653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
Live Streams every weekend!
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Sunday, September 4th – 8:00-10 pm
Grant Levin Trio
The art of the trio… Grant Levin, piano Joe McKinley, bass Rick Rivera, drums
Saturday, September 3rd – 7:30-10 pm
The Al Molina Sextet
jazz club! when lights are low…
Al Molina, trumpet and flugelhorn; Al Bent, trombone; Tod Dickow, sax; Larry Chinn, piano; Fred Randolph, bass; Vince Lateano, drums. Al Molina is a San Francisco native, born in 1935 to a musical family, who first made his mark on the local jazz scene in the early 1960s. His first appearance on record was in…
Friday, September 2nd – 5:30-8:00 pm
West Coast Cool & Bebop!
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
featuring trumpeter Al Molina
In the early 1950s, Don Prell was deep in the scene where a whole school & industry of “west coast jazz” was being created. He spent copious amounts of time playing and hanging at venues like Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach and the Haig in downtown L.A., just two of many clubs where the…
TONIGHT! The Big Show!!
One slip makes you a mother…
The Bad Mommies: Live!!!
…and so much larger than life!
Tuesday, August 30th – 7:30-10 pm
Put the kids to bed and c’mon out!
Please don’t bring ’em– they’d be scarred for life!
Desperate and dazed by the agony of sleepless nights and endless days of ill-conceived parenthood,      caught in a trap, I can’t walk out, because I’ve got two children, baby… three gorgeous women with sparkling shades hiding tired eyes      too tired for my life, I’m too…
Sunday, August 28th – 7:30-10 pm
Howard Alden / Duncan James Duo
Two guitarists with a common history, ample musical respect and affection take a turn together on the Bird & Beckett stage.
Sunday, August 28th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Justin Rock / Jonathan Bautista Duo
Music of Alec Wilder
A guitarist and tenor sax player explore the music of a great American songwriter. Click on the photo below for their version of “Listen to Your Heart.” From the website www.alecwildermusicandlife.com Jazz musicians fascinated Wilder with their gift for creating extemporaneous compositions. Among those for whom he composed major works were Marian McPartland, piano; Stan Getz,…
Sunday, August 28th – 2:30 pm
Walker Talks!
Walker Brents III on Surrealism
Walker Brents III gives a monthly talk at Bird & Beckett, on the last Sunday of each month. Today, his subject is an elusive and curious thing: Surrealism.
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet!
Saturday, August 27th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Ben Flood, tenor sax Eugene Pliner, piano Adam Thompson, bass Vinnie Rodriguez, drums Vinnie Rodriguez has done yeoman’s duty every fourth Saturday on our jazz club series since its inception in the summer of 2014. Vinnie was on drums behind leader/pianist Michael Parsons on the very first round of jazz club dates, and when Michael…
Saturday, August 27th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin / Chris Amberger Duo
Pianist Grant Levin and his long-time jazz collaborator, bassist Chris Amberger converse in jazz over two generous sets of music. Arriving in Oakland in his early teens, in the early 1960s, Chris Amberger was schooled in music by some of the great jazz and blues figures of the era, including pianist George Duke, drummer Smiley…