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!

Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Thursday to Sunday, June 26-29
The Gus Hurteau Trio
The Tony Johnson Quartet
Wendy DeWitt, the Queen of Boogie Woogie
Jazz Jam Session
and the Kahil El’Zabar / David Murray Duo

Thursday at 7:30, vibraphonist Gus Hurteau returns with Hannah Mayer on piano and Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass. Gus is just returning to town from dates with Gene Perla’s Tiger Quartet at Blues Alley in Washington, DC and An Die Musik in Baltimore!  Friday at 6pm, drummer Tony Johnson brings in his quartet with Smith…

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Thursday, June 26th – 7:30pm
Gus Hurteau Trio

Vibraphonist Gus Hurteau returns with Hannah Mayer on piano and Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass for two sets of originals and jazz standards.

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Wednesday, June 25th – 7pm
Fundraiser for a family in Gaza

Mutual Aid Literary Reading In Solidarity with a Palestinian Family in Gaza featuring writing by Munira El Najar and Dr. Hassan Al Qatrawy. Bay Area writers and educators will read works that have been shared with us by Munira El Najar, one of Palestine’s most highly acclaimed teachers, and Dr. Hassan Al Qatrawy, celebrated author and…

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Tuesday, June 24th – 7:30pm
Italian vocalist Chiara Izzi, from NYC

Chiara Izzi, vocals. Michael Potter, piano. Alan Jones, bass. $20 cover charge; byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Chiara Izzi arrived in New York City from Italy in 2014, three years after Quincy Jones awarded her first prize in the 2011 Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition. Chiara has said of Quincy Jones, “Having him as…

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Sunday, June 22nd – 7pm
Caroline Julia Cabading
& the Autonomous Region
kulintang inflected jazz

Caroline Julia Cabading, vocals. Raymond Bambao, bass. Harold Ohashi, drums. Chris Planas, guitar. Roy Brown, piano. $25 cover charge, cash or venmo / byob. Students and teens $10. Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. The Autonomous Region was founded in the spring of 2015 as the house band for the International…

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Saturday, June 21st – 7:30-9:30pm
The Jinx Jones Trio

Music is a universal language, and guitarist Jinx Jones is one of its great polyglots. His rockabilly guitar genius is widely acclaimed and well-ingrained in the West Coast & North Beach San Francisco consciousness, but it’s his abiding affection for jazz that we at Bird & Beckett love most. Audiences far and wide can now…

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Saturday, June 21st – 5pm
Poet Art Goodtimes celebrates his 80th year!

Art Goodtimes, American poet, farmer and Colorado politician, celebrates his 80th birthday with a reading. No charge; just good will and high spirits.

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Night Market in Glen Park, Saturday the 21st
big fun in the bookshop 5-9:30pm

…..Saturday, June 21st, 5-6pm: Art Goodtimes, American poet, farmer and Colorado politician, celebrates his 80th birthday with a reading. No charge; just good will and high spirits.   …..Saturday, June 21st, 7:30-9:30pm: The Jinx Jones Trio. Jinx plays a lot of guitar! He’s a rockabilly guy, Colorado born, and a keen aficionado of soulful jazz…

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Friday, June 20th – 8:30pm
The Fred Randolph Quintet

The Fred Randolph Quintet! Bassist Fred Randolph summons the troops to occupy your jazz head: Ian Carey, trumpet; Sheldon Brown, saxes/flute; Murray Low, piano; Brian Fishler, drums. 90 high octane minutes of jazz from a clever & nimble composer & first-call bassist cum bandleader, fronting a first-class quintet for the first night of summer! Adults:…

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Friday, June 20th – 6pm
The Scott Foster Quartet
features music from the early-1960s
collaboration of Art Farmer and Jim Hall

Henry Hung, trumpet & flugelhorn. Scott Foster, guitar. John Wiitala, bass. Dan Foltz, drums. Adults – $20 / byob. Teens/undergrads – $10. Cash, please! Kids free. For a reservation and information, please call the shop at 415-586-3733. Tonight, the Scott Foster Quartet channels the Jim Hall/Art Farmer collaborations, with Scott on guitar joined by Henry…

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