653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Sunday, March 22nd, 4:30-6:30 pm
Jinx Jones & His Jazzabilly All-Stars
Jinx Jones is among the top guitar wizards in the Bay Area, known far and wide for his killer rockabilly virtuosity, but no stranger to the jazz tradition. Â His Jazzabilly All-Stars set the standard for cool and straight ahead jazz with an Americana inflection. You can count on hearing Jinx with his rockabilly aggregation, the…
Saturday, March 21st – 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
Guitarist Calvin Keys with the
Heshima Mark Williams Trio
Guitarist Calvin Keys has been featured on many acclaimed recordings since the early 1970s, both as a leader and a sideman, with such artists as Ahmad Jamal, Ray Charles, and Bobby Hutcherson.  He’s also long been a mainstay of the Oakland jazz scene.  We are more than pleased to welcome him for his second appearance…
Monday, April 20th – 7:00 pm
Poets Clyde Always, Stephen Kopel & Tom Stolmar, followed by open mic
Three poets out to make you laugh, or at least be awed by… we do  believe! Open mic follows. Jerry Ferraz has been hosting this shindig for as long as we can remember. Do come! Per Kopel & Always:  “you’ll find poetic adventures (mysterious, joyous, even wondrous)featuring zesty language, robust verse and a moustache!”
Monday, March 16th – 7 pm
poets Devreaux Baker
and Doren Robbins
open mic follows
Devreaux Baker and Doren Robbins will converge on Bird & Beckett for what promises to be a rich and rewarding reading, she from Mendocino and he from Santa Cruz.  Though they haven’t met, they’ve known and admired each other’s poetry and are anxious for this chance to share the stage. “One enters Devreaux Baker’s [work]…
Sunday, March 15th — 4:30-6:30 p.m.
The Jim Grantham Quartet
which way west? Sunday concert series
Jim Grantham – reeds & flute Eric Swinderman – guitar Jeff Neighbor – bass Jack Dorsey – drums Veteran jazz players unite under the leadership of Jim Grantham, who plays from deep within the tradition of melodic lyricism—Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter. Jim has performed with the likes of Bobby McFerrin,…
Sunday, March 15th – 2 pm
David Schooley on San Bruno Mtn
David Schooley has been minding the mountain for 25 years or more, working hard to keep it in the minds of those who might help him protect it from encroaching development. Â He regularly leads hikes over its rolling terrain, and spends many hundreds of times as many hours exploring and nurturing it on his own….
Saturday night, March 14th – 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Grant Levin Quartet
Jonathan Bautista, sax Grant Levin, piano Joe McKinley, bass Jon Arkin, drums More fantastic jazz from Grant Levin and a hardy band of co-conspirators. Jazz club at Bird & Beckett is the thing for sure! Â Come and dig it.
Friday, March 13 – 5:30-8 pm
Scott Foster Ensemble:
Rummaging in Dexter’s Bag
Guitarist Scott Foster leads a quartet through tunes associated with the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon. We’re talkin’ the great David Boyce on sax (think Broun Fellinis, but then think Dexter!), plus Noah Schenker on bass and Omar Aran on drums. Â Oh, and Scott, of course, on guitar! Â This will be be a blast!
Surf-a-billy Swing Time Dance Party!
Sunday, March 8th – Noon to 1:30 pm
The Monroe Trio
Pam Brandon has her hand in a lot of bands in a lot of genres around these parts — from the Luxomatics to Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys… from 77 El Deora to the Chazz Cats — but the hottest of them all might just be her tight little jazz group, The Monroe Trio….
Sunday, March 8th — 2 pm
Bill Berkson & Dale Herd:
a poet and a short story writer
read their work
Two writers with recent books out from Coffee House Press will share the Bird & Beckett stage:  Dale Herd reading stories from Empty Pockets and Bill Berkson reading poems from Expect Delays. Bill Berkson came of age as a writer during the era of the “New York School” painters and poets in the late 1950s/early 1960s,…