The Seducers have well earned a regular Second Sunday booking in Bird & Beckett’s new weekly “Canyon Moonlight Music” series.  The band features guitarist and vocalist Mitch Polzak, pedal steel guitarist Joe Goldmark, singer and bassist Eddie Kendrick and drummer Les James. Classic country music for a moonlit November night hard by Glen Canyon, where the…

A return engagement of San Francisco’s finest interpreters of early jazz, vaudeville, rural blues, ragtime and popular tunes!  Click here to listen to their duo guitar performance of Cold Mornin’ Shout. Craig Ventresco was lured out to San Francisco from Maine in 1987 by the promised riches of the musician’s life to be had here….

Surf, Italian Style! or is it, Italian, Surf Style? Click on the picture to ponder that.

EaR Candy digs into their deep repertoire with a relish that’ll set you grinning ear to ear. Eric Shifrin, piano Ralph Carney, reeds Bing Nathan, bass Scott Johnson, drums Some photos from last month’s date, with Joe Kyle, Jr. on bass:and Randy Lee Odell on drums: performance photos by Angela Bennett; group photo by Dennis…

Jordan Samuels – guitar Sam Grobe-Heintz – piano Josh Thurston-Milgrom – bass Austin Lee Harris – drums Jordan Samuels has been studying, performing and teaching in the Bay Area for 20 years, and gigging on the local jazz scene since 2010.  He has studied guitar with Randy Vincent and Bruce Forman, and is strongly influenced by Wes…

It’s the wolfman, Jack! Happy Halloween… jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night at Bird & Beckett! Tonight:  Tenor sax player Patrick Wolff leads the San Francisco Repertory Jazz Quartet with Adam Shulman on piano Eric Markowitz on bass and Jimmy Gallagher on drums $10 cover

AND SAW THE HEAVEN OPEN (UND SAH DIE HIMMEL OFFEN):  Spirituality here and beyond religion. Narratives, voices, contemplations Peter Erlenwein, Ph.D. will read from his book and engage in discussion with the audience. Dr. Erlenwein offers a fascinating approach towards the complex dynamics of spirituality, religion and society. The title of Dr. Erlenwein’s book, And…

Scott Barnhill, based in the South Bay, is a towering talent on the tenor sax with four decades in the business, and is a key player in the Bay Area. He hails from an important family in Bay Area jazz — his mother, Louise DeLucchi, is a jazz singer, and his late father, the drummer…

Moving beyond the familiar accounts of politics and the achievements of celebrity engineers and designers, Building the Golden Gate Bridge is the first book to primarily feature the voices of the workers themselves. This is the story of survivors who vividly recall the hardships, hazards, and victories of constructing the landmark span during the Great Depression….