Sunday, November 30th – 4:30-6:30 pm
which way west? Sunday concert series
Walter Earl Trio
Pianist Walter Earl improvises effortlessly and fluidly, drawing on great reserves of emotion and experience. He’s played jazz for decades as well as doing a lot of work on film…
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Sunday, November 30th – 2:30 pm
Nostradamus: The Plague Doctor
Who Saw Through Time
A Walker Talk!
Walker Talks! Â The last Sunday of each month… This month, Walker Brents III ponders an enigmatic 16th century seer, a doctor in a time of plagues and cataclysms whose uncanny…
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Saturday, November 29th – 8-11 pm
jazz club — when lights are low
Four colleagues — jazz professionals for six decade, if not more. Charlie McCarthy, sax Ray Scott, guitar Chuck Bennett, bass Jim Zimmerman, drums. These musicians are all well-traveled, highly regarded…
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Jazz & More, Friday to Monday,
Thanksgiving Weekend
We’re closed for Thanksgiving day, but then we’re back in full swing with books for sale and live jazz Friday to Sunday, plus a poetry reading on Monday. Friday, November…
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Sunday, November 23rd – 4:30-6:30 pm
Dave Bendigkeit and the Keepers of the Flame
The “Keepers of the Flame” is a jazz coalition created by Dave Bendigkeit on trumpet and flugelhorn, featuring Dave Udolf on piano, Akira Tana on drums, and Chris Amberger on…
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Sunday, November 23rd – 2 pm
Book talk: Sapna Thottathil
India’s Organic Farming Revolution
In her new book, Sapna Thottathil calls on us to rethink the politics of organic food by focusing on what it means for the people who grow and sell it–what…
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Saturday, Nov. 22nd – 8-11 pm
jazz club — when lights are low
Terrance Tony Quartet
Alto player Terrance Tony assembles the band each 4th Saturday of the month, drawing on some of the stellar players around the Bay Area. Â Tonight, pianist Grant Levin, bassist Aaron…
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Friday, November 21st – 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop — Monk’s Music
The Scott Foster Ensemble
Saxophonist David Boyce, pianist Ben Slater, bassist Adam Gay and drummer Dave Mihaly join leader/guitarist Scott Foster for a foray across the musical terrain of Thelonious Monk.
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Sunday, Nov. 16th – 4:30 pm
A Love Supreme!
Anthony Brown and Members of the
Asian American Jazz Orchestra
with poet Genny Lim
celebrate the 50th anniversary
of Coltrane’s landmark recording
1964 saw the release of A Love Supreme, a jazz record that changed the world’s thinking on jazz, even as John Coltrane had already set the path… This Sunday, percussionist…
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Saturday, Nov. 15 – 8-11 pm
Dave Bendigkeit Quartet
“Echoes of an Era:
Music from Our Time”
It’s jazz club at Bird & Beckett… when lights are low. Special performances, and a sweet vibe to make your Saturday night. Don’t look back!  Tonight, trumpeter, flugelhornist & singer Dave…
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