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Bassist Prell got his start in L.A. in the 1950s, traveling for several years as a member of the Bud Shank Quartet. He’s been a cornerstone of the Bird & Beckett Friday night jazz series since its inception in 2002, and leads a group here on the first Friday of each month.   Al Molina,…

  Join us to hear and bid bon voyage to two great young drummers who have been tearing it up on the San Francisco scene for the past several years — they’re Big Apple bound!   Louis and Tim will trade off on drums, along with pianists Grant Levin and Simon Rowe, and bassists Chris…

Avotcja, spoken word and small multi-percussion; Frances Wong, saxophone; Manny Moku, piano Heshima Mark Williams, bass Raul Ramirez, multi-percussion Avotcja is a jazz musician with deep roots, a riveting poet, an imaginative and ruminative prose writer, a pioneer, an individualist, a fierce champion of her fellow musicians, poets and artists.  She leads the group named Best Jazz…

From NYC: Caroline Davis, alto saxophone and Carmen Staaf, piano, plus local heroes Raffi Garabedian, tenor saxophone; Noah Garabedian, bass; Evan Hughes, drums Caroline, Carmen and Noah — none of whom have played at Bird & Beckett before — are fitting in this date between sessions teaching at Stanford Jazz Workshop’s Jazz Camp and Jazz…