653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Friday, July 11th – 8:30-10pm
Genius Wesley Quartet
Luis Peralta, piano Jed Holtman, guitar Isaac Coyle, bass Genius Wesley, drums Genius Lee Wesley auditioned on drums for Oaktown Jazz Workshops at the age of eight, launching his education in jazz and building relationships at OJW and through the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars with the members of the quartet you’ll hear tonight. By age…
Friday, July 11th – 6pm
GG Amos Band
west coast blues
GG Amos Band plays post-war west coast blues. $20/adults; $10/students; kids/free. GG Amos, guitar and vocals Kevin Gerzevitz, organ and piano Vicky Grossi, bass Randy Lee Odell, drums GG has learned the lessons from all the great blues records, countless gigs leading her own bands, and personal experience in the bands of legendary and obscure…
Thursday, July 10th – 7pm
Owen Hill & Andrew Levy: A reading
Novelist/poet/wobbly organizer/book scout Owen Hill & drummer/poet Andrew Levy. Hill reads from Poison Begets Poison. Levy reads from Artifice in the Calm Damages. Also on the docket, Hill’s crime fiction omnibus edition just out from PM Press: The Giveaway: The Clay Blackburn Story The Giveaway collects the Blackburn novels The Chandler Apartments (2002), The Incredible…
Sunday, July 6th – 5pm
The Yoav Konig Sextet + Jam Session
On the first Sunday of each month, with donor support and the help of a small but avid audience, Bird & Beckett pays a modest stipend to young players still deeply in the process of acquiring an education in jazz. They may be young and they may be still learning the ropes, but their skills…
Saturday, July 5th – 7:30-9:30pm
tbd (a quintet)
With the addition of emerging artist Lucas Davis on trumpet, tbd is a quintet this time out. tbd is the love child of trumpeter Mario Guarneri, a professional musician from the age of 14 or thereabouts, when he joined the musicians’ local in Los Angeles and started learning the ropes necessary for survival as a…
Friday the 4th! Live jazz at 5 and 7:30!
Dred Scott / Tom Beckham duo at 5
Duncan James / Ned Boynton trio at 7:30
On Friday the 4th, Dred Scott hits town for the Fillmore Jazz Festival. With vibes player Tom Beckham, they’ll perform a duo set at 5pm, delving into the crystal silence of the classic Chick Corea collaborations that produced three sparkling albums in the early 1970s. Dred is a jazz pianist of the first water, based…
4th of July weekend, July 3rd to 6th
Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal + open
Dred Scott/Tom Beckham Duo
Duncan James Trio
TBD Jazz Quintet
Yoav Konig Sextet+Jam Session
On the 3rd, our 1st-Thursdays poetry session kicks off the 4th of July weekend on a packed schedule that’s 2nd to none, with 5 shows in 4 days! That’s an All-American Independence Day holiday run for ya! Fuck Trump and come out to Glen Park for a minute along the way in celebration of diverse,…
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…
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.
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…