The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents jazz club! when lights are low… every Saturday night, 7:30-10 pm, at Bird & Beckett Tonight– Aaron Germain Chance Ensemble featuring all original music by…

What can we say about Scott Foster!? He’s just Bird & Beckett’s favorite guitarist… soulful, deep and endlessly inventive. He’s been steady on the gig here since 2002, now assembling…

“Sexy shack-shaking music” from HowellDevine – Arhoolie recording artists! The first blues act signed by this crucial record label in 27 years! And now Arhoolie — home to Lightnin’ Hopkins,…

Lida Parent was born in Inglewood,  in Southern California, and raised in nearby Chatsworth.   She writes: I began writing when I was 9 years old.  I learned it was a…

Rick Brown, trombone; Steve McQuarry, piano; Carl Herder, bass, and Vinnie Rodriguez, drums

Afghan American author Tamim Ansary presents his latest work, Road Trips: Becoming an American in the Vapor Trail of the Sixties, which recounts stories from his years as part of the…

  Grant Levin leads a quartet, featuring Tony Peebles on sax with Giulio Cetto on bass and Jeff Minnieweather on drums. $10 cover.

Don’t miss Grant Levin on piano and Joe McKinley on bass this Saturday afternoon. One day, these duo dates will go down in the annals of the San Francisco jazz…

Henry Hung (trumpet) assembles a hardy crew of jazz electronica habitués to explore the smoldering rubble that remains after last night’s Klaxon Mutant Allstars show. The band is called Amplifier,…