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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Friday, March 13th – 6pm
Eric & the In Crowd
Eric Shifrin, piano. Daniel Fabricant, bass. Mark Lee, drums. $20 suggested donation at the door, cash please! BYOB. Students, $10. Kids, free. Come to Bird & Beckett’s long running Friday happy hour show! Get it while it lasts, as later in the spring/early summer, we’re moving the Friday fun to a single 7:30pm show, and…
Wednesday, March 11th – 7:30pm
NYC Saxophonist Rico Jones
with Sylvia Cuenca, Essiet Essiet & Matt Clark
“Rico is one of the few original voices emerging. His musicianship and passion have forged an original voice we will joyfully be hearing more from in the future.” — Vincent Herring, DownBeat Magazine “Rico Jones is a fine saxophonist steeped in the Jazz tradition with eyes set on the future” — Victor Lewis “Wonderful player,…
March 11-15: Five Jazz Concerts in Five Days
Jazz x 5! _____ Wednesday, March 11, 7:30pm Sylvia Cuenca Quartet featuring NYC tenor player Rico Jones {$20; students $10) _____ Friday, March 13, 6:00pm Eric & The In Crowd – Letter “E” {$20; students $10; kids free} _____ Friday, March 13, 8:30 pm Alt Jazz Ark Corpus X Quartet {$20; students $10} _____ Saturday,…
2 Readings, 4 concerts: March 4-8
Sunday, March 8, 5:00pm Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces Honky tonk country music by virtuoso practitioners of the art! Mitch Polzak, guitar & vocals; Tim Wagar, bass; Ken Owen, drums with guest pedal steel guitar master Joe Goldmark ___ Reserve a seat by calling the bookshop at (415) 586-3733. We’ll hold your reservation until…
Sunday, March 8th – 5pm
Mitch Polzak & the Flying Deuces
Honky Tonk Heaven!
featuring pedal steel whiz Joe Goldmark
Mitch Polzak, guitar and vocals Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar Tim Wagar, bass Ken Owen, drums $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10; kids free Honky Tonk Showman Mitch Polzak plays a mean guitar and raises a ruckus like no one else! This afternoon, he brings his famous Royal Deuces joined for the date by pedal…
Saturday, March 7th – 7:30pm
Saúl Sierra Quartet
Saúl Sierra, bass Marco Díaz, trumpet & piano Charlie Gurke, saxophones Emilio Davalos, percussion $20 cover charge; byob. Students, $10 Cash at the door, please. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733 Saúl Sierra was born and raised in Mexico City, where he started playing professionally in 1990. In 1995, he enrolled at the…
Friday, March 6th – 8:30pm
Bay Area Jazz & Soul:
The Noah Frank & Stephanie Woodford Quartet
Noah Frank, trumpet. Stephanie Woodford, piano & vocals. Dexter Williams, bass. Isaac Schwartz, drums. $20 cover charge at the door, cash please; byob. Students, $10. No reservations required. Amazing talent; a band you won’t find in the clubs. Except this one! Come find out what you’re missing. Noah and Stephanie bring a joyful and…
Friday, March 6th – 6pm
The Jinx Jones Trio
Jinx Jones, guitar. Kurt Ribak, bass. Ken Owen, guitar. cover charge $20; byob. students $10. reservations, call 415-586-3733. Luxurious guitar and exotica. Cool swing and soul with a hot trio. That’s Jinx’s jazz bag! Welcome a true apostle of the many towering gods of the jazz guitar traditions, from Freddie Green to Charlie Christian to…
Thursday, March 5th – 7pm
Featured poets + open mic
Keith Gaboury, David Hutchinson
& David Farnan read their work
Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz host
Michael Koch hosts our monthly 1st Thursday readings, with Jerry Ferraz conducting the open mic that follows. This month, we present three featured readers, all with books published by American Poetry Systems, based in South San Francisco. Bring a few poems of your own to read in the open mic, and join the American poetry…
Wednesday, March 4th – 7pm
Author Event:
Jan Sollish & Jackie Davis Martin
Two writers bring new work. Jan Sollish has published a memoir about her years from 1977 to 1982 at the Club Fugazi tending bar at Beach Blanket Babylon; Jackie Martin Davis has brought out a book of short stories that verge on memoir, fictively brushing up against the chronology and experiences of the author’s life….