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!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Sunday, November 30th – 2:30 pm
Nostradamus: The Plague Doctor
Who Saw Through Time
A Walker Talk!
Walker Talks! Â The last Sunday of each month… This month, Walker Brents III ponders an enigmatic 16th century seer, a doctor in a time of plagues and cataclysms whose uncanny ruminations and oblique, dire prophecies of the future have dazzled and intrigued generations. Nostradamus was a learned and intuitive scholar, a renaissance humanist, a symbolist…
Saturday, November 29th – 8-11 pm
jazz club — when lights are low
Four colleagues — jazz professionals for six decade, if not more. Charlie McCarthy, sax Ray Scott, guitar Chuck Bennett, bass Jim Zimmerman, drums. These musicians are all well-traveled, highly regarded players, and have been getting together on a weekly basis for years — when not traveling, that is….
Jazz & More, Friday to Monday,
Thanksgiving Weekend
We’re closed for Thanksgiving day, but then we’re back in full swing with books for sale and live jazz Friday to Sunday, plus a poetry reading on Monday. Friday, November 28th – 5:30-8:00 pm: jazz in the bookshop! The Chuck Peterson Quintet, with Chuck and Howie Dudune on reeds, Duncan James on guitar, Dean Reilly…
Sunday, November 23rd – 4:30-6:30 pm
Dave Bendigkeit and the Keepers of the Flame
The “Keepers of the Flame” is a jazz coalition created by Dave Bendigkeit on trumpet and flugelhorn, featuring Dave Udolf on piano, Akira Tana on drums, and Chris Amberger on bass. They perform all original songs from the great river of American music where the groove and self-expression are paramount, as well as unique arrangements…
Sunday, November 23rd – 2 pm
Book talk: Sapna Thottathil
India’s Organic Farming Revolution
In her new book, Sapna Thottathil calls on us to rethink the politics of organic food by focusing on what it means for the people who grow and sell it–what it means for their health, the health of their environment, and also their economic and political well-being. Taking readers to the state of Kerala in…
Saturday, Nov. 22nd – 8-11 pm
jazz club — when lights are low
Terrance Tony Quartet
Alto player Terrance Tony assembles the band each 4th Saturday of the month, drawing on some of the stellar players around the Bay Area. Â Tonight, pianist Grant Levin, bassist Aaron Cohn and drummer Vinnie Rodriguez are on the gig! Two years ago, Terrance came out from Houston – where he was born and raised –…
Friday, November 21st – 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop — Monk’s Music
The Scott Foster Ensemble
Saxophonist David Boyce, pianist Ben Slater, bassist Adam Gay and drummer Dave Mihaly join leader/guitarist Scott Foster for a foray across the musical terrain of Thelonious Monk.
Sunday, Nov. 16th – 4:30 pm
A Love Supreme!
Anthony Brown and Members of the
Asian American Jazz Orchestra
with poet Genny Lim
celebrate the 50th anniversary
of Coltrane’s landmark recording
1964 saw the release of A Love Supreme, a jazz record that changed the world’s thinking on jazz, even as John Coltrane had already set the path… This Sunday, percussionist Anthony Brown will celebrate the milestone of the album’s 50th anniversary, with a trio and the eminent poet Genny Lim, a crucial voice on the…
Saturday, Nov. 15 – 8-11 pm
Dave Bendigkeit Quartet
“Echoes of an Era:
Music from Our Time”
It’s jazz club at Bird & Beckett… when lights are low. Special performances, and a sweet vibe to make your Saturday night. Don’t look back!  Tonight, trumpeter, flugelhornist & singer Dave Bendigkeit brings in a marvelous, tight quartet with David Udolf on piano, Peter Barshay on bass and Akira Tana on drums. All of these musicians…
ONWARD! DAVID MELTZER: A benefit!
Sunday, Nov. 9th at 7:30 pm
David Meltzer’s a brilliant poet and he could use a hand! Â So come give him a hand, and let’s put together some funds to meet medical expenses. Â A $20 donation at the door is requested, though we’ll not turn anyone away as long as space allows! Â And much larger donations are definitely encouraged and appreciated….