653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
1-415-586-3733
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Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six
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Friday, January 24th — 8:30-10pm
Double Bass Dreams
bass soloist Gustavo Lorenzatti
Gustavo Lorenzatti is an Argentinian double bass player and cellist, a composer and a long-standing member of the Symphony Orchestra of Córdoba. He has a background in classical music, jazz, tango and Brazilian music, as well as Argentinian folklore. He studied formally at the Rotterdam Conservatory of Music with the soloist of the Netherlands Philharmonic,…
Friday, January 24th — 6-8pm
Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Quartet
Charlie McCarthy, saxophone Sam Cady, piano Chuck Bennett, bass Tony Johnson, drums byob and a twenty for the band. Call the shop at 415-586-3733 to reserve seats. Four veteran players parlaying six to seven decades in the jazz business into musical gold. Originals and bebop and more. The 230 Jones Street, Local Six, Literary Jazz…
Thursday, January 23rd – 7pm
Prof. Robert Cherny presents his book
San Francisco Reds: Communists
in the Bay Area 1919 to 1958
Robert Cherny taught American political history at San Francisco State University for decades, focusing on the Progressive Era and preceding periods. His book American Politics in the Gilded Age: 1868-1900 (Wiley-Blackwell, 1997) and other writings have informed the thought of generations of college students and academics with regard to the dimensions of a period depressingly…
Monday, January 20th – 7pm
Poets Kathleen McClung,
Jeanne Wagner
& Barbara Crooker
read new work
Three poets share new work, highlighting their latest published collections — Kathleen McClung with her 2024 book, Questions of Buoyancy; Jeanne Wagner with One Needful Song; and Barbara Crooker, with Slow Wreckage. No charge, but you may want to donate a few dollars to buy the poets a drink or gas to get home! And…
Sunday, January 19th – 5pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
Kai Lyons, guitar. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. Come enjoy the long-running third Sunday residency of this trio–three colleagues spanning generations, savvy in the ways of jazz and delighted with the work. You’ll be delighted, too. Benji’s out this week, so Kai Lyons is in. You will be delighted. We guaranteed it. Relax and…
Saturday, January 18th – 7:30pm
The Tim Armacost Trio
Tim Armacost, saxophone. Dean Johnson, bass. Ron Vincent, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. Reservations always welcome; call 415-586-3733. Tim Armacost has established himself as one of the most important improvisers on the New York scene today, and he’s at Bird & Beckett tonight! Drummer Ron Vincent and bassist Dean Johnson, fresh and supercharged from a…
Friday, January 17th – 8:30-10pm
The Skylar Tang Quartet
Skylar Tang, trumpet Hannah Mayer, piano Ruby Farmer, bass Sylvia Cuenca, drums $20 cover charge; byob Trumpeter Skylar Tang, Bay Area born and raised and now a rising star in New York, has been turning heads on the circuit here with her quartet for the last few weeks, a tour that she kicked off…
Friday, January 17th – 6-8pm
Threeocracy: Exploring the music of the
Lucky Thompson/Oscar Pettiford “Trichotism” trio
Threeology is: Tom Griesser, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar Ollie Dudek, bass Their book of music is full of tunes associated with Oscar Pettiford and Lucky Thompson as well as other material living in the cracks between swing and bebop. $20 suggested cover charge; byob. $10 for teens and students. Kids free.
Thursday, January 16th – 7:30pm Live Stream
Walker Talks! An occasional series
Antonin Artaud in Mexico
Antonin Artaud, charismatic silent movie actor, visionary dramatic theorist and inspired prophet, was driven, by an increasingly troubled mind, in the years just prior to the second world war, to undertake a quixotic voyage to Mexico in search of an elemental connection to the life of the earth and the sky. Much of what actually…
Sunday, January 12th – 8:30-10pm
Isaiah Javier Sextet
Isaiah Javier plays jazz saxophone. He’s on a west coast tour out of NYC with a sextet. Don’t miss it. Isaiah Javier – saxophone Joey Du Boi – trumpet Liam Rosenthal – guitar Max Levenson – piano Arlo Erwin – bass Sam Hicks – drums $25 cover charge; byob Isaiah came up in the Bay…