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Sunday, November 24th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Patrick Wolff Quintet
featuring NYC saxophonist Chris Byars
which way west?
Sunday concert series
$20-25 suggested donation (just $5 per musician!). Any amount appreciated. Patrick Wolff & Chris Byars, saxophones Jeffrey Burr-guitar Michael Zisman-bass Austin Harris-drums Chris Byars is a mainstay of the NYC bebop scene, a saxophonist, composer, and bandleader who helped put the Smalls jazz club on the map. He has 15 albums out under his name,…
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Sunday, November 24th – 2:30pm
Walker Talks!Â
Walker Brents III ruminates on Rumi.
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Saturday, November 23rd – 7:30-10pm
The Julian Archer Quintet
An RJAM Collective
jazz club! when lights are low…
every Saturday night
$20 cover charge; sliding scale available / BYOB Julian Archer, a lively and highly skilled young drummer from Denver who came to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Roots, Jazz & American Music (RJAM) program in the fall of 2017 as a member of its inaugural class, is joined tonight on the Bird & Beckett…
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Friday, November 22nd – 9pm
John Calloway Quartet
+ Vocalist Angie Doctor
$20 cover charge; sliding scale available Terrence Brewer – guitar Geoff Brennan – bass Deszon Claiborne – drums Angela Doctor – vocals
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Friday, November 22nd – 5:30-8pm
Denise Perrier with the 230 Jones Street,
Local 6 Literary Jazz Band
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since 2002
$20 suggested donation; any amount appreciated Five great musicians in one lovely band… and one lovely vocalist with this fine band. Denise Perrier, vocals Ray Loeckle, tenor sax Jerry Logas, bari sax, clarinet, flute and vocal Glen Deardorff, guitar Dean Reilly, bass Tony Johnson, drums In direct line of succession from Bird & Beckett’s earliest…
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POETS! every 1st & 3rd Monday
Monday, November 18th – 7pm
Gene Berson + Grace Marie Grafton
followed by an open mic
Hosted by Troubadour-in-Residence Jerry Ferraz and San Francisco Poet Laureate Kim Shuck Grace Marie Grafton’s most recent book is LENS from Unsolicited Press. She is the author of five previous collections of poetry. Zero won the 2000 Poetic Matrix Chapbook contest. Visiting Sisters is a collection inspired by the artwork of contemporary women. Other Clues…
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