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!
Saturday, July 23 – 7:30pm
Lewis Jordan and Music at Large
Lewis Jordan, reeds, poetry Bruce Ackley, reeds Sandra Poindexter, violin, voice Ollen Erich Hunt, bass Jimmy Biala, drums, percussion Lewis Jordan presents Music at Large, a Bay Area ensemble that brings music, poetry and an open spirit of improvisation. Saxophones, violin, bass, percussion and drums come with a large helping of original material. The group…
Friday, July 22 – 7:30pm
Tony Johnson Quartet
Bob Kenmotsu, saxophone Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Tony Johnson, drums Bebop to bossa, and always swingin’ $20 cash cover charge – doors open at 7:20 for the 7:30 show BYOB and a mask, as covid still stalks the fringes of the land… capacity is just 25 at the moment to make for some…
Thursday, July 21 – 7:30pm
Avotcja & Modupue Live Stream
(no live audience tonight)
Avotcja and her band Modupue have been a cultural nexus for many years. She works with a large revolving cast of musicians, fantastic talents with experience and acclaim far beyond the Bay Area, and with long association with Avotcja, herself. Avotcja turns 81 this month! Help us celebrate! This evening, Modupue will be a quartet….
Wednesday, July 20 – 7pm
Book release celebration and reading:
Judith Serin reads new stories from “Gravity”
joined by poet Zack Rogow
reading new poems from “Irreverent Litanies”
Judith Serin’s Gravity, a collection of short stories and the title novella, has just been brought out by Eyewear Publishing. Her collection of poetry, Hiding in the World, was published by Diane di Prima’s Eidolon Editions, and her Days Without (Sky): A Poem Tarot, seventy-eight short prose poems in the form of a tarot deck…
Tuesday, July 19 – 7:30pm
Joel Frahm Trio, on tour
with their new album, “The Bright Side”
The Joel Frahm Trio presents music from the new album The Bright Side (Anzic Records, 2021) Joel Frahm, tenor saxophone Dan Loomis, bass Ernesto Cervini, drums $20 cover charge at the door (cash please) byob and a mask reservations: 415-586-3733 Coming off nine consecutive bookings in Europe in April (with dates in France, Germany, the…
Monday, July 18 – 7pm
Seasons–Breathing Together: Six Poets
Kathryn Waddell Takara, visiting from Hawaii & celebrating the release of her new collection Seasons in Haiku, will read this evening together with Bay Area poets Karla Brundage, Lucille Lang Day, Shizue Seigel, Amos White and, Maw Shein Win If you’re unable to make it down to Bird & Beckett this evening, you can view…
Sunday, July 17 – 7:30pm
Bay native, touring out of NYC,
Kazemde George and his Quintet
featuring Giulio Xavier Cetto on bass!
Touring from NYC The Kazemde George Quintet Kazemde George, tenor saxophone Sami Stevens, vocals Manuel Schmiedel, keyboard Giulio Xavier Cetto, bass Adam Arruda, drums $25 cover charge (cash, please); byob. catch it in the live stream if you can’t make it to the shop. be sure to donate to help support the musicians and the…
Sunday, July 17 – 5pm
JimBo Trout and the Fishpeople
JimBo Trout, guitar and vocals Steve Neil, bass Ken Owen, drums JimBo Trout is walking the line, playing his heart out, and having a good time! JimBo’s music is a good-time gumbo of bluegrass, rock+roll, honky-tonk country, old-time, ragtime, blues, western-swing, rockabilly, jug band, jazz, swing, Cowboy, New Orleans, and more. But he would never…
Saturday, July 16 – 7:30pm
Rob Reich Swings Left
Andrew Stephens, trumpet Ben Goldberg, clarinet Rob Reich, accordion and piano Adam Kubota, bass But of course! It’s the joy you would naturally expect! Doors open at 7:20pm $20 cash cover charge, please byob & masks Reservations, 415-586-3733 or catch it in the live stream if you can’t make it to the shop. be sure…
Friday, July 15 – 7:30pm
Scott Foster Trio: The anatomy of the gig
Scott Foster, guitar Charles Thomas, bass Omar Aran, drums A look behind the curtain. reservations, 415-586-3733 byob and a mask $20 cash cover Nothing beats live jazz in the shop but if you can’t make it… Find the live stream on our Facebook page or YouTube channel