Sunday, April 2nd – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? Sunday concert series
The Sylvia Cuenca Quartet
Lyle Link – tenor saxophone. Gaea Schell – piano. David Ewell – bass. Sylvia Cuenca – drums. “Thinking about playing some of my favorite Bobby Hutcherson tunes plus music from…
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Saturday, April 1st – 7:30-10pm
Mean to Me
jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night
Mean to Me resurrects classic jazz of the 1920s through ’40s filtered through the unique sensibilities of the band, which boasts a proclivity for bop, soul and latin jazz as…
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Thursday, March 30th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Eric Shifrin & the In Crowd
Randy Lee Odell and Bing Nathan will be here! Â You should be, too. Randy will play drums and Bing will play bass, alongside Easifingers Eric Shifrin on the piano… You…
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Friday, March 31st – 5:30-8 pm
Dave Parker Septet
jazz and bebop in the bookshop
every Friday since 2002
Clifford Brown III – trumpet Charles Hamilton – trombone, Hal Richards – tenor sax and bass clarinet, Jerry Logas – bari sax, Brad Bivens –…
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Sunday, March 26th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Macy Blackman & Bing Nathan
play songs of Irma Thomas & Allan Toussaint
which way west? Sunday concert series
Cool little duo – Macy Blackman on piano and Bing Nathan on bass – doing some massively wonderful music by the King & Queen of New Orleans Soul. Macy and…
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Sunday, March 26th – 2:30-4 pm
Walker Talks!
Kerouac and Lamantia: A Poetics of the Inner Self
Walker Brents III gives a talk at Bird & Beckett on the last Sunday of each month… always a fascinating excursion through topics literary, philosophical and otherwise.
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Saturday, March 25th – 7:30-10 pm
jazz club! when lights are low…
Smith Dobson Quartet plays the music of Charlie Parker
Smith Dobson Quintet plays the music of Charlie Parker, surely the most influential musician in modern jazz history– and the “Bird” in Bird & Beckett. Smith Dobson, sax Erik Jekabson,…
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Saturday, March 25th – 4-6 pm
Grant Levin Duo
with bassist Giulio Cetto
Pianist Levin and bassist Cetto have been developing a rich collaboration over the past several months, growing deeper with each outing. Grant’s twice-monthly duo dates — every second and fourth…
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Friday, March 24th – 5:30-8 pm
230 Jones Street Jazz Band
jazz and bebop in the bookshop every Friday since 2002
Talk about your San Francisco jazz… On the fourth Friday of each month, our weekly jazz in the bookshop series features The 230 Jones Street, Local 6 Literary Jazz Band…
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Monday, March 20th – 7-9 pm
POETS!
Judith Ayn Bernhard and Aung Taik read from their work, followed by an open mic. Jerry Ferraz carries the day as m.c., as he has since the beginning– which may…
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