Upcoming Events

SF-born & raised, NY-based Latin jazz drummer & percussionist Annette Aguilar is in town to play Carnaval this weekend! Catch her at Bird & Beckett Thursday 5/26 at 5pm with Anthony Blea on violin, Murray Low on piano and Mike Arnold on bass. ___________________________ Here’s a taste of Annette with her New York band, Annette…

A jazz giant visits Bird & Beckett tonight in the company of three colleagues of considerable stature and experience themselves–if a generation or two removed. We’re pleased and deeply honored to present the eminent trumpeter Eddie Henderson in the company of his associates Peter Zak on piano, Marcos Varela on bass and Sylvia Cuenca on…

ANNETTE A AGUILAR LATIN-BRAZILIAN JAZZ QUARTET Thursday 5/26 at 5pm EDDIE HENDERSON QUARTET Thursday 5/26 at 7:30pm TONY JOHNSON QUARTET Friday 5/27 at 7:30pm ROB REICH QUARTET Saturday 5/28 at 7:30pm THE EVANGENITALS Sunday 5/29 at 4pm _________ VINCE LATEANO DOGGONE JAZZ JAM SESSION Sunday 5/29 at 7pm __________ FRANCIS WONG SPECIAL QUARTET Francis Wong,…

Andrew Stephens – trumpet (in town briefly from NYC!). Ben Goldberg – clarinet. Daniel Fabricant – bass. Rob Reich – piano, accordion. Rob Reich returns to Bird & Beckett with his group “Swings Left”. Rooted in the classic swing music of the late 1930s, “Swings Left” plays the tunes of Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count…

Imagine the Charlie Gurke Quartet and add another musician! You’re 4/5 the way there!

The Pedro Pastrana Quartet is for sure a latin jazz ensemble, though it’s one like no other. On paper, the group might seem like your traditional jazz quartet — a wind instrument, bass, drums and a chordal instrument, in this case, the cuatro. But it’s the integration of the cuatro that defines the Ensemble’s unique…