653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
[email protected]

Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six

 

Live Streams every weekend!
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to catch a show in progress!
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But nothing beats being in the room
with the music & the musicians!

Friday, June 29th – 9-11 pm – The Late Show!
San Francisco Holiday – a Smith Dobson/Charlie Gurke Quartet
$15 cover charge; students $5
 

Charlie Gurke, baritone saxophone

Smith Dobson, soprano sax
Charlie Gurke, baritone sax
John Wiitala, bass
Evan Hughes, drums

Each of these four musicians is hugely respected on the local professional jazz scene; together, they’ll dig deep into some wonderful music.

Smith Dobson, soprano sax

Smith Dobson, the very great San Francisco multi-instrumentalist, has recently been working on a notoriously difficult horn, the soprano sax, and has been nursing the burning idea of digging into some originals and tunes by the likes of Thelonious Monk with a group built around the soprano sax/baritone sax pairing, along the lines of the music made in the late ’50s and early ’60s by soprano sax master Steve Lacy.

Lacy’s album “The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy,” which featured Charles Davis on bari, John Ore on bass and Roy Haynes on drums, showcases this approach applied to tunes by Monk, Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor. Monk’s album “San Francisco Holiday” provided the band name. Smith, Charlie, John & Evan are providing the living, breathing jazz music!

 

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The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project

Our events are put on under the umbrella of the nonprofit Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (the "BBCLP"). That's how we fund our ambitious schedule of 300 or so concerts and literary events every year.

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The Independent Musicians Alliance

Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.

https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/

Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site

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