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Saturday, June 7th – 8-11 pm
jazz club bonus date!
The Walter Savage Trio
with Grant Levin and Vince Lateano
Our only Saturday date in June happens on the 7th, when bassist Walter Savage, on a Bay Area swing from his home in Fayetteville, Arkansas, plays with two of the Bay Area’s finest musicians. Walter was a key player on the local jazz scene for decades before retiring from the music business a few years…
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Monday, June 2nd – 7 pm
POETS! Featured readers:
Paul Fericano and Linda King
open mic follows
 A rich reading with two poets of extraordinary experience.  Paul Fericano has a compulsively fascinating history as a poet and satirist with roots in the 1970s San Francisco cultural and political scene.  He has run Poor Souls Press since 1974, launched the “Stoogism” movement in 1976, and caused a ruckus in 1978 by offending the Republicans…
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Sunday, June 1st – 4:30-6:30 pm
DSB! The Dwaine Spurlin Band
with vocalist Nina Causey
“The Sax Man” Dwaine Spurlin was schooled at SFSU and was an understudy for saxophone titan Joe Henderson… he brings a dynamic group into Bird & Beckett featuring Spencer Allen on piano, Attila Medvedsky on bass and Stephen La Porta on drums, plus vocalist Nina Causey! This group can handle a wide range of styles from…
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Sunday, June 1st — 2 pm
Latif Harris, Part Two:
A life in beat zen poetry
Continuing where he left off in mid-May, Latif Harris reads more work from the span of his career, and relates stories of what has happened along the way. Latif is one of the survivors of the late 50’s North Beach poetry scene. He lived on Columbus above the Stella Pastry as the 50’s rolled into…
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Friday, May 30th — 5:30 to 8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
special “fifth Friday” session!
The Pacific Jazz Connection
Live recording session tonight! Reed players Jerry Logas (bari sax) and Smith Dobson V (tenor sax) co-lead this quintet that delves into the 1950s West Coast sound that brought beautifully wrought harmonic and rhythmic qualities to the forefront of jazz. Â “Bernie’s Tune,” Â “Line for Lyons” and much more… Â And then they range further afield……
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Thursday, May 29th – 7 pm:
Self-Portrait of the Poet
Suicided by the MFA Degree
a reading by Justin Etc., with Amy K Bell & Jill Tomasetti
per the Press: The Gorillla Press is excited to release our first full-length book, a collection of poems by Oakland poet and SF State grad Justin, Etc. Featuring cover art by SF artist and poet Truong Tran, this little paperback is a beaut and a pleasure to read. Bird and Beckett Books has graciously given…
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