The trio returns! Luis Peralta, piano David Ewell, bass Ben Esposito, drums Danielle Perez, vocals $20 cover charge (cash or venmo at the door) byob Supported by Jazz in the Neighborhood’s Guaranteed Fair Wage Fund, and you!

Celebrating Scott’s nine-month tenure with saxophonist David Boyce and percussionist Zori Marinova at Etcetera wine bar on Valencia Street, the trio will entertain you at Bird & Beckett as this month’s installment in Scott’s regular third-Fridays residency at Bird & Beckett. Bringing musical wine & roses to you, his adoring fans. Bring your own actual wine, or a beverage of your choosing, and raise a glass to San Francisco’s wealth of fine jazz players. $20 suggested donation; kids under 12 free, teens and music students pay a $5-10 sliding scale.

  Jesse Levit, saxophone Kai Lyons, guitar Billy Edwards, bass Elé Howell, drums $20 cash cover charge or Venmo: @birdandbeckett byob   Elé Howell, a prodigy from a young age born and raised in the Bay Area, names a set of early influences that include his father, the saxophonist Richard Howell, as well as teachers and mentors from the Oaktown Jazz Workshops and Bay Area jazz and African music communities, including Art Khu, Babatunde Lea, E.W. Wainwright, Khalil Shaheed, Larry Vann, James Henry, Jack Dorsey, Sly Randolph and Angela Wellman. Still in his mid-twenties and now based in New York, he’s forged a vital career, touring internationally with Ravi Coltrane and Chief Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, and working along the way with Stanley Clarke, John Scofield, Gill Goldstein, Brandee Younger, Reggie Workman, John Santos, David Gilmore, Weedie Braimah, Mike Rodriguez, Jeff Chambers, Alex Sipiagan and countless other fantastic musicians. “He’s…

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84350265713?pwd=eE84V3BYdWxiSFBHNHhmdUt1WTUzdz09 Meeting ID: 843 5026 5713 Passcode: 244211 Kim Shuck hosts a monthly (Second Mondays) poetry reading on Zoom with a featured poet or two followed by an open mic. On December 11th, the reading will feature Qwo-li Driskill reading some of their own work, together with guests reading some of Qwo-li’s poems as well. Qwo-li Driskill has long been regarded as an important Two-Spirit poet and academic. Their work has been featured in many anthologies and journals, they have co-edited the award winning Sovereign Erotics; their Walking with Ghosts has been both celebrated and taught widely. We will be hearing Qwo-li’s work read in different voices in celebration of their writing and their tireless commitment to social justice and inclusivity. The work will be read by regular attendees of our zoom and special invited guests.

Denver awardee as The Jazz Journalists Association’s 2023 Jazz Hero! Here in the Bay for jazz business, with a trio date at Bird & Beckett as a bonus! Tenia Nelson on piano Heshima Mark Williams on bass Brother Khalil Abdullah on guitar Here’s her recent Bird & Beckett engagement with her Denver trio! TNT at B&B 8/9/22

A singer songwriter of prodigious talent, with a wry, dark observational streak, delivers two sets of narrative gems, modern myths and fables, in the company of his long-time associate Mike Anderson on bass, and the great bassist Pam Brandon leaving that chore to Mike while she sings like nobody’s business alongside the pewter-throated Mr. Tani! To clarify: Maurice Tani, vocals and guitar Pam Brandon, vocals Mike Anderson, bass Country noir! $20 cover charge; byob Reservations: 415-586-3733

Three great jazz players convene under the “Billy Higgins Legacy” moniker to deliver two sets of powerful music. When Myron Cohen was setting out as a young musician to play jazz drums, he fell into the orbit of the great drummer Billy Higgins. The lessons he learned under Higgins’ mentorship have stuck with him through the ensuing decades, particularly the value of mentorship and the direct transmission of musical knowledge within the jazz community. He still plays the kit that Higgins gave him back in the 1960s, and for many years he’s kept his Billy Higgins Legacy combo active with a mission to connect emerging talents with the ethics and swing that make jazz a universal treasure. Myron was looking forward to this date in a big way, but a touch of virus has taken him out of the equation for the evening, and Elé Howell is stepping in. More…

