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$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Noah Frank, trumpet Grant Levin, piano Chris Amberger, bass Genius Wesley, drums A brilliant young trumpeter, composer, arranger and bandleader, staking out classic jazz territory for 2020 in the company of some fine players bridging the generations!

$20 suggested donation / any amount welcome The Seducers have had a monthly gig at Bird & Beckett for three years, playing classic, outlaw and honky tonk songs by the likes of Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, Bobby Bare, plus originals and a few from left field. Look for the Seducers every second Sunday…

Vibraphonist Yancie Taylor has been a cornerstone of the Northern California jazz scene for decades, most reliably heard for the past decade at Geoffrey’s Inner Circle in downtown Oakland where he’s long held forth with a combo and hosts a jam session that’s legendary. Tonight, he’ll lead a quintet at Bird & Beckett featuring saxophonist…

Tonight, the Mike Olmos Quartet Mike is just the best! And what a quartet he’s fronting tonight at Bird & Beckett… Mike Olmos, trumpet Adam Shulman, piano Joshua Thurston-Milgrom, bass Evan Hughes, drums Clarinetist Rob Barics was slated to front this band as a quintet, but had to bow out at the last minute due…

Come to the fundraiser at the bookshop this Thursday! Scroll down for details! You can also click here to donate on-line.   Q. R. Hand, a key poet here in the Bay Area for many decades, needs a hand as he battles the ravages of cancer with scant economic resources. Turn out at Bird &…

Jerry and Josiah fix trumpty in their sites as 2020 commences and the battle for sanity is waged. You can contribute in the open mic.  Kim Shuck, San Francisco’s Poet Laureate, presides. No charge, but bring a few bucks for the featured poets if you can.