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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
March 1st – 5pm
Jam Session
hosted by the
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Jazz Ensemble
Bay Area student musicians welcome–travelers, too! Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland is sending their jazz ensemble to play a set, and then host the session. Educator Fred Randolph, among the top bassists on the region’s club circuit and a prolific composer, is coming along to herd the cats! Free!
Sunday, March 1st – 1pm
Celebrate the
San Francisco Community Music Center
and the Chinese Zodiac
Year of the Fire Horse!
Shirley Wong hosts a panoply of faculty, student and allied musical talents in a tribute to her sister Betty and to the wonders of the Community Music Center, a San Francisco tradition for well over one hundred years. The Community Music Center has introduced generation upon generation of eager students to the wonders of music…
Remember Betty Wong! Don’t miss the Sunday March 1st CMC Year of the Firehorse Showcase!
Betty Ann Wong has passed. Our Glen Park neighbor, she lived for decades in a humble but iconic house at the foot of O’Shaughnessy, at its intersection with Elk, above a dragon-emblazed garage door. Through a long career as a musician and composer, Betty personified humanity’s devotion to its music, in its many colors and…
Saturday, February 28th – 7:30pm
Idris Ackamoor: Artistic Being
a quartet!
Idris Ackamoor, alto saxophone. Bobby Cobb, saxophone. Skyler Stover, bass. Donald Robinson, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students $10; Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Idris Ackamoor is a giant in the music of jazz and has been since the 1970s. From Oberlin College (where Cecil Taylor instilled the magnificence of…
Friday, February 27th – 8:30pm
Bassist Stephan Crump
$20 cover charge / byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733 With this performance at Bird & Beckett, Stephan Crump kicks off a California tour before returning to New York. Stephan’s solo performances are engaging and intimate, celebrating his unique musicality; his solo work is crystallized on the album Rocket Love,…
Friday, February 27th – 6pm
Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Band
Charlie McCarthy, saxophone. Sam Cady, piano. Chuck Bennett, bass. Tony Johnson, drums. $20 suggested cover charge / byob. Students $5-$10 sliding scale. Kids free. No reservations needed. Stay for a tune, stay for two hours & two sets. Jazz is here for you at Bird & Beckett, and this band represents the legacy that the…
Thursday, February 26th – 7:30pm
Saxophonist Charles McNeal
+ The Joe Warner Trio
Charles McNeal, alto sax. Joe Warner, piano. Ron Belcher, bass. Jemal Ramirez, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. $10 for students. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Saxophonist Charles McNeal has been a featured performer at the Monterey, San Jose, San Francisco and Telluride jazz festivals as well as the Playboy Jazz Festival (now…
February 17th to 22nd
tuesday to sunday
four concerts / one talk
lotsa books noon to six
Jazzx4 + 1 Lit Talk _____ Tuesday, February 17, 7:30pm {$20} Jerome Sabbagh Trio _____ Thursday, February 19, 7:30pm, a live stream {Free} Walker Talks, on Ella Young _____ Friday, February 20, 6:00pm {$20} Scott Foster/David Phillips/Andrew Higgins/David Rokeach _____ Saturday, February 21, 7:30pm {$20} Levy / Campilongo Guitar Duo _____ Sunday, February 22, 5:00pm…
Jam Session at 5pm!
Sunday, February 22nd
hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio
Jazz players assemble for the jam session run by drummer Vince Lateano on the last Sunday of each month. Vince has been a mainstay of the jazz scene in San Francisco for 60 years and has run a succession of sessions for decades at venues including Pier 23, the Dogpatch Saloon, the Seven Mile House…
jazz tonight! Jerome Sabbagh Trio
with Essiet Okon Essiet & Sylvia Cuenca
Tuesday, February 17th – 7:30pm
Tonight, drummer Sylvia Cuenca & bassist Essiet Essiet bring us their NYC-based colleague Jerome Sabbagh for two sets of trio music. Expect them to propel Jerome to fresh heights of jazz creativity! BYOB and a twenty for the trio. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Saxophonist and composer Jerome…