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Friday, December 14th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Smith Dobson/Andrew Speight Quintet
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002Â
$10-20 suggested donation;Â $5 for students, musicians, low income. . Two of San Francisco’s top saxophone players go head to head, backed by an all-star rhythm section . . Smith Dobson and Andrew Speight, saxophones Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Tony Johnson, drums
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Monday, December 10th – 7:00-9:30 pm
RJAM JAM SESSION! (Monthly every 2nd Monday)
Students from the SFCM Roots, Jazz & American Music
Program hosts young Bay Area talent
2nd year! Students in the SF Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” BMUS degree program host their peers from Bay Area colleges and high schools. No cover charge. Donations to support the bookshop that supports the students are very much appreciated.
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Sunday, December 9th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Take a Wacky Walk with the Seducers
Classic, Outlaw & Honky Tonk Country Music
$10-20 suggested donation
$5 for students/musicians/fixed income
Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals Kenny Owen, drums The Seducers are well into their third year of monthly (2nd Sunday) shows at Bird & Beckett, delivering country classics and originals, honky tonk laments and outlaw anthems.
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Sunday, December 9th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Buena Vista Jazz Band – trad jazz holiday
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10-20 suggested donation
A holiday season tradition at Bird & Beckett, we welcome the return of this eight-strong all-star trad jazz outfit featuring Andrew Storar – trumpet, John Hunt – trombone, Don Neely – clarinet, Si Perkoff – piano, Duncan James – guitar, Al Obidinski – bass, Greg Gotelli – drums and the fabulous vocalist Darlene Langston!
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Sunday, December 9th – 2-3 pm
Ananta Kumar Giri, scholar and writer
from Chennai, India
Traveling scholar, philosopher, sociologist and humanist Ananta Kumar Giri, born and raised in the Indian state of Odisha, and based in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, a true son of Erasmus, will read recent poems and share some of his insights and writings, touching on thoughts…
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Saturday, December 8th – 7:30–10:00 pm
 RJAM Jazz Collective
$20 cover charge; $10 for students, musicians, low income
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Jayden Clark (tenor sax) Brett Karner (trumpet) Spencer Hoefert (guitar) Julian Esparza (bass) Julian Archer (drums) Jazz standards plus original work by each of the members, all students in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s “Roots, Jazz & American Music” (“RJAM”) degree program
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