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Sorry, Sunday’s Litquake event at Bird & Beckett has been cancelledÂ
Due to unavoidable circumstances for some of the participants, the Oct. 8 panel on literary translation from Tamil has been cancelled. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience. Visit Litquake’s site at this link for the full schedule. Dozens of exciting events are slated all over the City!
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Saturday, October 7th – 4-6 pm
Ira Kamin vs. PC Muñoz
The Rumble in the Jumble!
http://www.pcmunoz.com/ Ira Kamin was all over the Chicago electric blues scene with the Paul Butterfield Blues Band alongside buddy Michael Bloomfield before the two, Kamin and Bloomfield, traveled out to San Francisco in 1966. In 1967, Kamin was an original member of Tracy Nelson’s band, Mother Earth. The rest? We don’t really have a grasp…
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Friday, October 6th – 5:30-8:00 pm
Oop Bop Sh’Bam
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
San Francisco’s longest running jazz party celebrates its 15th anniversary this month! What started with the Chuck Peterson Trio in October of 2002 continues without cease! Never a missed Friday since the beginning! Mark your calendar now for the fourth Friday of October, when Chuck will join the 230 Jones Street Band! But, first, come…
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Saturday, October 7th – 7:30-10:00 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents… Sueños expanding the boundaries of this jazz music! Noah Frank, trumpet; Eli Maliwan, tenor sax; James Mitchell, piano; Alex Farrell, bass; Evan Williams, drums, push the evolution of jazz through the present moment — hip-hop & R&B rhythms blended with modal and gospel harmony, bebop-tinged horns flowing over the top. Original music and tunes…
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Thursday, October 5th – 7:30-9:30 pm
Randy Lee Odell presents…
Wild Women Don’t Get No Blues! GG Amos + Liliana Herrera
Liliana Herrera, vocals GG Amos, guitar and vocals Tom Griesser, saxophone Parris Bertolucci, keyboards Edgar San Gabriel, bass Randy Lee Odell, drums Two strong women express themselves through blues, R&B and roots music. GG Amos will present a set from the classic era of blues singers 1920s-1940s as well as modern west coast blues and…
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Thursday, October 5th – 5:30-7 pm
Happy hour show—The Lazy Governors
All Strings Gypsy Jazz/Western Swing/Standards
The Lazy Governors play gypsy jazz, western swing, standards… catch them at Cafe Claude, Amnesia, and now, Bird & Beckett. All strings all the time, except that there’s a vocalist too… Hannah Rifkin. Otherwise, it’s… Geoffrey Boushey Julian Alexander Sam Barnum Russ Kiel
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