Smith Dobson, saxophone
Sam Cady, piano
Chuck Bennett, bass
Tony Johnson, drums

$20 cover charge; students $10; kids free
For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-373

The 230 Jones Street Band is Bird & Beckett’s legacy combo. Its roots are in the Chuck Peterson Trio’s weekly Friday happy hour that kicked off jazz in the bookshop 24 years ago. Drummer Tony Johnson arrived on the North Beach jazz scene in 1959, a member of a generation of players that came up when bebop was America’s hottest commodity! The players from those days never cease to swing, and love navigating the changes that Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charlie Christian and confreres innovated in mid-20th century America. They’ve also evolved with the times. Bebop Lives at Bird & Beckett!

After this Friday evening booking, Tony’s ongoing residency at Bird & Beckett is moving to a new schedule starting in June. Going forward, you’ll catch Tony’s combos every other month (in the “even numbered” months…June, August, October, December, February, April) on the third Sunday of the month from 5pm to 7pm, as a recurring 6X-per-year element in our weekly Sunday 5pm happy hour series.