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in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Friday, August 26th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Chuck Peterson Quintet featuring vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits
Sinatra was the chairman, sure. But Chuck was the founder of jazz at Bird & Beckett… there’s nothing so sublime! Dorothy Lefkovits sings on each set, sharing the bandstand with Chuck and four wonderful fellow musicians: reed player Howie Dudune, guitarist Glen Deardorff, bassist Dean Reilly and drummer Tony Johnson. Several hundred years of jazz…
Sunday, August 21st – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Mark Levine Quartet
Mark Levine, piano; Bob Kenmotsu, sax; John Wiitala, bass; Ron Marabuto, drums. Mark Levine has shared the bandstand and recording studio with Woody Shaw, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Wallace Roney, Tito Puente, Milt Jackson, James Moody, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Fortune, Eddie Harris, Stefon Harris, Eddie Henderson, Conrad Herwig, Clark Terry, Ingrid Jensen, Charlie…
Saturday, August 20th – 7:30-10 pm
Calvin Keys with the Heshima Trio
Guitarist Calvin Keys is possessed of a personal style that’s unmistakable, elegant and eloquent. He has been featured on acclaimed recordings since the early 1970s as leader and as a sideman with artists as eminent as Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, and Bobby Hutcherson.  He’s also long been a mainstay of the Oakland jazz scene. We’re pleased…
Friday, August 19th – 5:30-8 pm
The Scott Foster Ensemble feat. Danny Bittker
jazz in the bookshop every Friday evening!
Guitarist Scott Foster has assembled a band featuring Danny Bittker on a variety of reeds — clarinet, bass clarinet and tenor sax — and Mike Rinta on trombone! Danny’s a marvelous player with soul and humor to spare. He’s played at Bird & Beckett many times in the past, notably with his gypsy jazz outfit,…
Thursday, August 18th – 7:00-10 pm
Live Recording Session! The Jack Tone Riordan Trio
Jack Riordan is just one of the top jazz guitarists in the region, no question — and he’s playing a three-venue run of shows in the company of ace organist Wil Blades and famed drummer Mike Clark: at Birdland Jazzista Social Club in Oakland on the 17th, Bird & Beckett on the 18th, and the…
Monday, August 15th – 7-9 pm
Poets Gene Berson & Vince Storti
followed by an open mic
POETS! a twice-monthly series hosted by troubadour Jerry Ferraz. Every first & third Monday, 7-9 pm Tonight’s featured poets are Eugene Berson and Vince Storti. They’ll be followed by one of the best open mic sessions in San Francisco – a city of poets! Gene Berson says, “I’ve been writing seriously for many years, and…
Sunday, August 14th – 7:30-10 pm
The Seducers!
classic country in our canyon moonlight series
Last chance to catch the Seducers on a Sunday at Bird & Beckett! In September, look for them on the third Thursday of every month from 8 to 10pm. But it’s still, August, so here they are, big as life! This classic/outlaw country band, featuring pedal steel ace Joe Goldmark, long, tall, loquacious guitarist/vocalist Mitch…
Sunday, August 14th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Flying Salvias!
Ameri-kinda alt everything duo
Last glimpsed at Bird & Beckett in a Merle Haggard tribute with the Seducers a few months back, we’re beyond happy to bring Henry & Kathleen Salvia to the stage in our which way west? series for two sets of their own particular brand of mischief. The Flying Salvias have been called “Ameri-kinda Alt Everything”…
Saturday, August 13th
Grant Levin – Charles Thomas Duo , 4-6 pm
Grant Levin Quartet featuring Jesse Levit, 7:30-10 pm
Grant Levin never fails to astonish when he takes to the piano at Bird & Beckett as he does several times each month. Â 2nd & 4th Saturday afternoons showcase Grant in a duo format with one or another of his closest jazz collaborators. Â 2nd Saturday nights, Grant has led a quartet date since the beginning…