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Outfest- Time is Now Not Money
BBCLP’s which way west? Sunday concert series together with Outsound Presents: Outfest! 5 consecutive Sundays of jazz on the avant side Sunday, July 31, 4:30 & 5:30 (two sets) Kicking off a run of dates of free jazz improvisation, the Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project, together with Outsound Presents, is pleased to offer five…
Clive Matson
Sunday, July 31, 2:30 pm Clive Matson, Jayne MacPherson & Lonner Holden Poets read their work
George Cotsirilos Trio
Friday, July 29nd – 5:30 pm George Cotsirilos Trio Jazz in the Bookshop 5th Friday Special Guest George Cotsirilos, guitar; Robb Fisher, bass; Ron Marabuto, drums A “blue collar jazz trio†with an impeccable sense of swing, celebrating the recent release of its cd entitled “Past, Presentâ€â€¦Â noted by one reviewer as being “happy in…
Friday, July 29nd – 5:30 pm George Cotsirilos Trio Jazz in the Bookshop – 5th Friday Special Guest George Cotsirilos, guitar; Robb Fisher, bass; Ron Marabuto, drums A “blue collar jazz trio†with an impeccable sense of swing, celebrating the recent release of its cd entitled “Past, Presentâ€â€¦Â noted by one reviewer as being “happy…
Sundays, July 31st – August 28th Outfest! Five Consecutive Sundays of Spontaneous Improvization Bird & Beckett’s Which Way West? concert series, in association with Outsound Presents: July 31 – TIME IS NOW, NOT MONEY: Lorin Benedict, voice; Scott R. Looney, piano; Bishu Chatterjee, bass; Bryan Bowman, drums August 7 – FORWARD ENERGY: Jim Ryan, sax,…
Suzanne Kramer
This Sunday! 4:30-6:30 pm Vocalist Suzanne Kramer + Trio which way west? Sunday concert series Suzanne’s assembled a sharp outfit of musicians to back her in this foray into the classic jazz songbook. Michael Parsons on piano; Doug Pohorosky on bass and Wally Schnalle on drums. She’s a Glen Park denizen with a solid following…
Roads of Bread
POETS LIVING, AND LIVING ON… Sunday, 7/24 at 2:30 “Roads of Bread” Poets pay tribute to the late Eugene Ruggles hosted by Martin Hinkle, with readings by Clive Matson, Jack & Adele Foley, Doreen Stock, Carl Macki and Dela Moon (from a 2004 SF Chronicle article): Eugene Ruggles’ overriding sympathy for victims of injustice that…
230 Jones Street, Local 6 LJB
this evening at Bird & Beckett! Jazz at the bookshop jazz every Friday evening, 5:30 to 8:00 pm Singer Dorothy Lefkovits with the “230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band” aka, the Chuck Peterson Quintet Tenor sax player Chuck Peterson inaugurated our weekly jazz party in the neighborhood back in late 2002, and it’s…
Poets!
Thursday, 7/21 at 7:00: Poets pay tribute to the late carol lee sanchez hosted by Bill Vartnaw, with readings by Avotcja, Duane BigEagle, Judy Grahn, Gail Mitchell, Kim Shuck, and others Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and raised in the village of Pagute, carol lee sanchez passed away in Sedalia, Missouri on April 6, 2011…
Faisal
Sunday July 17th – 4:30 pm Faisal Zedan Ensemble Which Way West? Sunday Concerts Percussionist Faisal Zedan, from Syria, is joined by violinists Husain Resan, from Iraq, and Younes El-Makboul in a program of pan-Arab music. These three expert musicians have all graced the Bird & Beckett stage in the past, and can be counted…