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Friday, March 13 – 5:30-8 pm
Scott Foster Ensemble:
Rummaging in Dexter’s Bag
Guitarist Scott Foster leads a quartet through tunes associated with the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon. We’re talkin’ the great David Boyce on sax (think Broun Fellinis, but then think Dexter!), plus Noah Schenker on bass and Omar Aran on drums. Â Oh, and Scott, of course, on guitar! Â This will be be a blast!
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Surf-a-billy Swing Time Dance Party!
Sunday, March 8th – Noon to 1:30 pm
The Monroe Trio
Pam Brandon has her hand in a lot of bands in a lot of genres around these parts — from the Luxomatics to Belle Monroe & Her Brewglass Boys… from 77 El Deora to the Chazz Cats — but the hottest of them all might just be her tight little jazz group, The Monroe Trio.…
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Sunday, March 8th — 2 pm
Bill Berkson & Dale Herd:
a poet and a short story writer
read their work
Two writers with recent books out from Coffee House Press will share the Bird & Beckett stage:  Dale Herd reading stories from Empty Pockets and Bill Berkson reading poems from Expect Delays. Bill Berkson came of age as a writer during the era of the “New York School” painters and poets in the late 1950s/early 1960s,…
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Sunday, March 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Joe Warner Trio
Jazz pianist Joe Warner is one of the Bay Area’s brightest young talents, regularly sharing the bandstand with some of the region’s best and most experienced singers and instrumentalists, from bassists Marcus Shelby and Ron Belcher to drummer Howard Wiley to singers Denise Perrier and Faye Carroll.
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Saturday, March 7th – 8-11 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
The Smith Dobson Group
Smith Dobson, vibes Jeffrey Burr, guitar Adam Gay, bass James Gallagher, drums Smith Dobson is a triple threat — a supremely talented musician on tenor sax, vibes and drums. Â He’s also one of the key motivators of the San Francisco jazz scene, and we’re fortunate to present him with a hand picked group of musicians…
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Thursday, March 5th – 7 pm
Osha Neumann presents his memoir
Doodling on the Titanic
Osha Neumann, muralist, sculptor, and civil rights lawyer, will doodle and draw and read from just published Doodling on the Titanic: The Making of Art in a World on the Brink.
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