653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
[email protected]

Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six

 

Live Streams every weekend!

Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Friday, August 10th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Grant Levin Quartet featuring Jules Broussard
plus guest vocalist Derek Evans!
jazz in the bookshop every Friday after work

$10-20 suggested donation.
$5 suggested for students/musicians/fixed income.

Jules Broussard, saxophone
Grant Levin, piano
Chris Amberger, bass
Louis Sweatt, drums
Derek Evans, vocals

Jules Broussard. born in Louisiana, was organizing bands and playing lead saxophone for audiences in and around his hometown by the age of 12. After a stint in the US Air Force and then traveling throughout the US, Europe and Asia, Jules arrived in San Francisco in 1960, taking jobs at Bop City and Jack’s, playing ’til 1 a.m. and on weekends ’til 6 in the morning. In 1966 he went with Ray Charles’ band for a six-month run, and his seven-year tenure leading the house band at Mill Valley’s Sweetwater from that club’s founding in 1972 is legendary. Along the way, he worked with Carlos Santana, Boz Scaggs, Van Morrison, Earl Grant, Elvin Bishop, Art Garfunkel and Doctor Hook. He’s been a Bay Area favorite for nearly sixty years.

Grant Levin is a marvelously talented pianist who is one of the great talents to emerge from the San Francisco jazz scene in recent years. His tenure at Bird & Beckett has been, and continues to be, a thing of great beauty.

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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.

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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

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