Brilliant young reed player Eli Maliwan is the centerpiece of this exploration of the jazz saxophone canon, prominently featuring the work of John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter. Her close associate, trumpeter Noah Frank, shares the front line for what is sure to be an exciting and enlightening two sets of music. Drummer Jon Frank leads…

We rely on Walker Brents III for rumination on topics subject to deep interpretation and widely ranging association. How he does it, we’ll never know! But we’re ever grateful that he does. Today, he finds in the poet, printmaker and painter and printmaker William Blake (1757-1827) the kernel of modern humanist and progressive political and…

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night, 7:30-10 pm, at Bird & Beckett This week featuring the Wick/Knudsen/Glenn Trio- jazz inside & out Kasey Knudsen, sax Miles Wick, bass Jordan Glenn, drums

Pianist Grant Levin and bassist Charles Thomas converse in jazz for two sets, always with something new to say about familiar topics.

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 — aka The Chuck Peterson Quintet — five musicians whose history on the local jazz scene dates back 60 years, to the very early 1950s.

Get in with the in crowd! Eric Shifrin, jazz pianist par excellence and free spirit, has gathered the in crowd in the saloons and salons of the City for several decades. Associates Bing Nathan (bass) and Dennis Norby (drums)  have been there with him all along the way, and they swing it in the bookshop…

The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night, 7:30-10 pm, at Bird & Beckett Tonight– Aaron Germain Chance Ensemble featuring all original music by bassist and composer Aaron Germain Mary Fettig, sax and flute Murray Low, piano Jon Krosnick, drums Aaron has played in a multitude of genres with…

What can we say about Scott Foster!? He’s just Bird & Beckett’s favorite guitarist… soulful, deep and endlessly inventive. He’s been steady on the gig here since 2002, now assembling a new act for you every third Friday. Tonight, he’s joined by his colleague and friend, woodwind virtuoso David Boyce. David is a titan of a…

“Sexy shack-shaking music” from HowellDevine – Arhoolie recording artists! The first blues act signed by this crucial record label in 27 years! And now Arhoolie — home to Lightnin’ Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell and the zydeco king, Clifton Chenier — has been picked up for distribution by the Smithsonian. The world is HowellDevine’s oyster… or…

Lida Parent was born in Inglewood,  in Southern California, and raised in nearby Chatsworth.   She writes: I began writing when I was 9 years old.  I learned it was a creative way I could connect my feelings to people.  My imagination took me to a live painting of opportunity.  I enjoyed reading literature, and began…