Twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays, pianist Grant Levin performs with a duo partner at Bird & Beckett.  Grant is always amazing, and the rapport he builds with his fellow musicians is consistently deep.

The crime fiction of Dashiell Hammett and Paul Auster inspired bassist Lisa Mezzacappa to cook up this project, which performed the suite recently at SFJazz.  Thanks to Marty Bigos for helping to underwrite AvantNOIR’s performance today at Bird & Beckett. And thanks to Jean Conner, whose support through the years has made our entire Sunday…

There’s no band quite like the bands Rhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamoor have been presenting these past several decades, and no concepts quite like their concepts. Tonight, you’ll see how that is. Rhodessa Jones — vocals Idris Ackamoor — alto and tenor sax, percussion David Molina — guitar, ableton computer, percussion Heshima Mark William —…

Guitarist Scott Foster is joined this evening by James Mahone, tenor sax; Sam Bevan, bass; and Brandon Etzler, drums, for an excursion through the work of a guitarist that influenced Scott profoundly early on and retains a fascination still. Scofield himself characterizes his music as falling in a continuum of post-bop, funk edged jazz, and R…

Jane taught Jerry to sing. Just sing, she said, as loud as you can, and don’t stop. And lord if he didn’t! From the Meat Market Cafe to the Cafe Babar to the Noe Valley Writers’ Workshop, in one order or another, and countless living rooms along the way… Welcome home… An open mic follows,…

Jinx Jones, guitar powerhouse well known to the crowds at the Saloon, Tupelo, Speisekammer and countless other spots around Northern California, is joined by the imperturbable Joe Kyle Jr. on bass and solid rocking Kenny Owen on drums for two sets of rockabilly classics with a jazz edge, and classic jazz with a rockabilly flavor….