Sunday, March 1st – 1pm
Celebrate the
San Francisco Community Music Center
and the Chinese Zodiac
Year of the Fire Horse!
Shirley Wong hosts a panoply of faculty, student and allied musical talents in a tribute to her sister Betty and to the wonders of the Community Music Center, a San…
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Remember Betty Wong! Don’t miss the Sunday March 1st CMC Year of the Firehorse Showcase!
Betty Ann Wong has passed. Our Glen Park neighbor, she lived for decades in a humble but iconic house at the foot of O’Shaughnessy, at its intersection with Elk, above…
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Saturday, February 28th – 7:30pm
Idris Ackamoor: Artistic Being
a quartet!
Idris Ackamoor, alto saxophone. Bobby Cobb, saxophone. Skyler Stover, bass. Donald Robinson, drums. $25 cover charge; byob. Students $10; Kids free. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733. Idris…
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Friday, February 27th – 8:30pm
Bassist Stephan Crump
$20 cover charge / byob. Students, $10. For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733 With this performance at Bird & Beckett, Stephan Crump kicks off a California tour before…
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Friday, February 27th – 6pm
Tony Johnson’s 230 Jones Street Band
Charlie McCarthy, saxophone. Sam Cady, piano. Chuck Bennett, bass. Tony Johnson, drums. $20 suggested cover charge / byob. Students $5-$10 sliding scale. Kids free. No reservations needed. Stay for a…
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Thursday, February 26th – 7:30pm
Saxophonist Charles McNeal
+ The Joe Warner Trio
Charles McNeal, alto sax. Joe Warner, piano. Ron Belcher, bass. Jemal Ramirez, drums. $20 cover charge; byob. $10 for students. For a reservation, call the bookshop at 415-586-3733. Saxophonist Charles…
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February 17th to 22nd
tuesday to sunday
four concerts / one talk
lotsa books noon to six
Jazzx4 + 1 Lit Talk _____ Tuesday, February 17, 7:30pm {$20} Jerome Sabbagh Trio _____ Thursday, February 19, 7:30pm, a live stream {Free} Walker Talks, on Ella Young _____ Friday,…
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Jam Session at 5pm!
Sunday, February 22nd
hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio
Jazz players assemble for the jam session run by drummer Vince Lateano on the last Sunday of each month. Vince has been a mainstay of the jazz scene in San…
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jazz tonight! Jerome Sabbagh Trio
with Essiet Okon Essiet & Sylvia Cuenca
Tuesday, February 17th – 7:30pm
Tonight, drummer Sylvia Cuenca & bassist Essiet Essiet bring us their NYC-based colleague Jerome Sabbagh for two sets of trio music. Expect them to propel Jerome to fresh…
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Sunday, February 15th – 5pm
The Vince Lateano Trio
with guest Chris Aschman
on trumpet and steelpan
The Vince Lateano trio plays every third Sunday at Bird & Beckett. Make it a habit! BYOB and a twenty for the band! Chris Aschman, guest trumpeter and steelpan player.
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