Friday, March 6th – 6pm
The Jinx Jones Trio
Jinx Jones, guitar. Kurt Ribak, bass. Ken Owen, guitar. cover charge $20; byob. students $10. reservations, call 415-586-3733. Luxurious guitar and exotica. Cool swing and soul with a hot trio. That’s Jinx’s jazz bag! Welcome a true apostle of the many towering gods of the jazz guitar traditions, from Freddie Green to Charlie Christian to…
Thursday, March 5th – 7pm
Featured poets + open mic
Keith Gaboury, David Hutchinson
& David Farnan read their work
Michael Koch & Jerry Ferraz host
Michael Koch hosts our monthly 1st Thursday readings, with Jerry Ferraz conducting the open mic that follows. This month, we present three featured readers, all with books published by American Poetry Systems, based in South San Francisco. Bring a few poems of your own to read in the open mic, and join the American poetry…
Wednesday, March 4th – 7pm
Author Event:
Jan Sollish & Jackie Davis Martin
Two writers bring new work. Jan Sollish has published a memoir about her years from 1977 to 1982 at the Club Fugazi tending bar at Beach Blanket Babylon; Jackie Martin Davis has brought out a book of short stories that verge on memoir, fictively brushing up against the chronology and experiences of the author’s life….
February 26th to March 1st
Six concerts in four days
5 Jazz Dates +CMC Showcase _____ Thursday, February 26, 7:30pm {$20} Charles McNeal with the Joe Warner Trio _____ Friday, February 27, 6:00pm {$20} 230 Jones Street Band _____ Friday, February 27, 8:30pm {$20} Stephan Crump, solo _____ Saturday, February 28, 7:30pm {$25} Idris Ackamoor: Artistic Being _____ Sunday, March 1, 1:00pm {$ –…
Sunday, March 1st – 7:30pm
Billy Higgins Legacy Band!
Alto saxophonist Alex So
Bassist Isaac Coyle
Drummer Myron Cohen
Just added! Hurry down to Bird & Beckett for fresh & fiery jazz tonight! Young saxophonist Alex So is coming on strong And young bassist Isaac Coyle, says bassist Fred Randolph, has been blowing Fred’s mind! Anyone who’s heard him these past few years in the clubs around town will agree. At the kit is…
March 1st – 5pm
Jam Session
hosted by the
Bishop O’Dowd High School
Jazz Ensemble
Bishop O’Dowd High School’s Jazz Combo is made up of talented students from the Honors Jazz Band. They meet at the end of Jazz Band class, bringing their enthusiasm, ideas, and energy to O’Dowd’s vibrant music program. Each of them has a unique story to tell through music. They have performed at many festivals in…
Sunday, March 1st – 1pm
Celebrate the
San Francisco Community Music Center
and the Chinese Zodiac
Year of the Fire Horse!
Shirley Wong hosts a panoply of faculty, student and allied musical talents in a tribute to her sister Betty and to the wonders of the Community Music Center, a San Francisco tradition for well over one hundred years. The Community Music Center has introduced generation upon generation of eager students to the wonders of music…
Remember Betty Wong! Don’t miss the Sunday March 1st CMC Year of the Firehorse Showcase!
Betty Ann Wong has passed. Our Glen Park neighbor, she lived for decades in a humble but iconic house at the foot of O’Shaughnessy, at its intersection with Elk, above a dragon-emblazed garage door. Through a long career as a musician and composer, Betty personified humanity’s devotion to its music, in its many colors and…
Saturday, February 28th – 7:30pm
Idris Ackamoor: Artistic Being
a quartet!
Idris Ackamoor, alto saxophone. Bobby Cobb, saxophone. Skyler Stover, bass. Donald Robinson, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students $10; Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Idris Ackamoor is a giant in the music of jazz and has been since the 1970s. From Oberlin College (where Cecil Taylor instilled the magnificence of…
Friday, February 27th – 8:30pm
Bassist Stephan Crump
$20 cover charge / byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733 With this performance at Bird & Beckett, Stephan Crump kicks off a California tour before returning to New York. Stephan’s solo performances are engaging and intimate, celebrating his unique musicality; his solo work is crystallized on the album Rocket Love,…