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Thursday, July 24th – 7:30pm
Rogers/Harwood/Guerin/Simas
Jazz Collective
George Rogers – saxophone. Isaiah Harwood – piano. Graeham Guerin – upright bass. Max Simas – drums & cymbals. $20 cover charge, byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Rogers/Harwood/Guerin/Simas is a collective of contemporary jazz composers and instrumentalists with roots in both the Bay Area and Northeast Ohio. They debuted…
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July 16th-20th: Eight Events in Five Days
7/16: Laborfest Writers Group
7/17: Mitch Polzak & the Royal Deuces
7/18: Scott Foster Duo + Lisa Mezzacappa 5(ish)
7/19: Night Market + Charles Thomas Trio
7/20: The Evangenitals + Vince Lateano Trio
“What the hell kind of church service is this?” — STEVE KOTLER, LA WEEKLY At the ungodly hour of 11 a.m. on July 20th, The Evangenitals return to Bird & Beckett with a reprise of their Moby Dick album and much, much more. Bird & Beckett’s favorite band delivers the sacrament at a National Caviar…
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Sunday, July 20th – 5pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
with guest Brad Buethe, guitar
Ben Stolorow, piano. Peter Barshay, bass. Vince Lateano, drums. featuring guest Brad Buethe, guitar. $20 cover charge, byob. Teens & undergrads & grad students $5-$10 sliding scale. kids free. Vince Lateano, a Sacramento kid, has been a mainstay of the San Francisco jazz scene since he rousted out of the U.S. Army in 1965. The…
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Saturday, September 6th – 7:30-9:30pm
“Bukas”
Karl Evangelista’s Apura
album release concert
Filipino-American guitarist Karl Evangelista debuts the new album “Bukas” from his group Apura, featuring saxophonists Lewis Jordan on alto and Francis Wong on tenor, Rei Scampavia on keys and electronics, Lisa Mezzacappa on bass and the legendary drummer Donald Robinson sitting in for the master Andrew Cyrille, the recording’s featured guest artist. $25 cover charge,…
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Sunday Come to Meetin’!
July 20, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Evangenitals’ Traveling
Freak Folk Revival Review
Hot off their appearance at a National Caviar Day event last night south of the slot at St. Joseph’s Hall of Hedonism, the Juli Crockett’s Evangenitals roll into Bird & Beckett sober as a judge Sunday morning for a hot minute to raise spirits and raise the roof with their trademark alt-folk genius! You’ve heard…
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Saturday, July 19th – 7:30-9:30pm
The Charles Thomas Quartet
Ben Ball, saxophone. Greg Jacobs, piano. Charles Thomas, bass. Michael Spencer, drums. $20 cover charge, byob. Students $10; kids free. Charles Thomas became a fixture at Bird & Beckett fifteen years ago in drummer Jimmy Ryan’s Bebop Band, alongside the fiery bop pianist Don Alberts. His history reveals much more. Charles was born in San…
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