Jazz – Jazz – Jazz y más!
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Friday, January 2, 7:30pm: Andrew Higgins Trio {$20}
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Saturday, January 3, 7:30pm: Noel Jewkes Quintet {$25}
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Sunday, January 4, 5pm:
Avotcja & Modúpue
{$25-$40 sliding scale}

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Reserve a seat by calling the bookshop at (415) 586-3733. We’ll hold your reservation until the music starts. No advance ticket sales; plan to pay with cash at the door, and byob.

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Friday, 1/2/26, 7:30-9:30pm – $20
The Andrew Higgins Trio
Colin Hogan, piano
Andrew Higgins, bass
Bryan Fishler, drums

Ring in the New Year with new music!
Andrew, Bryan and Colin will mix new and old
to explore philosophical, sonic,
and mathematical boundaries of music.

What better way to start the year than with something
that you definitely didn’t hear in 2025.
A good hangover cure, physically and spiritually.

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Saturday, 1/3/26, 7:30-9:30pm – $25
The Noel Jewkes Quintet
Noel Jewkes, reeds & flute
Kay Kostopolous, vocals
Ron Vincent, guitar
Chris Amberger, bass
Mark Lee, drums

 

Noel Jewkes, the reigning master elder
of Bay Area saxophone, shows how it’s done
and swings joyfully and soulfully
while the marvelous Kay Kostopolous,
exotic, exquisite & sassy, sings
and the rhythm section that’s made Noel’s quartet
the toast of Richmond, CA lays it down
and wraps it in filigree.

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Sunday, 1/4/26, 5pm to 7pm
$25-40 sliding scale
(students $10  –  kids free)
Avotcja & Modúpue
Sandy Poindexter, violin
Francis Wong, saxophone
Heshima Mark Williams, bass
Myron Cohen, drums
Avotcja, poetry and small percussion

Avotcja brings the magic to Bird & Beckett
on the first Sunday of the new year!
Every new year, for years now!

Hear Avotcja every Tuesday evening
on KPFA 94.1FM at 8pm
Bebop, Cubop, and the Musical Truth
and every Friday afternoon
on KPOO 89.5FM at 3pm
La Verdad Musical

Poet, musician, writer, musicologist, dj,
there are no limits to Avotcja’s expressive
depth,  power and talents, nor to the capacity for joy
of her colleagues on the bandstand.

  ¡La musica cura!   Music heals!

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No student-centric jam on January 4th,
’cause the first Sunday of the year
is the province of  Avotcja!

Mark your calendar now for the next one!

Sunday, February 1st, 5:00-7:00pm
Enjoy a set by the
Urban School Bebop Combo
then, play in the jam session
or come to listen & lend us your lobes!
no charge to play
audience: $20 suggested for adults,
students and kids free