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!

Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Sunday, March 26th – 5-7pm
Jam Session with the Vince Lateano Trio

Vince Lateano, drums Peter Barshay, bass Ben Stolorow, piano All jazz players welcome to take the stage. Or just come to listen. No cover charge. If you can’t make it into the shop, you might be able to catch the live stream on our Facebook page or YouTube channel. If you do, your donations to…

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Saturday, March 25th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Lost Trio with Ian Carey

Phillip Greenlief, saxophone; Dan Seamans, bass; Tom Hassett, drums with special guest Ian Carey, trumpet. Originals and the likes of Bird, Monk, Ornette, Wayne Shorter… The Lost Trio, now celebrating 28 years of wandering through the landscapes of jazz, is excited to announce the latest chapter in their collaborations – this time with trumpeter/composer Ian…

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Friday, March 24th at 9pm
The Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble

Come out for the late set at Bird & Beckett, Fridays from 9-10:30pm! Kicking off nine consecutive Fridays of late shows after their fabulous Bird & Beckett debut in early March, bassist Dewayne Oakley and guitarist Ralph Nelson offer a gorgeous romp through a rich repertoire of blues, soul and jazz on March 24th. March…

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Friday, March 24th – 5:30-8pm
Tony Johnson Quartet

Shake off the workweek with a happy hour or two in the company of veteran drummer Tony Johnson and his merry crew — Bob Kenmotsu on tenor saxophone, Keith Saunders on piano and Matt Montgomery on upright bass. Two solid sets of straight ahead jazz & bebop, swing & bossa nova. Tony has been plying…

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Mark your calendar!
March 24-26
Four Big Shows!
Friday late shows kicking in!

On Friday, March 24th, the Tony Johnson Quartet, with Bob Kenmotsu, Keith Saunders and Eric Markowitz, swings the blues from bebop to bossa 5:30-8pm. But we’re not done at 8! The Dewayne Oakley Blues Ensemble kicks off a late Friday time slot in earnest, 9-10:30pm. We don’t promise a late show every Friday, though we’ve…

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Thursday, March 23rd at 7:30pm
Dark Days & A Black Dog

  Dark Days and a Black Dog, performed by esteemed actor Andrea Snow and directed by Jael Weisman (both Obie Award winners) from the book by Emily Keeler, evokes seven heartwrenching, darkly comic years in the writer’s life, at once shocking and breathtakingly familiar.   Emily Keeler is a four-time recipient of the National Endowment…

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Sunday, March 19th – 5-7pm
Third Sundays with the Vince Lateano Trio

Enjoy a classic jazz trio, led by drummer Vince Lateano–a crucial presence on the San Francisco jazz scene since the mid-1960s. Veteran bassist Peter Barshay and the fine young pianist Ben Stolorow join Vince on the third Sunday evening of every month for a deep and pleasurable swing through jazz standards, bop, blues and bossa….

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Saturday, March 18th – 7:30-9:30pm
Masha Campagne: Voz da Lapa

Bossa Nova crooner Masha Campagne and her project Voz Da Lapa celebrate passion & saudade of Brazilian Samba & Bossa, honoring creativity & artistic modernization of Tom Jobim, Gilberto Gil, and other Brazilian legends. JazzTimes magazine noted that “Brazilian stylist Campagne is blending the wistfulness of Astrud Gilberto with the robust liquidity of Flora Purim” praising her spellbinding, sensuous vocals full of rich…

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Friday, March 17th – 5:30-8pm
Scott Foster Quintet
with Kevin Rayhill

Guitarist Scott Foster makes jazz new each and every time out, and always swings. Every third Friday, he presents a fresh ensemble at Bird & Beckett. This week Scott is joined by featured artist Kevin Rayhill on piano, and great jazz players well familiar to Bird & Beckett audiences — Jim Peterson on sax, Dan…

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March 16-19: More books, more fun

Always books! Tuesday to Sunday, noon to six. Plenty of live music and such, mostly in the evenings, but sometimes overlapping the store hours. Always bring a twenty to help us pay the musicians. They should work for free? Thursday, March 16 at 8:30pm, The Francis Wong Special Quartet ($20 cover) with Francis Wong, saxophone;…

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