Kyle Hernandez, guitar Brian Ho, organ Jason Lewis, drums They say the neon lights are bright… …tonight Kyle focuses on the music of George Benson! California born and raised, Kyle Hernandez learned to play guitar and sing in a musical family that provided him lessons at a young age. He moved to New York in…

Drummer Sylvia Cuenca and bassist Essiet Okon Essiet join forces with Andrew Speight, alto saxophone, and Matt Clark, piano. Born and raised in San Jose, Sylvia Cuenca was hired in her teenage years by the late great guitarist Eddie Duran for her first professional gig at Pearl’s Jazz Joint, when Pearl’s was an after-hours club…

Shabistari, Persian Sufi poet of the 13th century, whose Garden of Mystery evidences an intricate mystic didacticism, yes, but that very thing was what the soul needed, even as Khan’s horsemen thundered down upon them. Walker Brents III plumbs the waters, the last Thursday of each month.

Bird and Beckett Online Open Mic Monday April 25th. Kim Shuck hosts. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84995359158?pwd=SXIwdFEyMExrMDE1M3crT3hnTmlHdz09 Meeting ID: 849 9535 9158 Passcode: 513688

Lorca Hart, drums Brian Ho, organ Lyle Link, saxophone Lorca Hart leads a trio through two sets of live streamed jazz. Lorca grew up in a musical household in Taos, New Mexico, and now inhabits his own musical household here in the Bay Area, with percussionist Amy Molinelli and their young son. Lorca studied at…

A fine quartet, once again, assembled by drummer Tony Johnson, well nigh a legend on the local scene! Each of these players has been well respected on the national and international scene for decades; each brings a raft of experience to the bandstand. Bob Kenmotsu, sax Keith Saunders, piano John Wiitala, bass Tony Johnson, drums…

Bird & Beckett is presenting an occasional sequence of Sunday morning streamed conversations from the bookshop stage on topics of interest to the neighborhood and the city. You can find them on our YouTube channel and our Facebook page. Can’t tune in at the appointed time? They’ll stay up in the same places for viewing…

John Calloway trio with guest vocalist Angie Doctor will be performing songs with themes for the season of Spring and with that, the slow but sure opening up of music and arts venues in the city! John Calloway, flute & percussion Murray Low, piano Saul Sierra, bass Angie Doctor, vocal live streamed on YouTube and…

Scott’s quartet tonight plays original arrangements, many of which they recorded and were starting to play at Haight Street’s famed Club Deluxe just before the pandemic came down.  They’re looking forward to revisiting the material and making it fresh. ________________ Omar Aran drums and arranger Ben Stolorow piano Matt Montgomery bass Scott Foster, guitar ________________…

San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita Kim Shuck continues to host the twice-monthly Bird & Beckett poetry series on Zoom, with the assistance of Brett Benson. The readings now take place on the second and fourth Monday of each month. At 7pm. Bring your work! Tonight, the featured readers are Dan Brady and E. K. Keith,…