Jam Session! All serious jazz musicians welcome! Last Sunday of every month hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio. Vince Lateano, drums. Peter Barshay, bass. and special guest Gaea Schell, piano. No charge to play. Audience donations appreciated, $10-20 suggested, to help us pay the trio.

Paul Hanson has played bassoon all over the world, in jazz clubs and jazz festivals, concert halls and back rooms, and notably for three years with Cirque du Soleil in Tokyo. In 2008, Paul was invited to create his own role as electric improvising bassoonist in Cirque Du Soleil’s ZED – a resident show at…

Friday, Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Band at 5:30pm – $20 suggested donation ……………….– a quartet: Noel Jewkes, sax; Si Perkoff, piano; Chuck Bennett, bass; Tony Johnson, drums                 Jazz the Glass at 9:00pm – $20 at the door ………………–a trio: Daniel Heffez, saxophone; Adam Shulman, piano; Omar Aran, drums Saturday, Paul…

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…