which way west?
Sunday concert series:
July 13th, 4:30 to 6:30 pm
The Smith Dobson Quartet
Smith Dobson V, tenor sax Michael Coleman, piano Rob Adkins, bass Hamir Atwal, drums Smith Dobson V comes from a long line of jazz musicians, and carries it well– he’s…
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The Jazz Philanthropists Union
presents… jazz club!
2nd & 4th Saturdays, 8-11 pm
Official Launch: July 12th–
Saxophone Legend Noel Jewkes
with the Grant Levin Trio
This week, saxophone legend Noel Jewkes joins –Grant Levin, piano –Eugene Warren, bass –Mark Lee, drums for 3 sets of soulful, swinging jazz and bebop! Grant Levin, jazz pianist ne…
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Friday, July 11th – 5:30-8:00 pm
The Jimmy Ryan Quintet:
akaThe Bird & Beckett Bebop Band!
Drummer Jimmy Ryan leads a top-notch aggregation of musicians: Tonight, vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits performs with the band. Stu Pilorz, trombone Stephen Norfleet, tenor sax Don Alberts, piano Aaron Cohn, bass join…
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Thursday, July 10th — 7 pm
Poet Owen Hill
book release reading
Tonight, we’ll celebrate with Owen Hill as he reads poems from his new collection. A Walk Among the Bogus (Lavendar Ink, 2014).  Fellow poet Patrick James Dunagan will open the evening…
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Monday, July 7th – 7:00 pm
Laborfest POETS!
Nellie Wong and Alice Rogoff
Nellie Wong’s four collections of poetry speak directly to labor issues. Her latest is “Breakfast Lunch Dinner” rooted in her formative experience working in her family’s restaurant in Oakland’s Chinatown.…
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Sunday, July 6th, 4:30-6:30 pm
A Trad Jazz Celebration
The Buena Vista Jazz Band
Each year for five years running, we’ve welcomed the Buena Vista Jazz Band to the Bird & Beckett stage on the Independence Day weekend (and the last Sunday before Christmas too!) —…
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Sunday, July 6th – 2 pm
Laborfest remembers Ludlow!
author Zeese Papanikolas
Buried Unsung — Louis Tikas and the Ludlow Massacre, Zeese Papanikolas’s meditation on the event 100 years ago, in 1914, that set off the Colorado Coalfields War.  The book takes as…
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Friday, July 4th — 5:30 to 8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble plays the first Friday of every month at Bird & Beckett. Â Don’s been handling the lion’s share of the bass duties here since the series started…
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Sunday, June 29th — 4:30 to 6:30 pm
The Albatross Clarinet Quartet
Dave Tidball (clarinet, bass clarinet) Jim Dukey (clarinet, bass clarinet) Dick Mathias (clarinet, bass clarinet) Charlie Keagle (clarinet) A return engagement by a favorite aggregation! With this concert, the Albatross…
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Sunday, June 22nd — 4:30-6:30 pm
Jazz pianist Joel Forrester
solo!
Joel Forrester returns to San Francisco — and Bird & Beckett — to play a few dates around the Bay. Â Joel’s well known for his work with the Microscopic Sextet,…
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