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Friday, July 13th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Grant Levin Trio
jazz in the bookshop every Friday
$10 suggested donation
Grant Levin, piano Giulio Xavier, bass Mike Mitchell, drums Two sets of piano trio jazz from three of the Bay Area’s finest players. Purchase Grant Levin’s latest trio cd on cdbaby: “Live in California” with bassist Greg D’Augeli and drummer Lew Langworthy – recorded in Chico, CA in 2018 and just released!
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Thursday, July 12th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Ray Skjelbred Trio
$15 requested cover charge ($5-20 sliding scale) Â Â
Ray Skjelbred, piano and vocals; Clint Baker, bass and vocals; Riley Baker, drums. Ray’s roots are in the blues and pianists like Joe Sullivan, Earl Hines and Art Hodes, and he plays like an angel. He’s a legend in the world of traditional jazz, traveling the circuit from his base in Seattle. Catch the…
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Monday, July 9th – 7-9pm
Fanny Renoir presents The Kentucky Twisters
$10 cover
In association with Bird & Beckett, Fanny Renoir presents The Kentucky Twisters The Kentucky Twisters is a six-piece bluegrass band. All six musicians are members of the California Bluegrass Association and have been playing together for some ten years entertaining folks here in the Bay Area. They say they’re “what you would call a Strictly…
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Sunday, July 8th – 7:30-10:00 pm
The Seducers
Classic, Outlaw & Honky Tonk Country Music
$10 suggested donation
Two sets of high octane honky tonk from a supergroup that calls Bird & Beckett home every second Sunday. Joe Goldmark, pedal steel guitar Mitch Polzak, lead guitar and vocals Hank Maninger, bass guitar and vocals Kenny Owen, drums
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Sunday, July 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Sueños
which way west? Sunday concert series
$10-20 suggested donation Â
Noah Frank, trumpet Eli Maliwan, tenor sax Greg Jacobs, piano Curtis Aikens, bass Joe Kelner, drums With a sound and approach flexibly fitted to the space and the time, Sueños fuses hip-hop & R&B rhythms, blending modal with gospel harmonies, flowing with bebop-tinged horns over the top of a tight rhythm section that knows no…
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Saturday, July 7th – 7:30 pm
The Golden Circle Sextet
$20 cover charge (students $10)
jazz club! when lights are low…Â
Dan Neville vibes Destiny Muhammad harp Rebecca Kleinmann alto flute Gaea Schell piano Sam Bevan bass Pepe Jacobo drums The Golden Circle Sextet, led by the acclaimed young vibraphonist Dan Neville, features the unique timbre of the concert harp with vibraphone and alto flute. This sextet combines elements of Jazz, Afro Cuban, Spanish and Norwegian street…
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