North Beach Brass Band is both a traditional brass band playing early jazz and golden standards with forays into bebop and an electrified funky jazz act playing classic blues, Motown…

“HowellDevine plays The Music with the original feel, intent and spirit, and you can tell they love the music while delivering some real blues in their own way. The singing…

Join us on an excursion through some major turning points in the history of the jazz trumpet. Dave Gibbons, piano; Rob Woodcock, bass; and Jon Frank, drums join forces behind…

Every Saturday night at Bird & Beckett… jazz club! 7:30-10pm. $10 cover. On a San Francisco foray from his base in Seattle, Anton Schwartz plays Bird & Beckett in the…

Pianist Grant Levin and his stalwart ally, bassist Chris Amberger converse in jazz over two generous sets of music.  Bring $10 if you can afford it to help pay these…

Swing and bop by long-time masters of the music… the core Bird & Beckett jazz experience.  Not to be underestimated! Chuck Peterson & Howie Dudune, reeds; Glen Deardorff, guitar; Dean…

Jerry Ferraz hosts Bird & Beckett’s bi-monthly poetry reading and open mic, this week featuring Zigi Lowenberg working with Oakland pianist Bill Crossman. An open mic follows. Lowenberg was raised in…

Jinx Jones, hot shot rockabilly guitarist with a jazz habit, brings his trio — Joe Kyle, Jr. on bass and Ken Owen on drums — to Bird & Beckett, mixing…

The Lost Trio, comprising Phillip Greenlief (reeds), Dan Seamans (bass) and Tom Hassett (drums), performed at Bird & Beckett in July 2015 with guitarist Scott Foster at Scott’s invitation. It…