Friday, April 10th – 8:30pm
The Fred Randolph Quartet
Sheldon Brown, saxes and flute. Matt Clark, piano. Fred Randolph, bass. Brian Fishler, drums. $20 cover charge (cash at the door, please); byob. Students: $10. Composer, bandleader & bassist Fred…
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Saturday, April 25th – 7:30pm
Darren Johnston’s Cyclic Break
Darren Johnston, peace cannon. Danny Lubin-Laden, trombone. Liberty Ellman, electric guitar. Mat Muntz, bass. Tim Bulkley, drums. $25 / byob. Students $10. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733.…
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Friday, April 10th – 6pm
Finito!
Eric & the In Crowd
play tunes starting with the letter “F”
We’re celebrating our 24-year old Friday happy hour tradition at Bird & Beckett this month, starting with tonight’s Eric & the In Crowd date. It’s fitting that it’s all…
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Thursday, April 9th – 7pm
A poets’ conclave
Stephen Vincent, Hilton Obenzinger
& Jerry Martien
read poems, new and selected
On the occasion of a trip by Jerry Martien down to Monterey to present his book Waveshock: Ed Ricketts, The Voyage of the Grampus, and Our Biopoetic Future, long-time friends…
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Sunday, April 5th – 7:30pm
Cellist Rosalyn Zhang with the
Billy Higgins Legacy Band
featuring saxophonist Richard Howell
Prepare yourself for a magnificent union of Rosy Zhang, North York Concert Orchestra principal cello, with the jazz titans comprising drummer Myron Cohen’s Billy Higgins Legacy Band. $30 cover charge…
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Sunday, April 5th – 5pm
Next Generation Jam Session
hosted by the UC Jazz Quintet
Trumpet player Jeremy Kemmerer brings a jazz quintet from UC Berkeley for a set, followed by our monthly first-Sundays jam session especially open to young and young-at-heart jazz musicians still…
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Sunday, April 5th – 1pm
Poet Sunnylyn Thibodeaux
reads from her new collection,
Lucky Charms
New and Selected Poems, 2000-2025
Sunnylyn Thibodeaux’s Lucky Charms: New and Selected Poems, 2000–2025 is fresh out from City Lights Books this spring, No. 26 in its Spotlight Series, edited by Garrett Caples. Her previous…
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Saturday, April 4th – 7:30pm
Bryan Gould’s Swing Fever
featuring saxophonist Noel Jewkes + rhythm
Bryan Gould, trombone and vocals. Noel Jewkes, saxophones. Brad Buethe, guitar. Richard Saunders, bass. Tony Johnson, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students, $10. Kids free. For a reservation, call the…
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Friday, April 3rd – 8:30pm
The Dan Seamans Trio
Darren Johnston, trumpet Scott Foster, guitar Dan Seamans, bass $20 cover charge; byob. Students $10. Dan Seamans steps up as leader of a fresh, one-off trio that won’t sound quite…
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Friday, April 3rd – 6pm
happy hour jazz at bird & beckett tonight!
Hipsteria
Elaine Alt, tenor saxophone & clarinet Jon Venker, organ Luke Schwartz, guitar “Tender” Tim Shea, drums with special guest vocalist May Oskan $20 suggested cover charge / byob. $10 students;…
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