“Macy is as comfortable rockin’ Ellington and Gershwin as he is swingin’ Joe Turner and Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson,” quoth an article by Andrew Gilbert in Berkeleyside. But it’s New Orleans’…

Tenor sax player Bob Kenmotsu leads the band, with Parker Grant on piano, Doug Miller on bass and Ron Marabuto on drums.  Come on out and hear what they’ve got…

  Join us at Bird & Beckett for a freewheeling discussion of North Beach in its current and historical glory by three major writers, each a long-time denizen of San…

Heshima Mark Williams marks another year, and what better way to do it than to celebrate his birthday, just a little belatedly, with colleagues and friends on the bandstand at…

April is the cruelest month, and so… Jerry Ferraz is hosting a rent party for Bird & Beckett! It’s in his backyard out on Mission Street, a few blocks south…

Bob Kenmotsu, tenor sax Scott Foster, guitar Adam Gay, bass Omar Aran, drums Guitarist Scott Foster, who leads a date at Bird & Beckett on the third Friday of each…

Rosemary Manno has lived in San Francisco since 1983.   She grew up in Buffalo, New York and has lived in Paris whenever possible. She is a published poet, artist, world traveler,…

Wait!! Is Bird & Beckett a jazz venue? a rock-a-billy venue? Is it too early in the month for a jazz-a-billy date? Just what is jazz-a-billy anyway? Exploring that last…

Paul Fericano founded the Stoogist movement and, besides being a terrific satirical poet, is the mind behind Yossarian Universal News Service (YU) (why not?). Ellaraine Lockie’s poems have been nominated…

Catch Sylvia Cuenca leading a fabulous trio with Wil Blades on organ and Paul Bollenback on guitar, mid-way through a four date Bay Area run– Cafe Stritch in San Jose…