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jazz club Saturday nights! 8-11 pm
August 9, 2014: Noel Jewkes
with the Grant Levin Trio
This week, saxophone legend Noel Jewkes joins –Grant Levin, piano –Mark Lee, drums — tba, bass for 3 sets of soulful, swinging jazz and bebop Grant Levin, jazz pianist ne plus ultra, produces our jazz club 2nd Saturday sessions.  Each outing, you can expect a group comprising some of the Bay Area’s finest jazz musicians, percolated through…
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Sunday, August 10th – 2 pm:
Publication celebration & reading
Robbie Sugg’s Koccha
Emerging poet Robbie Sugg will be joined by John Landry and Marina Lazzara for a celebratory reading on the occasion of the release of Robbie’s first collection of poems. Koccha, (Days Eye Press, 2014) is titled after the Miwok word for “house” or “shelter”.  It is a stunning gathering of California-inspired poems addressing the relationships between…
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Sunday, August 10th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Betty Shaw Quartet
which way west? Sunday concert series
Betty Shaw, piano Bob Kenmatsu, sax Robb Fisher, bass Ron Marabuto, drums. Betty Shaw’s love & deep understanding of jazz has led her to play anywhere, anytime, with top flight collaborators – with a commitment born of nothing so much as pure joy in the music. She first learned the piano as a depression-era kid,…
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which way west? Sunday concert series
August 3rd – 4:30-6:30 pm:
Vocalist Sherri Roberts
with the David Udolf Trio
Sherri Roberts sings jazz and unusual standards, backed by a superlative trio led by pianist David Udolf, with Chris Amberger on bass and Jim Zimmerman on drums. A jazz-oriented singer with a warm, inviting voice, Sherri has established herself as a “less-is-more” vocalist in the gently swinging style of Chet Baker, Helen Merrill, or Julie London.…
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jazz in the bookshop Every Friday!
August 1st – 5:30-8:00 pm
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
Bassist Don Prell is the epitome of West Coast jazz… learning the trade in L.A. in the early 1950s and performing for years as a core member of saxophonist Bud Shank’s quartet. Â Along with pianist Claude Williamson and drummer Chuck Flores, the Quartet recorded two albums for wide commercial release by Pacific Jazz:Â The Bud Shank…
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POETS! Monday, August 4th, 7 pm
featured poet: Steve Carolan
followed by an open mic
Featured poets plus an open mic twice a month at Bird & Beckett — on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month.  Jerry Ferraz hosts.  All welcome to read in the open mic.  Tonight’s featured poet, Steve Carolan, is a North Beach denizen, appreciated particularly for his way with the prose poem. (Note…
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