Two San Francisco music legends, booked to play as a duo tonight, had to postpone their performance due to illness. Watch for a rescheduled date. reservations are always advisedcall 415-586-3733 during regular store hoursand speak to a human to put your name on the list.~~capacity is limited~~Please bring $20 cash for the cover charge, and…

For decades now, Grant Levin has been one of the best kept secrets in jazz, and Bird & Beckett has been proud to present him literally hundreds of times since he arrived in the Bay Area in 2010. The performance documented here was the last of the live-stream only pandemic concerts we presented between March…

The Seducers close out their 2021 billings at Bird & Beckett this Sunday, 12/12, 5:00-8:00pm.  It’s never anything but super great. Nor are you! All pure pleasure! B&B asks that you bring proof of vaccination and wear a mask, although the band may not be masked on stage.  We also request that you bring a…

  For your browsing pleasure, SUPER GREAT performs while you poke around the shop!This holiday season, keep in mind: YOU AREN’T A DISAPPOINTMENT. You are SUPER GREAT and if people get down on you for not being perfect all the time then bite their faces off. You are SUPER GREAT and faces are high in…

San Francisco columnist Denise Sullivan conducts a monthly series of conversations (the second Sunday of each month from 10-11 a.m.) with The City’s activists, educators, arts and cultural leaders, as well as lesser-known workers, the everyday people who help make this place we call home, live streamed from Bird & Beckett Books in Glen Park….

Noel Jewkes, saxophone Charlie McCarthy, saxophone Sam Cady, piano Joe McKinley, bass Akira Tana, drums arrangements by Jeffrey Gaeto reservations, please call the shop at 415-586-3733. $25 cash cover charge, byob; proof of vaccination and masks, please! also live on YouTube and Facebook . thanks!

John Calloway, flute and percussion Ken Cook, piano Marcus Shelby, bass Brian Andres, drums* with guest vocalist Angie Doctor reservations, please call the shop at 415-586-3733. $20 cash cover charge, byob; proof of vaccination and masks, please! also live on YouTube and Facebook . thanks for joining us! * Brian Andres is subbing for Sylvia Cuenca tonight.

At 5pm, a seven-piece jazz combo from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music leads off with a set, and then the Terrence Brewer Trio takes the stage, opening with a short trio set leading into a jam session for student players welcomed from anywhere in the Bay Area. If you’re an aspiring jazz musician with…

George Cotsirilos, guitar Keith Saunders, piano Robb Fisher, bass Ron Marabuto, drums Tonight, the George Cotsirilos Quartet highlights its just-completed recording project, due for release on CD in a matter of weeks. A group of highly accomplished jazz veterans boasting years of close collaboration, the quartet released the widely acclaimed album Mostly In Blue in…

Destiny Muhammad, the Harpist from the Hood, brings a reverence for her ancestor jazz harp mothers Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane to the creation of a unique sound and a personal approach to jazz standards, reimagining the past and creating original compositions. Since picking up the harp in her thirties, she has devoted untold hours…