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!
Friday late show, October 20th – 8:30-10pm
The Peter Zak Trio
Peter Zak, piano Marcos Varela, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums $20 cover charge, byob Peter’s newly released recording, One Mind, is a close collaboration with bassist Marcos Varela, in a quartet that includes Billy Drummond on drums and acclaimed saxophonist Seamus Blake. The album features several new compositions and arrangements, and veers into some surprising musical…
Friday, October 20th – 6-8pm
jazz in the bookshop Friday happy hour show
Scott Foster / Sheldon Brown Duo
Guitar and Saxophone Explorations The evening will feature an eclectic mix of jazz, original and improvised music for guitar and saxophone in an intimate duo setting. Scott and Sheldon are reuniting after a long hiatus and say they’re looking forward to sharing work from their collaboration 25 years ago and updating their work together with…
Friday to Sunday October 20-22: Four great shows!
Scott Foster & Sheldon Brown play the early show, Friday the 20th from 6-8pm, reactivating a duo project that’s long overdue! From 8:30 to 10pm, the Peter Zak Trio — with Marcos Varela on bass and Sylvia Cuenca on drums — plays the late show. Saturday evening at 7:30, it’s bassist Saúl Sierra’s Latin Jazz…
Tuesday, October 17th – 7pm
Book event
Home is Here: Practicing Antiracism with the Engaged Eightfold Path, author Rev. Liên Shutt
Rev. Liên Shutt is a recognized leader in the movement that breaks through the wall of American white-centered convert Buddhism to welcome people of all backgrounds into a contemporary, engaged Buddhism. As an ordained Zen priest, licensed social worker and longtime educator/teacher of Buddhism, Shutt represents new leadership at the nexus of spirituality and social…
Sunday, October 15th – 5:30pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
Ben Stolorow, piano Peter Barshay, bass Vince Lateano, drums Pay what you will; $20 suggested. Byob. Reservations, call 415-586-3733 __________________ Leader & drummer Vince Lateano has been an invaluable part of the San Francisco scene since he came to the City in the mid-1960s. He quickly found his place in the local jazz scene,…
Saturday, October 14th – 7:30pm
The Charles Thomas Quartet
Bassist Charles Thomas has a long history on the Bird & Beckett bandstand, playing bebop, bossas and standards as well as originals with any number of combos, and often leading his own. His performing career has run the gamut from R&B to funk to hard bop and more. Tonight, it’s jazz in a straight ahead…
Friday, October 13th – 8:30pm
The Zodiac Suite Reassured
Bassist Jeong Lim Yang and her trio
play music of the legendary
Mary Lou Williams
Jeong Lim Yang, bassist and leader | Santiago Leibson, pianist | Jon Arkin, drummer | $20 cover charge; byob | reservations, call 415-202-4870 | _____________________ Pianist Mary Lou Williams’ rise to acclaim began in earnest in 1929 at the age of 19 with Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, a territory band out…
Two shows this Friday, October 13th!
note the new start times:
6-8pm: Eric & the In Crowd
8:30-10pm: The Jeong Lim Yang Trio
Going forward, there’s a new, 6pm start time for the Friday Happy Hour Jazz in the Bookshop show! A 21-year tradition, started October 2002! Eric & the In Crowd entertain the neighborhood every second Sunday, and this time out, October 13th, bassist Simon Planting and drummer Mark Rosengarden join pianist/band leader Eric Shifrin to regale…
October 13-15
Nothing but jazz and joy!
Starting with this Friday’s “jazz in the bookshop” happy hour show…a 21-year “end of the work week” tradition at Bird & Beckett…we’ll start the jazz at 6pm instead of 5:30, and will keep the lights up ’til the last couple of tunes, so the kids can read and the adults can see each other to…
Sunday, October 8th – 8pm
The Schimscheimer Family Trio
Would someone tell these kids we’re having a heatwave? Kasey Knudsen, reeds Michael Coleman, piano Jon Arkin, drums Byob and a twenty for the band! It’s a belated album release. You know, the thing. Michael’s based back east. That complicates things. He’s on a redeye back tonight, so no encores! Show ends at 9:30! Get…