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Friday, September 6th – 8:30-10pm
Charles Thomas Quartet
Ben Ball, saxophone Sam Cady, piano Charles Thomas, bass Michael Spencer, drums $20 cover charge; byob Reservations: 415-586-3733 Charles Thomas has been laying down his soulful jazz and R&B for decades, even if he did have to drive a Muni bus for years to keep the rent paid — not the first professional musician with…
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Friday, September 6th – 6-8pm
Macy Blackman
Macy Blackman, piano and vocals Bing Nathan, bass $20 suggested donation; byob Teens and music students, $5-10 suggested Kids free Reservations, call 415-586-3733 Macy Blackman is a piano professor of the first water, drawing from a deep well of New Orleans R&B, blues & boogie woogie, with a half dozen cds to his credit and…
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Saturday, September 7th – 7:30-9:30pm
Darren Johnston’s Free Fall Quartet
Darren Johnston, trumpet/vocals Dillon Vado, vibraphone Joshua Thurston-Milgrom, bass Jaimeo Brown, drums Featuring an assortment of Johnstons’ originals as well as songs by the likes of Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, and Ornette Coleman $20 cover charge/byob Reservations: 415-586-3733
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Thursday, September 5th – 7pm
Jerry’s kids!
Poets Andrew Paul Nelson and Scott Bird
followed by an open mic
The first Thursday of September, intrepid explorers from North Beach Andrew Paul Nelson (shown at left) and Scott Bird are expected to provision themselves with Riesling and make their way to Bird & Beckett to size up our wilderness outpost, est. 1999, here to declaim poetically on the journey that’s taken them this far. 1999…
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Wednesday, September 4th – 7pm
Author Event
Kenneth Kann presents his memoir,
My Father’s ALS: A Son’s Healing Journey
Join us to hear from Ken Kann, presenting his gripping memoir. In 1979, after months of puzzling symptoms, Ken’s father was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS — commonly known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.” Ken relates his own journey that begins as he watches his dad and mom struggle to grasp this life-shattering news, triggering…
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Saturday, August 31st – 7:30-9:30pm
Hafez Modirzadeh Trio
Hafez Modirzadeh, saxophone Stan Poplin, bass Jason Lewis, drums $20 Cover charge; byob Reservations: 415-586-3733 Hafez Modirzadeh has had an outsized influence on jazz education and jazz players over the past few decades, but has now moved on to his own projects and gigging, with a deep affinity for diverse traditions that dovetail with and…
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