Wednesday, April 19th at 7:30pm, tune in to our live stream to catch Walker Brents III’s monthy talk., this time out on the American Magus Otherwise Known As Harry Smith. The historian of unspeakableness. The cartographer of the ungraspable. The anthologist of the collection of songs that inspired the 20th century left wing poetic archetype….

Remembering Marty Williams, and exploring the future. With Ruth Davies on bass and Jack Dorsey on drums, and the great Kristen Strom playing saxophones, guitarist Eric Swinderman leads a brilliant quartet through two sets of originals and standards. byob and a twenty to help us pay the quartet! These musicians appear regularly in the Friday…

Come out for the late set at Bird & Beckett, Fridays from 9-10:30pm! Bassist Dewayne Oakley and guitarist Ralph Nelson return for a gorgeous romp through their rich repertoire of blues, soul, calypso and jazz. BYOB and a twenty for the band! Reservations, call 415-586-3733 The blues speak to all of us, and we’ll let…

This evening, saxophonist Sebastian Pinillos brings The Odiaga Project, a quartet performing Afro-Peruvian folk music arranged in a jazz setting, incorporating native Peruvian instruments. Sebastian Pinillos – Saxophone, composer Junhong Jung – Guitar Pedro Rosales – Cajón Kevin Silveida – Bass Born in Lima, Peru but raised in the northern city of Trujillo, Sebastian Pinillos…

Bill Ortiz, trumpet & flugelhorn Howard Wiley, saxes Matt Clark, piano Marcus Shelby, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums Major league trumpet player Bill Ortiz brings an all-star quintet to Bird & Beckett tonight! A San Francisco native, Bill took up the trumpet at age 10. Before long, he held the first trumpet chair in the San…

Been dwelling on North Beach and all it means to San Francisco culcha? Been thinking Phyllis Diller & Lenny Bruce, the Purple Onion, the Hungry i, Mort Sahl, the Jazz Workshop, Enrico Balducci, the Cellar & the Co-Existence Bagel Shop, Mabuhay Gardens, Dirk Dirksen, dozens of punk bands you never heard of? Phyllis Diller? Lenny…

Harvey Wainapel, saxes Adam Shulman, piano Doug Miller, bass Bryan Bowman, drums The last time Harvey Wainapel played Bird & Beckett, it was mid-summer 2019. A lot of water under the bridge since then–a lot of loss and tears, and lately much falling from that river in the sky. Now’s the time for Harvey’s joyful…

You are cordially invited to  enjoy a generous sampling from the Matthew Perifano songbook this San Francisco early spring late Sunday afternoon, as Matthew delves into new material and old, with Amyellen Kessler and Joshua Raoul Brody providing sweet harmonies and, from JRB, nimble keyboard support. You’ll hear quirky undergrad college songs to collaborations with…

Are you experienced? Charles Unger represents a half century of jazz in San Francisco, and has been our ambassador to the world for decades. E “Doc” Smith, writing in 2014, noted that in just the three prior years, “Charles Unger Experience has performed in Sweden at the Gothenburg Cultural Festival, in BÃ¥stad and at the…

Catch the Jinx Jones Jazz Trio at the Friday Happy Hour show, 5:30 to 8pm on Friday the 31st — and pick up a copy of his first jazz trio cd, magnificently recorded live at Bird & Beckett back when the thing was abornin’! Then scoot over to La Corneta to grab a taco and…