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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…
Friday, August 12th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Renaissance man Don Alberts on the keys
jazz at the bookshop every Friday!
Don Alberts is unstoppable! He’s a bop cat from the earliest ’60s still wailing five and a half decades on. A lyrical romanticist, too, playing with all the lush eloquence of Duke Ellington and Bill Evans. Check his bio at http://donalberts.com/bio.html And come hear him live with a fine band at Bird & Beckett! Ian Carey…
August 12th to 15th in preview
7 events in 4 days
jazz – comedy – Ameri-kinda-alt-everything – country – poetry – jazz!
Saturday, 8/13 – 4-6 pm: The Grant Levin – Charles Thomas Duo. 7:30-10 pm: The Grant Levin Quartet featuring alto sax player Jesse Levit. Grant never fails to astonish when he takes to the piano at Bird & Beckett as he does several times each month. 2nd & 4th Saturday afternoons showcase Grant in a…
Thursday, August 11th – 7-9 pm
Bird & Beckett Book Club discusses
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, by Laurie King
Thursday, 8/11 – 7-9 pm: The Bird & Beckett Book Club discusses The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, by Laurie King. Come one, come all — call us at the shop to reserve a copy of the book. 10% off to book club participants. Oakland born Laurie King’s long-running series of mysteries centered on Sherlock Holmes associate Mary…