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…

Jerry Ferraz and Michael Koch co-host Bird & Beckett’s monthly poetry reading on the first Thursday of each month, with an open mic following the featured readers. Maria Serafin, “The Word-Weave Rumbera,”  is a performance poet and percussionist, widely known for her work as leader of El Grupo Sinigual, with its 35-year history of performances…

Post-Thanksgiving, on Sunday, November 28, we’ll open the shop and clear the stage at 5pm for a three-hour all-comers jam session — students and old hands alike! Professional musicians, come on out. Live streamed on our facebook page or youtube channel No remuneration, except for the Keith Saunders Trio, with Eric Markowitz on bass and…

Make Bird & Beckett a stop on your holiday whirl. Keep the faith and keep swingin’ — The Cottontails make it easy! Vocalist Karina Denike and pianist Michael McIntosh have been pleasing audiences with this marvelous band at Bird & Beckett at Thanksgiving time for years and are we ever thankful to have them back!…

A fabulous band with an affinity for New Orleans–just the tonic you want and need in these times! Bounce back from your Thanksgiving indulgence, shake it down & rave it up in the company of good friends and companions! Jim Peterson, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Larry Vann, drums Can’t stir from…

Layers of mythic history teased out by Walker Brents III in his monthly talk on topics mythological, poetical, philosophical and otherwise. A recording of Walker’s 11/24/21 talk on Taoist tales can be found at this link. Bird & Beckett’s livestreams can be heard on our YouTube channel or Facebook page.