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Friday, October 31st – 5:00 to 8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
John Calloway Quartet
Special 5th Friday booking: Â John Calloway, flute and percussion, brings in a quartet featuring Andrew Hall on piano; Mike Arnold on bass; and Brian Andres on drums. Recently, John spent time in Cuban recording studios with top local talent there to lay down tracks for a forthcoming cd. Â He’s long been a key player locally,…
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Sunday, October 26th – 2:30 pm
Walker Brents III on Rumi
Walker Brents III gives monthly talks at Bird & Beckett on the last Sunday of each month. Oct. 26th at 2:30 pm, he’ll address the vastness of Rumi’s contribution to human insight, beyond the poetry that has become so familiar. Walker has been delivering talks on bits of mythology, various poets and philosophers, and more for many…
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Saturday, October 25th – 8-11 pm
The Terrance Tony Quartet
Saturday night, you’ll want to unwind from Giants mania with the Terrance Tony Quartet – Eugene Pliner, piano; Aaron Cohn, bass and Vinnie Rodriguez, drums. Alto player Tony was Houston based until just a couple of years ago.  He was influenced by–and played alongside–legendary Houston tenor players Illinois Jacquet, Arnett Cobb, Don Wilkerson and Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and Dallas titans James…
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Sunday, November 2nd – 4:30-6:30 pm
Sorry! Pugsley Buzzard will have to return later!
Right now, Randy Craig will rise to the occasion with a quartet!
Sure, Pugsley Buzzard has flat out delighted Bird & Beckett audiences several  years running, as he’s made the store’s stage a regular stop on his mostly annual U.S. tours since 2011.  As we noted then, “he boasts an unlikely name and a voice like gravel on a treacherous road…and he plays a mean piano!” But…
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Sunday, Oct. 19 – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Hamir Atwal Quartet
Ben Goldberg, clarinet. Michael Coleman, piano. Rob Adkins, bass. Hamir Atwal, drums. These musicians have been playing together for years in a bunch of incredible groups. As a quartet they are in strict pursuit of beautiful melody. Hamir Atwal says: “I think for each of us, melody comes first. Then there is the importance of…
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Sunday, October 19th — 2 pm
The Poetry Deal: Diane di Prima
with poet QR Hand
and pianist Walter Earl
Diane di Prima, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emeritus, launches her new collection The Poetry Deal (San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 5, City Lights Publishers, 2014) in the company of the legendary QR Hand. Both are treasured, original voices with decades of influential work to their credit including four or five decades here in the Bay Area. Joining Diane…
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