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, October 10th – 6pm to 8pm
The Friday Jazz Happy Hours!
Tonight: Eric & the In Crowd
On the Town, playing for the Fleet Week swells and swabbies! Eric & the In Crowd RHYTHM IS THEIR BUSINESS! Eric “Easifingers” Shifrin, piano Heath Proskin, bass Raul Ramirez, percussion $20 cover charge / $10 for students / free for kids & sailors!* Piano professor & crooner extraordinaire Eric Shifrin has been wowing the swells…
Sunday, October 5th – 7:30pm
Joshua Gerowitz Trio
Joshua Gerowitz, guitar Casey Butler, saxophone Jordan Glenn, drums $20 cover; students $10. Los Angeles-based guitarist Josh Gerowitz stops off on his way home from the Eugene Difficult Music Festival to play a couple of sets with saxophonist Casey Butler and drummer Jordan Glenn. https://www.joshuagerowitz.com/ Casey Butler, aka Stellar Rahim, studied composition at CalArts where his…
What a week it was at Bird & Beckett!
September 15-21
three literary events, four jazz events
Friday: Scott Foster Trio w/ Noel Jewkes
+ The Behrman/Levit Quintet
Saturday: Harvey Wainapel Quartet
Sunday: Vince Lateano Trio
We’re closed Mondays, and reopen for the week Tuesday at noon, selling books & doing the usual. Noon to six, Tuesday to Sunday are the regular store hours. We’re here late several days each week, presenting events. This week, on Wednesday we begin a five-day run of literary and jazz events in the evenings —…
Sunday, September 14th – 5pm
Singer/songwriter Jim Bruno
acoustic americana music
Jim Bruno, rhythm guitar and vocals. Jim Barnes, lead guitar. Andrew Sisco, bass. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please), byob. $10 for students, kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Americana artist Jim Bruno has been called a “songwriter’s songwriter”. His songs have been recorded by numerous recording artists including…
Saturday, September 13th – 7:30-9:30
“Urban Crawl”
release show for the new album by
Steven Lugerner’s SLUGish Ensemble
Steven Lugerner, bass clarinet/baritone saxophone. Justin Rock, guitar. Ian McArdle, synthesizer. Michael Potter, piano. Alan Jones, bass. Mike Mitchell, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. With Urban Crawl — the third album from the SLUGish Ensemble — composer, reeds player and bandleader Steven Lugerner turns his…
Wednesday, September 10th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Anthony Wonsey Trio
with Billy Edwards and Minchan Kim
Anthony Wonsey, piano Billy Edwards, bass Minchan Kim, drums $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students, $10. Reservations, call 415-586-3733. Anthony Wonsey took his trio with bassist Billy Edwards and drummer Minchan Kim to Luanda, Angola in April to back saxophonist Steve Carrington for Unesco & ResiliArt’s International Jazz Day, 4/22/25. Now,…
Coming up at Bird & Beckett
Eric & the In Crowd Go to the Movies on Friday 9/12 at 6pm – $20 donation appreciated, students $10, kids free. byob. Eric Shifrin concocts a combo on the 2nd Friday of each month, always a good natured affair to kick off the weekend. Greg Gotelli’s San Francisco Quintet is up Friday at 8:30pm,…
Friday, September 5th – 8:30-10pm
The Actual Trio
John Schott/Dan Seamans/John Hanes
Berkeley’s veteran jazz ensemble, The Actual Trio returns to Bird & Beckett for an evening of original, spiky, whimsical, groovy and spontaneous music. Led by guitarist John Schott (T.J. Kirk, John Zorn, Steven Bernstein), the trio has just released its third CD, entitled “Spires.” Double bassist Dan Seamans (New Klezmer Trio) and drummer John Hanes…
Sunday, August 31st – 8-10pm
The Craig Handy Trio
with Essiet Essiet & Sylvia Cuenca
Three more awesome musicians on one stage would be hard to imagine. Craig, Essiet and Sylvia are long-time collaborators in jazz and make for a magnificent trio. Hope you can join us! $20 cover charge; byob. Students $10. Reservations, 415-586-3733.