Live Music

Dennis Mitcheltree, saxophone; Jesse Crawford, bass; Bill McClellan, drums. Dennis Mitcheltree's 8th album as a leader, Seeing Red, will be released this fall on the Dengor Music label. Based in Los Angeles since 2007, he makes regular forays to the Bay Area with his working trio and quartet and has enjoyed a great reception by…

Richard Cruz, piano; Tim  Landis, guitar; A. J. Joyce, bass; Larry Vann, drums $20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733

Armando Fox, piano; Jesse Alejandro Cottrell, guitar; Anastasia Preston, bass; Ryan Friedman, percussion; Laura Ramos & Edu González, vocals Cantos De Mi Tierra is a cultural stewardship initiative that curates and presents the richness of Latin American music through cabaret performance. Blending storytelling, history, and live music, each show introduces audiences to the songs that…

Jeffrey Burr, guitar; Eric Markowitz, bass; Smith Dobson, drums with special guest Noel Jewkes, reeds $20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733 Normally, guitarist Scott Foster performs with an ever evolving cast of collaborators on the 3rd Friday of every month, but this month he's off in another…

Darren Johnston, peace cannon; Kai Lyons, guitar; Marcus Shelby, bass; Lorca Hart, drums Celebrate the release of their eponymous album: Standard Issue $20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733

Lincoln Adler, saxophone Scott Foster, guitar; Kurt Ribak, bass $20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733 Kurt Rebak's compositions signify his reach for what happens when “Charles Mingus meets The Meters, and they go to Duke Ellington’s house to jam, with Cachao and Thelonious Monk sitting in.” Kurt…

Rick Corrigan, accordion, piano, composition; Chloe Allen, violin; Yates Brown, guitar, banjo, bass, sitar; John Slattery, percussion; Kurt Ribak, bass $25 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733

Kamal Ahmad is a sitar player and teacher of raga music. He started his musical journey learning tabla before being initiated in the art of sitar playing by his elder sister. It would not be long before he began to seriously pursue his musical studies under sarod maestro Arnab Chakrabarty. Soon after, Chakrabarty introduced Kamal…

The Vince Lateano Trio hosts an open jam session on the last Sunday of every month, welcoming local jazz giants, stalwarts, new comers, and those just passing through. Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums SUNDAY HAPPY HOUR! Grab your partner! Gather your kids! Call a friend! Come on down to the bookshop to…

Kazemde George, saxophone; Kai Lyons, guitar A new duo project cooked up by the saxophonist and the guitarist, playing Brazilian songs and some original music by Kazemde in that vein that he doesn't usually pull out in the trio/quartet format. $15 cover charge / byob. Students $7.50 Cash at the door, please For a reservation,…

Joshua Raoul Brody Christopher Gray Joe Cunningham The Potrero Hillbillies tricked out as their favorite band(s).  It'll be a treat, rest assured!   $20 for the show. Just passing through? Ten will do. BYOB and share your candy. Reservations ill advised, but call us if you want -- 415-586-3733   The Potrero Hillbillies are Bird…

$20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733

Naima Shalhoub, voice/keyboards; Scott Oshiro, flute/quantum electronics; Alex Heigl, guitar/effects; Chris Trinidad, bass/guitar/synth/bass; Cy Thompson, drums/percussion Chris Trinidad's latest project Chroma Tonic weaves together musicians from wildly divergent backgrounds in order to concoct unique sounds and intriguing groove music. Drawing inspiration from ambient music pioneers Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, the early avant-garde space psychedelia of…

BETH CUSTER Beth Custer is a member of the ensembles Russian Telegraph, Club Foot Orchestra,Trance Mission, Eighty Mile Beach, Will Bernard/Beth Custer and Beth Custer Ensembles, Clarinet Thing, and The Mighty New Farm Band. She has composed for Zeitgeist and Left Coast Chamber Ensembles, and for the films of William Farley, Cathy Lee Crane and…

George Rogers, saxophone; Graham Messer, piano; Aidan McCarthy, bass; Smith Dobson, drums Winner of the 2025 Vandoren Emerging Artist Award, George Rogers is a saxophonist, composer, and arts administrator originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, now based in New York City. His playing and composing are rooted in the jazz tradition, occasionally extending into…

Pianist/vocalist Eric Shifrin performs with a variety of friends on the 2nd Friday every other month (i.e. Jan, March, May, July, September, November). $20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733

Paul Hanson, reeds; Joel Harrison, guitar; Michael Manring, bass; Scott Amendola, drums Former Berkeley resident, guitarist Joel Harrison, returns to the Bay Area to journey into Miles Davis' iconic 1970 record, "In a Silent Way." The band consists of old allies, some of the Bay Area's finest and most creative musicians—they will also perform some…

Guitarist Scott Foster performs with an ever evolving cast of collaborators on the 3rd Friday of every month. $20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733