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Walker’s back from his summer rambles. Come out to hear some of what he’s been ruminating about out there on the road! Walt Whitman, the good grey poet, saeth Walker, “is evermore my guide as I now grow grey. The literary field of action is one of perception and notation, especially related to journeys and rambles…

Start your weekend out at Bird & Beckett Friday evening with the relaxed bop & swing of the 230 Jones Street Band, then grab a taco and come back for the late show, when Beth Custer and Stephen Kent’s Trance Mission deploys clarinets, didgeridoo and percussion to take you there… Saturday morning, Andre Custodio’s Audible…

$20 cover charge; $10 for students / musicians / low income Ian Carey, trumpet Keith Saunders, piano Robb Fisher, bass Ron Marabuto, drums [arve url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlTxPby7eaQ” /] The North Berkeley Jazz Quartet comprises veteran professionals drawn together about five years ago by geographic proximity, common long experience in top-level gigging on the national and international stage, plenty…

$15 cover charge. $10 for the merely curious. $5 for students / musicians / low income Didjeridu, percussion and cello-sintir meets, for the n-thousandth time, B flat, alto and bass clarinets and percussion in the original formulation of Trance Mission. Notable performances of the duo and its descendants include Maybeck Studio, Live Oak Festival, Freight &…

$10-20 suggested donation; $5 for students / musicians / low income Talk about your San Francisco jazz… On the fourth Friday of each month, our weekly jazz in the bookshop series features the 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band — aka The Chuck Peterson Quintet, named for the guy who started it all…