original music in the style of latin jazz fusion Thomas Molina, trumpet Josh Icban, guitar Jeff Patterson, bass Jimmy Toor, drums Adrian Areas, Moperc tumbadoras $25 cash cover charge. Doors open at 7:20 for the 7:30 show BYOB and a mask. Live in the shop! You can also take it in live streamed on our…

Mr. CT brings a fine quartet for your pleasure… Downtown Danny Brown on tenor saxophone, Greg Jacobs on piano and Omar Aran on drums. Swing, bop and then some! $20 cash cover charge at the door. BYOB and a mask if you’re unvaxxed, otherwise it’s up to you. And, yes, it’s streamed. You’ll find it…

Drummer Tony Johnson brings in a quartet on the fourth Friday of each month, and tonight it’s the 230 Jones Street Band, with Charlie McCarthy, saxophone & flute Glen Deardorff, guitar Al Obidinski, bass Tony Johnson, drums. Four veteran jazz players, and long-time friends, swingin’. $20 cash cover charge; byob & a mask if unvaxxed….

Jeff Hamilton, piano Clint Baker, brass and reeds Mikiya Matsuda, bass Jessica King, vocal Experts in classic swing and traditional jazz take the stage for a stroll through wonderful material from the early years of the music, plus a scattering of charming originals from Jeff. BYOB, a mask and $20 cash for the cover charge….

Guitarist Scott Foster brings Bruce Ackley back to the stage with David Brandt on drums, and with the addition of Pete Schmitt on bass. They’ll be expanding on a trio foray into Ackley’s original compositions that began here in January 17th, in the winter of the year… a deep dive into Ackley’s fascinating musical mind….

The late great poet Al Young said of Avotcja, “Introducing herself as storyteller, ‘wild woman,’ a ‘bonafide sound junkie,’ nothing slows or dampens Avotcja’s passion for the power and wonder of music. Guided by ancient, ancestral wisdom, she refuses to separate poetry and storytelling from song or dance. In ‘Blue to the Bone,’ her rhapsodic…

Pianist Art Lande is a legendary and unique figure on the jazz landscape, has been so for five decades or more, and we’re pleased & honored to present him again at Bird & Beckett tonight, this time in the context of a trio that has been coming together to create some beautiful music for the…

Kelley Cutler has worked with the unhoused population in San Francisco for the last 20 years. She accompanied Lelani Farha, United Nations special rapporteur on adequate housing, on Farha’s 2018 visit to San Francisco to observe and assess the human rights emergencies on our streets. From that visit, Farha found the City to be in…

The Late Show: Darren Johnston’s Double Detour doubles down tonight… a return engagement after their March 12 debut! If you caught that one, you’ll want to catch this one. And if you didn’t, then you will! Darren Johnston – trumpet Ben Goldberg – clarinet Jeff Denson – bass Gerald Cleaver – drums What’s the music…

EAST MEETS WEST! ROBERTA DONNAY & KEITH SAUNDERS (WEST!) with HARVIE S & RONI BEN-HUR (EAST!) plus guest artist Noel Jewkes BYOB, a mask and $20 cash for the cover charge. Doors open at 6:50pm for the 7:00 show. NOTE THE EARLY START – 7PM! Tonight there’s a 9PM band as well (separate admission) For…