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!

Refresh your browser to catch a show in progress!
Visit our Facebook page or YouTube channel!
But nothing beats being in the room with the music & the musicians!

Friday, March 19 – 7:30pm
Scott Foster Trio featuring Danny Bittker
jazz streamed live from the bookshop
every Friday evening

Danny Bittker, clarinets & steel drum
Joyce McBride, piano
Scott Foster, guitar

Guitarist Scott Foster offers a wonderful array of ensembles at Bird & Beckett on the third Friday of each month, and he has another in store for us tonight.

Tonight, Danny Bittker brings his clarinets and steel drums to the party. This will be a performance of both intimacy and celebration, with a broad musical palette inspired by music of many rich sources. Danny has spent his life studying and enjoying jazz music as well as various African traditions, classical music of India, calypso and soca from Trinidad, and more.

Joyce McBride, on piano this evening, is the acclaimed director of the 30-women strong vocal ensemble, Conspiracy of Venus, which draws on her interest in the medieval troubadour tradition, early polyphony, Balinese gamelan, Middle Eastern rhythms, jazz, East Bay funk, new music, rock and punk.

As for Scott, he’s been a cornerstone of the Bird & Beckett jazz scene from its inception in late 2002, nearly twenty years ago. He’s been our favorite guitarist all along the way, and continues to please with his heart, talent and skill, and his openness to all that his collaborators bring to bear.

Catch the trio’s 90 minute performance on our facebook page or youtube channel

And do please help us pay the musicians with your donation via Paypal (to [email protected]), Venmo (@birdandbeckett) or the Cash app ($BirdBeckett). If those methods don’t do it for you, you can email us your pledge and drop by the shop with cash or a check.

It’s a time of too few gigs and too little gig income, so your support is crucial and very much appreciated.

$20 is nice, but pay what you can!
No one is ever turned away for lack of funds.

$2-20-200 sliding scale. Find your sweet spot!

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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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