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Friday, April 26th – 6-8pm
The 230 Jones Street Band
remembers Si Perkoff (1937-2024)
With its roots in the Friday-after-work jazz party started by veteran tenor player Chuck Peterson as a trio back in 2002, the 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band is the legacy band at Bird & Beckett. It’s been led in recent years by drummer Tony Johnson, with pianist Si Perkoff joining up a…
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Students frame the pros this weekend, with a cavalcade of SFSU creative arts students converging for a poetry and music revue Thursday evening and a gaggle of jazz students from SFCM celebrating the impending end of the semester Sunday afternoon. In between, on Friday and Saturday, we present three significant jazz concerts and a book…
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Friday, April 26th – 8:30-10pm
The Mike Gamble Trio with Lisa Mezzacappa
It’s always a good idea to
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Saturday, April 27th – 7:30-9:30pm
Phillip Greenlief – Scott Amendola Duo
30 years of spontaneous collaboration! No reason to stop now! $20 at the door. Doors open at 7:15pm. Showtime 7:30. BYOB.
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Sunday, April 28th – 5-8pm
A jazzy end-of-semester SFCM party
Join the precociously talented undergrads from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s B.Mus. “Roots, Jazz & American Music’ program to help celebrate the end of another semester. Some will be back next year, some will head for the bright lights of another big city… it’s the now that counts! Bring a donation to help us…
Read MoreWater under the bridge…
The posts that follow show you what’s come and gone. Search the videos on our youtube channel or facebook page to find evidence of what you remember, or what you missed! Then, make sure you catch the next thing that catches your fancy. The live streams are great, but live music in a room with…
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