Another Friday at Bird & Beckett
two wonderful varieties of jazz
dig it!
Friday (4/11) from 6-8pm, Eric & the In Crowd, tonight with Eric Shifrin, piano/vocal; Heath Proskin, bass; and Jimmy Duchowny, drums, plus a surprise guest. Jimmy, who’s just flown in…
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Thursday, April 11th – 7:30pm
Walker Talks: Jataka Tale of the Buddha
Walker Brents tells Jataka tales of the Buddha in a live stream on our YouTube channel and Facebook page. No charge; stay home and take your own beverage…
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Sunday, April 6th – 5-7pm
Ryan Ancheta Combo + Jam Session
The first Sunday of each month, from 5pm to 7pm, we host a student jazz combo for a set rolling into a jam session. Turn out today to hear trumpeter…
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Saturday, April 5th – 7:30-9:30pm
Singer Marina Crouse & Her Trio
jazz, blues and boleros
Marina Crouse is a powerful, soulful singer with a lovely and expressive range, in English and Spanish both, nourished by a California youth with Mexican roots. One of the supremely…
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Friday, April 4th – 8:30-10pm
San Francisco Syncopators
A five-piece band rollicking deep in a swamp of hot jazz with ragtime roots and a swing fever, the Syncopators keep the dance halls hoppin’ and the club crowds on…
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Wednesday, April 2nd – 7pm
Writer Sayed Afzal Haider
The Dying Sun and Other Stories
From Chicago out of Pakistan, Afzal has been devoted to literature, to American literature in particular, since arriving here at the age of 19 in the 1960s. He came to…
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This week’s fun…
a pushback against autocracy
and six cultural events from
Wednesday April 2nd to Sunday April 6th
Make Good Trouble!
No joke: It’s afternoon in America! Wake up! The joke, a bad one, is Donald Trump. Seriously: At noon today, Wednesday, April 2nd, and for 26 days in a row…
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Sunday, March 30th – 8-10pm
The Ryan Ancheta Quartet
Trumpet player Ryan Ancheta is sneaking a quartet into the shop for a late show Sunday the 30th, with his mentor Marcus Shelby on bass, the veteran tho-still-young Greg Jacobs…
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Sunday, March 30th – 5-7pm
Jam Session!
hosted by the Vince Lateano Trio
You never know who might drop in. Maybe you! The Vince Lateano Trio will make you feel right at home! BYOB and a twenty for the trio.
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Saturday, March 29th – 7:30-9:30pm
An unnamable quartet plays ineffable jazz
Marc Caparone, cornet and trumpet. Dan Barrett, trombone and cornet. Jeff Hamilton, piano. Mikiya Matsuda, bass. $25 cover charge for adults / byob. Teens and students, $10. Kids free. The…
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