POSTPONED: The REO Trio brings together three instrumentalists deeply committed to collective improvisation. Larry Ochs and Don Robinson have worked as a duo over the past 10 years, extending to three decades their association in a number of collaborative settings. Ochs says: “Our playing together has evolved to a really special place, I think. We’re…

David Murray is considered to be the most influential tenor saxophonist of his generation. He has recorded more than 300 acclaimed projects. He has worked with many of the giants, such as Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Cecil Taylor, Jack DeJohnette, Chico Hamilton, Elvin Jones, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Randy Weston, the list goes on. He…

Meister Eckhart. The supreme exemplar of a wholly original interpretation of a perennial teaching. From the thirteenth century to the present day, the influence of his thought is totally unique wherever it appears. This is true timelessness. From what ground has this living organism of thought grown? How have his expressions flourished all these centuries?…

Every third Sunday, enjoy the simple pleasures of the Vince Lateano Trio playing two sets of great music. Vince Lateano, drums Peter Barshay, bass Ben Stolorow, piano byob and a twenty for the trio! Vince Lateano has been an invaluable part of the San Francisco scene since he came to the City in the mid-1960s….

The Prodigal Son Returns!!!! After 5 years! A night of Reminiscing and Live Cuban music with Sandor y Su Mecanica! Tonight, Sandor’s Mecanica features Ivan Camblor on tres  and vocals, Carlos Caro on congas, Yadier Noa on bass and special guest Nicha on trumpet, plus Sandor his own self on timbales. A favorite son of…

Guitar madness is in store when John Schott joins Scott Foster for the late show at Bird & Beckett this Friday. Guitarist Scott Foster has been holding down our third Friday happy hour booking for many years, and tonight he’s doubling down with a second show in our late slot. He’s invited a fellow pluctrum-wielding…

Daniel Fabricant and Brandon Etzler, two fine jazz musicians, join Scott in a nice little guitar trio, on bass and drums respectively. You’ll enjoy a rich and relaxed ride through two ample sets of jazz standards and classics, bebop and the inimitable territory of Thelonious Monk. Scott Foster has been Bird & Beckett’s favorite San…

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84350265713?pwd=eE84V3BYdWxiSFBHNHhmdUt1WTUzdz09 Meeting ID: 843 5026 5713 Passcode: 244211 Valois J. Vera, aka “Crip Lyrical”, is a Disabled Revolutionary, Poet/Spoken Word Artist and Activist based out of Denton, TX. His experience in and knowledge of Disability Justice, Culture and Identity is well noted. He has served on several social justice boards and commissions…

San Francisco pickers, Trouble Town boil a hot pot of folk, bluegrass, swing, jazz and rock into a rebel blend of music with a big acoustic sound. The band’s musical chemistry and diverse influences have allowed them to pull from a deep musical well and make it a special stew all their own. The band…

Paul Harding, whose brilliant and absorbing novel Tinkers took the world by surprise on its publication in 2009 by Bellevue Literary Press and won him the Pulitzer Prize in 2010, will read at Bird & Beckett this coming Sunday from his recently published third novel, This Other Eden (W.W. Norton, 2023). Ten years in the…