“If there’s anything we’ve learned about life on Muni, it’s that the interesting stuff happens along the journey, not at the destination. From the nuances of operating a bus on city streets to the small details of our rides and fellow riders, Keith Ferris and Lia Smith have captured the urban humanity within each Muni experience that knits us together.”  —Eugenia Chien and Tara Ramroop, Muni Diaries co-founders. Join artist Keith Ferris and writer Lia Smith, who collaborated to produce Muni is My Ride, just published by Ithuriel’s Spear Press. Also on hand will be Muni operators David Banbury, Mike Gonzalez and Primo Rivera to share some of their stories. Keith and Lia — in his sketches and her profiles based on interviews with Muni personnel and riders alike — show a familiar feature of the urban scene in the kind of subtle detail that expands our perception of a…

” More fun than you can shake a stick at! Grab a plane to SFO and hop BART to the shop. Or better yet, check in at your hotel first, and ride a Muni bus or streetcar out to the bookshop. The J-Church, running from the Embarcadero out to Balboa Park, near City College, is a lovely ride, and the Muni operator can surely let you know when you’ve reached your destination in Glen Park. Muni is always the thing when you’re bopping around Frisco! Adults! For our concerts, if you bring a twenty and something to sip, you’ll generally be fine! You can call to inquire about a reservation – 415-586-3733. Feel free to do so! Sometimes necessary, often not. It all depends. We stream most of our shows, complete or in parts, so check out the video screen at the top of this web page and you’ll have…

Karina Denike, vocals Tom Griesser, clarinet and sax Michael MacIntosh, piano Vic Wong, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Carson Messer, drums $25-35 sliding scale for adults, cash please! Kids under 12 free; teens and music students $5-10 sliding scale Jump jazz, rhythm & blues! The spirit of the ’40s & ’50s with deeper roots and fresh as a daisy! A Thanksgiving tradition at Bird & Beckett. Do come!

India’s great poet of devotion and love, Mirabai, widowed at a young age, dedicated her life upon her husband’s death to the worship of Krishna. It was a decision that led her parents-in-law to evict her from their home. She spent the rest of her life traveling from village to village, singing and dancing to celebrate her love of Krishna. The rapturous lyrics she wrote enthralled worshipers then and continue to be sung in India today. Kabir, an illiterate weaver, celebrated both Indian and Muslim spirituality while criticizing each religion’s blinkered believers. His clear-eyed expression, his wit and the continued relevance of his cutting insights led to a body of poetry that resonates still. Mirabai and Kabir have enchanted their devotees and fascinated their admirers for five centuries, Jonathan Richman among them. On tambura, Nicole Montalbano accompanies Jonathan as he plays his guitar and sings poems left to us by…

Jim Peterson, saxes Scott Foster, guitar Joe Kyle, Jr., bass Larry Vann, drums $20 cover charge, byob A Thanksgiving tradition at Bird & Beckett! The New Squatoolas play jazz, blues & R&B with a deep New Orleans groove. Not to be missed!!

Bob Kenmotsu, tenor saxophone Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Tony Johnson, drums Classic, swingin’ jazz from four master practitioners of the art! Tony Johnson has been on the scene since 1960, and has never stopped. His bandmates are a generation or two younger, with three to four decades apiece in the business, playing at a high level all along the way. Kids welcome! Give them a taste of America’s great art form in a friendly setting. Under 12, free. Pay ten for the teenagers in your care. Adults? $20 will get it! Teens & music students on your own, $5-10 sliding scale. We like to pay the musicians (in fact, we make a point of doing so), and do that with solid support from our audiences and neighborhood donors. Be in that number, when the saints coming marching in! Byob. See you at Bird & Beckett!

A rare weeknight sighting of our favorite jazz trio! Vince Lateano is one of the gems of Telegraph Hill, a treasure since he first settled into North Beach back in the mid-1960s! For a long stretch he was the house drummer at Pearl’s on Columbus, but his history in these parts stretches far on both sides of that decade-plus tenure. Come to Bird & Beckett and enjoy a swingin’ cat who’s always enjoying the music and his bandstand colleagues. The enjoyment is contagious! Here’s a taste of what’s in store for you!