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!
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But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!
Friday, January 14 – 7:30pm
Larry Vann Trio
jazz in the bookshop and live in the stream
Larry Vann has long been the Groove Merchant! He brings it again with his long-time working trio, with Michael Warren on bass and Tim Landis on guitar, for two sets of jazz, soul, blues and funk. Larry has performed with Curtis Mayfield, Elvis Bishop and Charlie Musselwhite, among a raft of superstars, and he’s played…
Tuesday, January 11 – 7:30pm
Craig Handy / Essiet Essiet / Sylvia Cuenca Trio
Three New York-based jazz masters take the stage at Bird & Beckett Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30pm for two sets of jazz! $20 cash cover charge. BYOB. Vax. Masks. Audience capacity is just 20 seats. For a reservation, call 415-586-3733! Also streamed on the Bird & Beckett Facebook page and YouTube channel. Oakland-born tenor saxophonist…
Postponed – Tutti Taygerly book event – Make Space to Lead – new date tba
Tutti Taygerly is a neighbor, a leadership coach, a writer and a surfer. As a design leader, she gained 22 years of experience building products and design cultures in the world’s largest organizations. Today, she’s a coach to entrepreneurs and technology leaders who make an undeniable impact on the world. Tutti has led teams at…
Sunday, January 9, there woulda been some serious sin & celebration with the Seducers, but it’s gonna have to wait ’til March, due to “the current uncertainty.”
No worries! Mark your calendar now for March 13!
Want a taste right now of their fine elixer? Check out the December 12 show on our YouTube channel or Facebook page! We’d suggest you pick it up at the 14:48 mark, when the mix has settled in and the band is tooled up for pure honky tonk magic. Click through to the full post,…
Saturday, January 8 – 7:30pm
4tet Apocalyptique
jazz club! when lights are low…
4tet Apocalyptique Filling a need for comfort music since 2020 R&B, jazz, samba, pop Sharman Duran (piano) Salvador Aguilera (saxophone) Rick Brown (trombone) Pepe Jacobo (drums) Reservations encouraged (call 415-586-3733), as audience capacity is limited to 20 during the present phase of our little apocalypse. Doors open at 7:20 for the 7:30 1st set and…
Friday, January 7 – 7:30pm
Jon Frank Trio
live jazz in the bookshop, and in the stream
every Friday night
The Jon Frank Trio, with Sam Cady on piano and Chris Amberger on bass, has been honing its repertoire, including a number of tunes penned by the pianist, in anticipation of a recording session soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKBjiDQqs88[/embedyt The leader of the trio, drummer Jon Frank, sends this biographical sketch: I started playing drums in garage bands…
Thursday, January 6th – 7pm
Judith Ayn Bernhard & Silvi Alcivar, poets, hosted by Jerry Ferraz & Michael Koch + open mic
On the first Thursday of each month, Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch host a poetry reading with a couple of headliners and an open mic. Thursday, January 6, 2022, at 7pm Judith Ayn Bernhard and Silvi Alcivar are the featured poets Reservations are encouraged, as audience capacity is limited to 20 during the current uncertainty….
Sunday, January 2 – 5pm
Avotcja and Modúpue
a healing evening of poetry,
jazz & the fire of wordsong
Celebrate 2022 with our annual first Sunday booking of Avotcja with her supergroup Modúpue featuring Sandy Poindexter, violin; Francis Wong, saxophone; Heshima Mark Williams, bass; Val Serrant, steel pan drum & percussion. _____________________________________ Live stream only for this show, to preserve the continued good health of Avotcja, a Bay Area cultural treasure! Avotcja is a…
December boasts some gems…
Poets Francisco Orrego and Maria Serafin on December 2nd December 3rd, Destiny Muhammad, harp; Chico Lopez, bass; Tarika Lewis, violin December 4th, the quartet of guitarist George Cotsirilos, with Keith Saunders on piano, Robb Fisher on bass and Ron Marabuto on drums December 5th, student combo followed by a jam session hosted by the Terrence…
Thursday, December 30 – 7:30pm
Annette Aguilar Trio
live in the shop and live streamed
Latin & Brazilian Jazz
Click on the links here to view our recording of this show on our YouTube channel or Facebook page. Drummer/percussionist/composer/bandleader/educator Annette A. Aguilar, born and raised in San Francisco, has been a force on the New York scene for decades, notably with her band StringBeans. Here in San Francisco, you can often catch her performing…