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Saturday, May 28th – 7:30-10 pm
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet featuring Jay Standards, trumpet
Focus on trumpeters Kenny Dorham and Donald Byrd
Saturday nights, the vibe shifts at Bird & Beckett as we put the lights down low and welcome to the stage an array of great jazz players from the Bay Area’s deep talent pool. Drummer Vinnie Rodriguez’s quartet this Saturday night features trumpeter Jay Sanders (aka Jay Standards, ’cause he’s ready to play any tune,…
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Saturday, May 28th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin / Charles Thomas Duo
Twice a month, on the 2nd and 4th Saturday afternoons, 2 pm to 4 pm, pianist Grant Levin invites another fine Bay Area jazz musician to the stage for two sets of jazz. Always a fascinating and rewarding experience for the Bird & Beckett audience. Â This week Charles Thomas plays the date. And keep in…
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Thursday, May 26th – 7-9 pm
Book Release Celebration
A World Less Away, a collection of poems by José Luis Gutiérrez
Poet Tracey Knapp will join José Luis Gutiérrez in a reading to celebrate the release of Jose’s new collection, A World Less Away.  Tracey’s book, “Mouth,” was published in 2015. Guitarist David McFarland contributes his music to the occasion. José Luis Gutiérrez was born in Miami and grew up in Panama. He is a San…
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mark your calendar! Monday, May 23rd – 7:00 pm
LOAN live at bird & beckett
Tongo Eisen-Martin  •  Chris Peck  •  Miles Wick  •  Jon Rogers no cover charge — but we’ll need your donations to help us pay the band. give what you can – $5 to $10 suggested and appreciated – no one turned away
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Sunday, May 22nd – 7:30-10 pm
A guided tour from a master of New Orleans piano styles
Macy Blackman at the keys, with Bing Nathan on bass!
“Macy is as comfortable rockin’ Ellington and Gershwin as he is swingin’ Joe Turner and Eddie “Cleanhead†Vinson,” quoth an article by Andrew Gilbert in Berkeleyside. But it’s New Orleans’ music that’s at the heart of so much of Macy Blackman’s music, ever since the mid 70’s when he began to specialize in New Orleans…
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Sunday, May 22nd – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Bob Kenmotsu Quartet
Tenor sax player Bob Kenmotsu leads the band, with Parker Grant on piano, Doug Miller on bass and Ron Marabuto on drums. Â Come on out and hear what they’ve got to offer. Â This is jazz as it’s played in San Francisco in 2016! Â Best jazz on the planet at any given moment, and you can…
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