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!
Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
jazz in the bookshop! every Friday, 5:30-8 pm
March 25th: The Chuck Peterson Quintet w/Dorothy Lefkovits
and at the break (7 pm)— a book presentation by
Frank Hayde, author of Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight
Special guest tonight– Frank Hayde, author of a new biography, Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight, about the seminal bebop drummer, will give a short presentation at the break (about 7 pm). From 5:30 to 8:00 pm, two sets of swinging bop and straight-ahead jazz by The Chuck Peterson Quintet with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits. San Francisco’s long-running…
Friday, March 25th – round about break time
Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight author Frank Hayde!
Stick around during the break between sets, when writer Frank Hayde will tell you a tale or two of seminal bebop drummer Stan Levey, a guy who was on the bandstand in 1942 with Dizzy Gillespie at the tender age of 16, with Diz & Bird, Al Haig and Curly Russell a few short years…
Monday, March 21st – 7-9 pm
Poets Steve Arntson & Deborah Fruchey
open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz hosts
Bird & Beckett showcases featured poets and follows them with an open mic every 1st and 3rd Monday, from 7 to 9 pm. Tonight, Steve Arntson & Deborah Fruchey are the featured readers. Jerry Ferraz, a long-standing fixture on the San Francisco poetry scene, has booked and hosted our twice monthly series and for well…
Rockabilly Explosion!
Jinx Jones at Bird & Beckett
Saturday, March 20th – 7:30-10 pm
You’ve heard him close out the Glen Park Festival many years running… and for a good stretch now at Bird & Beckett on the third Saturday night of each month, 7:30-10 pm. It’s like a party in your living room! Jinx is a legendary guitarist, and most definitely the king of rockabilly in these parts, whether in the…
which way west? Sunday concert series
March 20th – 4:30-6:30 pm: The Dave Rocha Trio
feat. Bob Brumbeloe, guitar and Chuck Bennett, bass
Dave Rocha has built his reputation on the San Francisco jazz scene for his work on trumpet and flugelhorn since coming to prominence in the past 20 years; likewise, he’s done significant work and built followings in New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. His list of bandstand associations with great players is long and solid….
Kenny Hawkins with the Muziki Roberson Quartet
March 19 – 7:30-10 pm
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Bassist Aaron Germain and drummer Alcide Marshall join Kenny Hawkins (flute, sax) and Duane Muziki Roberson (piano) for two sets of top-flight jazz. Muziki Roberson’s distinct style and creative individuality have placed him among the most respected musicians in the Bay Area. It’s been said that “Muziki’s music and playing will move you at the very depths…
jazz in the bookshop
Friday, March 18th – 5:30-8 pm
Scott Foster & Brad Buethe Guitar Summit
with Sam Bevan, bass, and Vince Lateano, drums!
Scott Foster invites one of the giants of the jazz guitar to join him on stage at Bird & Beckett– a double barrelled guitar laden rhythm section that don’t need no stinkin’ horns. Especially when you’ve got the master, Vince Lateano on drums and the sublime Sam Bevan on bass! It’s gonna start big and…
Canyon Moonlight… ’til the Riptide returns
Joe Goldmark & the Seducers
live at Bird & Beckett
Sunday, March 13 – 7:30-10 pm
Joe Goldmark is the pedal steel guitar king of San Francisco, and his band the Seducers just won’t quit. Mitch Polzak, the guitar wizard Mayor of Port Costa, and honey-voiced Eddie Kendrick on electric bass share the vocal honors, with solid rockin’ Kenny Owen making it all flow. Every second Saturday, you’ll find the Seducers…
which way west? Sunday concert series
March 13th – 4:30-6:30 pm: Music at Large – The Lewis Jordan Trio
with Jimmy Biala and John Carlos Perea!
Lewis Jordan…plays a mean sax, sweet and mellow, sharp and staccato, richly complex, as the mood demands. Â Jordan is a triple threat– a virtuoso on alto saxophone, a deft and ingratiating comic actor and a poetically humorous writer. — Robert Hurwitt Music at Large is Lewis’ vehicle for jazz expression. Â Much can be learned about…
March 12th – 7:30-10 pm
Grant Levin Quartet featuring Jonathan Bautista on sax
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night!
Come early, from 4 to 6 pm, to hear Grant play two sets of duo work with bassist Charles Thomas. Â A sublime way to spend a rainy afternoon… Then grab a bite and come back at 7:30 pm for the quartet session featuring Jonathan Bautista on tenor sax, the great Jazz Messenger Chris Amberger on…