birdbeckett

$20 cover charge; $10 for students/musicians/low income.   San Francisco Bay Area bassist, composer and bandleader Lisa Mezzacappa and her band, the Lisa Mezzacappa Six, premiere a new suite for jazz sextet, “Cosmicomics 2018,” inspired by Italian novelist Italo Calvino’s beloved “Cosmicomics” stories, which humanize various scientific, astronomical and biological phenomena into poignant and playful fables.…

https://jackhertz.com/ byoc (bring your own coffee!)

Great jazz music from the traditions of New Orleans, Chicago, New York and San Francisco. Al Molina, trumpet Jerry Logas, reeds & vocal Jeffrey Burr, guitar Dean Reilly, bass Vince Lateano, drums Al Molina was born to a musical family in San Francisco in 1935. He made his mark on the local jazz scene in…

Johnny Escobedo – guitar & vocals Mario Vega – flute & sax Norman Downing – percussion & vocals Cuban son, boleros y guajiras, the sounds of Havana and the Cuban countryside–and more!  El Guajiro plays the gamut of popular music from Latin America. With this personnel, the same configuration as heard at Bird & Beckett…

Lovely jazz trio led by one of San Francisco’s foremost jazz bassists, with guest pianist Phillipe Villa of Nice and drummer Aaron Kierbel, in one of San Francisco’s best listening venues… lovely acoustics, lovely books, lovely musicians. Lovely all ’round… do come! $15 cover ($10 for students/musicians/low income).