653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
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Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six

 

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Friday, February 21st – 6-8pm
Scott Foster & Luke Schwartz
two jazz guitars in dialogue

Scott Foster, guitar.
Luke Schwartz, guitar.

$15 suggested donation, byob.
teens and students, $5.
kids free.

Two generations, once teacher and student, now colleagues in the San Francisco jazz galaxy.

Scott and Luke have developed their own unique style of duo guitar performance over several years of performing together, with an emphasis on counterpoint, conversation and texture, all the while staying true to the standard tradition.

Luke Schwartz, born and raised in San Francisco, returned to the Bay Area to make his mark on the local scene after stints in New Orleans and New York. His guitar style is influenced by contemporary and old-school jazz players such as Jim Hall, Joe Pass, Jesse Van Ruller, Peter Bernstein & Kurt Rosenwinkel. His compositional style is also inspired by that of Steve Swallow, Wayne Krantz & Bud Powell. 

​Scott Foster–Performing Arts Department Chair and Jazz Band Director at Urban School of San Francisco and a faculty member since 1992 at San Francisco’s Community Music Center, where he teaches guitar and directs the Inner City Young Musicians Program–is well known to the Bird & Beckett audience, having been on the gig here since 2002, when our regular weekly jazz concerts began. He brings in a combo freshly conceived on the third Friday of each month.

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The Independent Musicians Alliance

Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.

https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/

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