Drummer Tony Johnson’s quartet takes the stage at 6pm with Smith Dobson on saxophone. Keith Saunders on piano and Eric Markowitz on bass. Count on two sets of hard swinging bop and beyond. This was Smith’s quartet in the halcyon, much missed days of the Club Deluxe on Haight Street. Tony leads the charge now at Bird & Beckett.

$20 cover charge; byob. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733.

Tony has a residency at Bird & Beckett on the fourth Friday of every month, alternating month to month between his quartet and the combo called the 230 Jones Street Band.