Upcoming Events

Urban School Band director & Performing Arts Department Chair Scott Foster — a cornerstone of Bird & Beckett’s Friday jazz programming for two decades — brings in an 11-piece student ensemble. Come hear what the youth can do! A jam session led by drummer Akira Tana follows. With Michael Zisman on bass and Keith Saunders,…

The Sun’s Not Broken A Cloud’s Just In the Way – 2nd Edition. Early childhood educator & long-time social justice advocate Sydney Gurwitz Clemens — a Glen Park neighbor for many decades — brings a lifetime of progressive philosophy and experience to bear when encountering the youngest children, meeting them on their own turf, offering…

Noel Jewkes is a legend among Bay Area jazz cognoscenti for his 6+ decades on the scene as a master of the tenor saxophone and a number of allied instrument, a disciple of the great Lester Young, an expert in swing. Come hear him with a rhythm section comprising long-time associates, among the best in…

Henry Miller, the great novelist and essayist of mid-century (20th) American letters, Brooklyn-Paris-Big Sur, wrote prolifically on poets, particularly D.H. Lawrence, Ezra Pound (Henry’s crazy brilliant essay on Money and How It Got That Way is a reply to Pound) and of Arthur Rimbaud. Walker will ponder Miller’s thoughts, working Dante into the equation in…

Jazz musicians, this one’s for you. Drummer Vince Lateano leads the session with Peter Barshay on bass and Ben Stolorow on piano. No fee to play. Audience, bring a $20 to help us pay the rhythm section. BYOB Find the live stream on Bird & Beckett’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. Donate per the info…

Jessy Spino has toured through a couple of times in the past five years from Los Angeles with the band Girl Fry, playing  music she characterizes as melodic punk, centered on the guitar and charango, an Andean lute, plus bass guitar. Jessy is coming through solo this time to play with artist and musician Tasya…