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  • Next Gen Jam w/ RASOTA Jazz Combo Showcase

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    On the 1st Sunday of every month, bands of local youth, often fielded from one or another of the many fine music programs in colleges and high schools in San Francisco and around the bay, perform a set, then host a student-centric jam session for their peers. This month several jazz combos from Ruth Asawa…

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  • Taurean Horn Poets: Jack Crimmins, Melissa Eleftherion & Bill Vartnaw

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Taurean Horn is a press without whom the Northern California poetry scene would be bereft. Its roster of poets and publication history is beyond valuable. On it goes!

    Free, donations welcome

  • Fog City Groove

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

  • Nashville Honeymoon

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Lynne Maes, rhythm guitar & vocals; Hank Maninger, lead guitar & vocals; Tim Wagar, bass guitar; Paul Revelli drums You’re in for two sets in honky tonk heaven. Mainstays of the Bay Area Americana scene, and the Bird & Beckett bandstand, for nearly a decade, Nashville Honeymoon has traversed country, rockabilly, bluegrass, and pop across…

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  • Ella Dair Ensemble

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Ella Dair is a NYC-based jazz vocalist. Originally from San Francisco, she started singing at a young age, performing with many Bay Area legends in her aunt’s swing band “Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers.” Ella continued her education in music and performance with SFArtsEd, falling in love with the songs of Harold Arlen…

    $25

  • Walker Talks

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    An almost-monthly series of talks by Walker Brents III (9 or 10 talks a year for more than two decades) on various topics in poetry, mythology, folklore, philosophy, etc. Although primarily a live stream viewable on our YouTube channel and Facebook page, it’s also fine if you slip into the darkened shop to listen in…

    Free, donations welcome

  • Scott Foster Combo

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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

    $20

  • Nick Otis

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Nick Otis is the scion of the great Johnny Otis clan, carrier of the big, swingin' beat, a drummer like his dad was, but with a younger take on rock and roll. With vocalist Li'l Bit Gail Muldrow and bassist Paul Lamb, and making a big nod to brother Shuggie's legacy, this will be a…

    $20

  • Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Literary Jazz Band

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Charlie McCarthy, tenor saxophone; Sam Cady, piano; Chuck Bennett, bass; Tony Johnson drums Sundays at five it's our weekly happy hour! BYOB and pay what you like to support the musicians. Grab your partner, gather your kids, call a friend! Find some new friends in the world's coolest bookshop/jazz club, and center yourself for the…

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  • Duncan James Memorial Quartet

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Larry Chinn, piano; Carla Kaufman, bass; Bob Blankenship, drums $20 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733

    $20

  • Jam Session, hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The Vince Lateano Trio hosts an open jam session normally on the last Sunday of every month, but this months it’s on the 4th Sunday, 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!…

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  • Annette A Aguilar Beans on the Left

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Annette A Aguilar, NYC Latin/Brazilian drummer with San Francisco roots, returns with her seven-piece band, Beans on the Left, including Anthony Blea on violin, Chloe Scott on flute, Murray Low on piano, Gary Brown on bass, Ricky Aguilar on congas and Mena Ramos on bata. Her New York band, StringBeans, has been a major force…

    $25 – $35

  • Avotcja & Modúpue: afro-latin jazz and poetry

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Poet / Playwright / Essayist / Fiction Writer / Multi-Percussionist / Photographer / Teacher, Avotcja is a Bay Area icon and is renowned for her group Modúpue. At Bird & Beckett tonight, Modúpue will be a quintet with Avotcja joined by violinist Sandi Poindexter, saxophonist Francis Wong, bassist Heshima Mark Williams and talking drum master Baba Ken Okolulo.

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  • POETS! Featured Readers + Open Mic

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    POETS! Every 1st Thursday, featured readers followed by a community open mic, hosted by Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz

    Free, donations welcome

  • Eric & the In Crowd

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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

    $20

  • Yoav Konig Quartet

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Yoav Konig (bass), a dynamic young bass player setting new ground on the instrument. Currently a senior at Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, Yoav Konig is a composer and arranger who is a member of the SFJazz High School All-Stars and the San Francisco Youth Symphony Orchestra. He has studied under the greats: Reuben…

    $20

  • Nashville Honeymoon

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • Freddie Bryant, solo guitar

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Freddie Bryant’s latest recording project is his most intimate and his first complete album of solo guitar. Solo Bossa features 14 of his original compositions written over the last four decades. The title refers to bossa nova and many of the tracks have that classic feel made famous in the early 1960’s. The music takes the journey…

  • Scott Foster Combo

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    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

    $20

  • Sandor Y Su Mecanica: Cuban & traditional salsa, Musica Tipica, and folkloric music

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Ivan Camblor (Pellejo Seco), tres; Carlos Caro, congas; Juan Ceballos, flute; Yadier Noa, bass; Sandor Moss, timbal Cuban & traditional salsa, Musica Tipica, and folkloric music $25 cover charge; byob Students $10 For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733

    $25

  • Vince Lateano Trio

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums Drummer Vince Lateano performs with his trio on the 3rd Sudnay every other month (i.e. January, March, May, July, September, November).

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  • Walker Talks

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    An almost-monthly series of talks by Walker Brents III (9 or 10 talks a year for more than two decades) on various topics in poetry, mythology, folklore, philosophy, etc. Although primarily a live stream viewable on our YouTube channel and Facebook page, it’s also fine if you slip into the darkened shop to listen in…

    Free

  • The Lenny Carlson Music Collective

    Bird & Beckett Books & Records 653 Chenery Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

    The Lenny Carlson Music Collective is a unique chamber ensemble that performs Carlson’s original compositions along with standards. His musical directions converge in the genre of Americana, blending Jazz, pop, folk, and classical. A Los Angeles native and award-winning composer, Carlson has also been an accomplished jazz guitarist, producer, music professor and author. Since 2009, he…