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Friday, July 25th — two shows
The 230 Jones Street Band at 6pm
+ The Left Coast Project at 8:30pm
The 230 Jones Street Band–a quartet with Charlie McCarthy, sax; Sam Cady, piano; Chuck Bennett, bass and Tony Johnson, drums–plays jazz from swing to bop from 6pm to 8pm on Friday the 25th, and the fourth Friday of every month. __________ The Left Coast Project–Eric Scheide, saxophone; Tom Disher, piano; Tom Donald, bass; Ramiro Cairo,…
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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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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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