As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, we once again are pleased to present the Michael Zilber Quartet! Four major talents on one bookshop stage. Michael Zilber, saxophone Matt Clark, piano Peter Barshay, bass Jeff Marrs, drums ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ It was Michael’s appearance on our stage for an audience…

Join us in funky soulville this Saturday night! Todd Swenson, guitar Derek Evans, vocals Ian Ratzer, piano Paul Olguin, bass Larry Vann, drums Here’s a little something that Derek & Todd were just cooking up for Saturday. Click here for This Side Up at Club Deluxe in June 2019, with Ken Owen on drums. And…

San Francisco Poet Laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin plus percussionist Ahkeel Mestayer ~~Two sets of poetry & percussion~~ Crucial words and beats for our times ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ We encourage you to read more about our poet laureate at this link and to seek out his works, his readings and his books https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/tongo-eisen-martin…

    San Francisco native daughter Annette A Aguilar is flying home from NYC for a family visit, and brings together a passel of great musicians from around the Bay including her brother Ricky Aguilar plus Anthony Blea, Murray Low, Gary Brown and a couple special guests for two special sets of music streamed live…

Rob Ewing, trombone Beth Schenck, saxophone Lisa Mezzacappa, bass Jordan Glenn, drums Avant garde jazz music from four major improvisers/composers/players who cover the Bay Area jazz waterfront. Sifter has been heard most steadily at Woods Bar in Oakland, but pops up here and there including recent dates in parking spots around the Bay from Omar…

Drummer Tony Johnson leads a quartet on the 4th Friday of each month, and tonight, it’s the “Irregulars” — a quartet led by Tony with long-time associates Charlie McCarthy on reeds, Glen Deardorff on guitar and Al Obidinski on bass making it swing from bop to bossa. Jazz  you can count on! A little history:…

The Sublime! Poetry’s ultimate theme. Every aesthetic, from east to west, has had something to say about this. So why not take a look here, and find a place to bring our thoughts to bear? It is for this we invoke the muses to sing through us. The ages show them to be generous! Walker…

View the live stream on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel and Facebook page $20 suggested donation pay what your economics allow at this link The Trio Thurston Moore – guitars Marshall Trammell, Music Research Strategist – percussion Bruce Ackley – saxophones               Opening set: Wobbly – solo electronics  

Gaea Schell, piano Lyle Link, tenor saxophone John Wiitala, bass Austin Lee Harris, drums play new originals and arrangements by the co-leaders View our live streams on our YouTube channel and our Facebook page. No audiences in the shop just yet. $20 suggested donation or pay what your economics allow at this link Described as “one of…

Back in March 2020, as San Franciscans first took cover in their individual homes, those that had homes!, guitarist Scott Foster began to compose a tune a day for a good long stretch. Scott presented a generous number of those tunes in a solo live stream from Bird & Beckett on August 21, 2020, five…