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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
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.
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The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project
Our events are put on under the umbrella of the nonprofit Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (the "BBCLP"). That's how we fund our ambitious schedule of 300 or so concerts and literary events every year.
The BBCLP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
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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/
Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site