the new anthology from Manic D Press Your Golden Sun Still Shines: San Francisco Personal Histories & Small Fictions Dee Allen Peter Case Patsy Creedy Michael Koch Kim Shuck Denise Sullivan

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Harvey Wainapel, reeds Ben Stolorow, piano Ken Okada, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums $20 cover charge; students – $10

Vocalist Denise Perrier with Oop Bop Sh’Bam… Al Molina, trumpet Jerry Logas, sax Jeffrey Burr, guitar Dean Reilly, bass Ulf Bjorkbom, drums $15-20 sliding scale cover charge; students – $10

Young players from the SF Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” BMUS program kick off Bird & Beckett’s 2018 live music schedule. This evening, Friday, January 5th, from 5:30-8:00pm, it’s the Knox Barber Quartet! Setting the bar for the future of San Francisco jazz! Jayden Clark – tenor sax Liam Hughes-Butler – guitar Knox…

Guitarist Tony Corman and trombonist Frank Phipps join forces for two sets of duo work, closing out another year of beautiful music at Bird & Beckett — San Francisco’s southernmost outpost of literary and jazz culture!

Grant Levin, piano Aaron Cohn, bass Ruckus, drums! $15-20 sliding scale cover charge; students – $10

  Bliss Rodriguez piano Erik von Buchau vibraphone Myron Cohen drums