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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Friday, October 13th – 8:30pm
The Zodiac Suite Reassured
Bassist Jeong Lim Yang and her trio
play music of the legendary
Mary Lou Williams
Jeong Lim Yang, bassist and leader | Santiago Leibson, pianist | Jon Arkin, drummer | $20 cover charge; byob | reservations, call 415-202-4870 | _____________________ Pianist Mary Lou Williams’ rise to acclaim began in earnest in 1929 at the age of 19 with Andy Kirk and His Clouds of Joy, a territory band out…
Two shows this Friday, October 13th!
note the new start times:
6-8pm: Eric & the In Crowd
8:30-10pm: The Jeong Lim Yang Trio
Going forward, there’s a new, 6pm start time for the Friday Happy Hour Jazz in the Bookshop show! A 21-year tradition, started October 2002! Eric & the In Crowd entertain the neighborhood every second Sunday, and this time out, October 13th, bassist Simon Planting and drummer Mark Rosengarden join pianist/band leader Eric Shifrin to regale…
October 13-15
Nothing but jazz and joy!
Starting with this Friday’s “jazz in the bookshop” happy hour show…a 21-year “end of the work week” tradition at Bird & Beckett…we’ll start the jazz at 6pm instead of 5:30, and will keep the lights up ’til the last couple of tunes, so the kids can read and the adults can see each other to…
Sunday, October 8th – 8pm
The Schimscheimer Family Trio
Would someone tell these kids we’re having a heatwave? Kasey Knudsen, reeds Michael Coleman, piano Jon Arkin, drums Byob and a twenty for the band! It’s a belated album release. You know, the thing. Michael’s based back east. That complicates things. He’s on a redeye back tonight, so no encores! Show ends at 9:30! Get…
Sunday, October 8th – 2pm
Jorge Argueta’s Caravan to the North
an author event with music by
Jose Cuellar and Francisco Herrera
Jorge Argueta’s Caravan to the North: Misael’s Long Walk (Groundwood Books, 2024) is a novel in verse told through the eyes and heart of Misael Martínez, a Salvadoran boy whose family joins the caravan heading north to the United States. We learn all the different reasons why people feel the need to leave — the…
Saturday, October 7th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Akira Tana Quartet
featuring tenor saxophonist James Mahone
James Mahone, saxophone David Udolf, piano Curtis Aikens, bass Akira Tana, drums $20 cover charge (cash, please), byob. To reserve a seat, call 415-586-3733 Charlie McCarthy had to bow out of tonight’s show, but his superb rhythm section has all the star power needed to carry the torch, especially with James Mahone and his tenor…
Saturday noon to five: The Glen Park Art Walk!
Hop transit to Glen Park Saturday at noon and enjoy five hours of art and music up and down Diamond and Chenery Streets! We’ll display the art of three friends of the establishment, the troubadour poet Jerry Ferraz, surreal Michael Koch (found 3-6 Tuesday to Sunday pricing used books and ringing up sales at the…
Friday, October 6th – 5:30-8:00pm
Erik Jekabson Quartet
Erik Jekabson – trumpet, flugelhorn, compositions. Matt Clark – piano. Dan Feiszli – bass. Brian Fishler – drums. A program of originals by one of the great talents of Bay Area jazz, played by a top-flight quartet.
Thursday, October 5th – 7pm
Poets Gail Mitchell and Bill Vartnaw
with an open mic to follow
Gail Mitchell is a poet living in San Francisco. Bill Vartnaw is a poet living in Petaluma. Both are long-experienced and long associated coming out of the 1970s poetic ferment that yielded a path for voices of diverse American cultures, much of it captured in print by Bill’s Taurean Horn Press — including Gail’s title,…
Thursday to Sunday, October 5-8
6 shows!
plus the Glen Park Art Walk on Saturday
What a weekend! Thursday at 7pm – Poets Gail Mitchell and Bill Vartnaw, with an open mic to follow. Friday at 5:30pm – The Erik Jekabson Quartet. Trumpet & flugelhorn player / composer Jekabson provides originals for a crack combo, with Matt Clark, piano; Dan Feiszli, bass and Brian Fischler, drums. Friday at 8:30pm (not…