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!
Sunday, December 1st – 4:30-6:30pm
The Cottontails!
Karina Denike, vocals Tom Griesser, clarinet and sax Michael MacIntosh, piano Vic Wong, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Randy Lee Odell, drums $25-35 sliding scale for adults, cash please! Kids under 12 free; teens and music students $15 Jump jazz, rhythm & blues, fresh as a daisy with deep roots in the ’40s & ’50s!…
Saturday, November 30th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Robb Fisher Trio
Brad Buethe, guitar. Robb Fisher, bass. Akira Tana, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. for a reservation, call the store at 415-586-3733. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, bassist Robb Fisher worked extensively with legendary vibes player Cal Tjader. He’s heard on vinyl under Tjader’s leadership with conguero Poncho Sanchez and Clare Fisher…
Friday, November 29th – 6-9pm
three hours of happiness
with the New Squatoolas
New Squatoolas are a Thanksgiving weekend tradition at Bird & Beckett. They’ll take you on a joyous romp in a New Orleans mode, playing the music of NOLA jazz, funk and soul pioneers – The Meters, Smokey Johnson, Fats Domino, The Nevilles, The Wild Tchoupitoulas, ‘Fess – as well as original compositions invoking the style…
Thanksgiving weekend
at Bird & Beckett…
shows Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The New Squatoolas play Friday from 6-9pm The Robb Fisher Trio plays Saturday, 7:30-9:30pm The Cottontails play Sunday, 4:30-6:30pm Bring $25 and your own beverage Friday and Sunday Bring $20 & yob on Saturday! Thank you to our indigenous hosts for tolerating us in this unceded territory, the one they borrowed from and shared with…
Monday, November 25th – 8-10pm
Elé Salif Howell Quartet
Elé Salif Howell, drums, leads a fantastic quartet of young phenoms through two sets of jazz music — Kazemde George, saxophone; Kai Lyons, guitar; Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass. $25 cover charge / byob. Elé synthesizes the multirhythms of Tony Williams, the power and drive of Elvin Jones, and the intuitive complexity of African drumming, and…
Sunday, November 24th – 5-7pm
Jam Session with the
Vince Lateano Trio
Sunday, 11/24 at 5pm, it’s our last-Sunday-of-the-month jam session hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio. If you’re not working a gig, drop in. If you just want to hear some in-the-moment jazz, drop in. $20 helps us pay the trio — Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums — three of the great…
Saturday, November 23rd – 7:30-9:30pm
On tour from Bordeaux
Rachael Magidson’s West Coast Jazz Quartet
Saturday, 11/23 at 7:30pm, Rachael Magidson’s West Coast Jazz Quartet, direct from the Atlantic seaport of Bordeaux in Southwestern France. Rachael migrated to France from the Bay Area a number of years ago, and many will remember her group Sophisticated Ladies holding forth at the Bliss Bar in Noe Valley many years back. Read the…
Friday, November 22nd – 6pm and 8:30 pm
two shows: Tony Johnson Quartet at 6
Gurkestra at 8:30
Friday, 11/22 at 6pm, the Tony Johnson Quartet holds forth, playing bebop, hardbop and classic jazz standards from across the spectrum as befits their mood. Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax; Keith Saunders, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; Tony Johnson, drums. $20/byob….. Friday, 11/22 at 8:30pm, the Gurkestra, a small combo flexible in repertoire with a…
Thursday, November 21 — 7:30pm
Walker Brents III talks on the subject of
Democratic Creativity: From Whitman to You.
Walker Brents III, our resident philosopher & spiritual advisor, builds on thoughts begun in his October talk on Walt Whitman’s Democratic Vistas. Tonight’s talk is entitled “Democratic Creativity: From Whitman to You.” Inspiration in challenging times has been a constant and perennial theme. What forms has literature taken as communities, societies and individuals evolve amidst…
Wednesday, November 20th – 7pm
Parakeet Reading – Michelle Ott, Patricia Zaballos, Jane Hargrave, Sarah McColl & Stephany Joy Ashley
Parakeet, a year-long intensive writing program that helps writers finish their books, is run by Beth Pickens, a Los Angeles-based consultant for artists and arts organizations. She is the Managing Director of LA-based queer press, Dopamine Books, which is led by legendary writer Michelle Tea. Pickens is the author of Make Your Art No Matter…