Maurice Tani is a remarkable songwriter, with a deft touch that pulls all the angst of life right to the surface of his songs.  In bassist Mike Anderson, he has an assured and resonant foil on which to build his delivery of redemption songs and wise, funny and wryly bitter observations. San Francisco-born and bred,…

Rocky Winslow, trumpet Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Mark Lee, drums Grant Levin leads a quartet through two sets of originals and standards on the second Saturday of each month.  He’s just one of the very top young jazz pianists on the local scene, and he never fails to assemble a quartet of top…

An informal late afternoon date with the pianist and bassist that will make up half of our evening quartet program.  Grant Levin is a rising star of jazz piano, especially in the Bay Area– with a reputation that has spread like wildfire.  Bassist Chris Amberger has been a stalwart of the scene for decades, had…

Come to the shop Wednesday night at 7 to hang with photographer/artist Cecilia Cacciatore, whose work will grace Gallery Ex Libris for the next month.  Poet (and B&B keystone) Jenna Littlejohn provides poetic monograms to go with the photos.  She’ll be here too.  You’ll have fun.  Don’t stay home!

Join us in hearing two new, young, and vibrant poetic voices! As usual the readings will be followed by an open mic. Casey Elizabeth Newbegin lives in Austin, Texas where she attends the UT School of Information. She holds a BA in English from Lewis & Clark College. She was born and raised in California….

Context is everything! Three generations — the beatniks, the hippies, the punks – tied together by one who has been riding through it with his eyes open & his heart big. Dave is the guy who hipped Dylan to Woody Guthrie back in Dinkytown, hard by the University of Minnesota at Minneapolis/St. Paul and he’s a…

As serious as your life! And the happiest you could ever be!   Richard Sears, piano, is up from L.A. for the date, joining local heroes John Wiitala on bass and Evan Hughes on drums, under the capable, nay, inspired leadership of Smith Dobson V on vibes. Does it get any better? Nah, it’s just…