portrait of Smith Dobson by Elizabeth Boulevard; photo of Smith Dobson by Dennis Hearne

Sunday, June 21st – 5-7pm.
Sunday Happy Hour Show.
The Smith Dobson Quartet.

Smith Dobson, saxophone.
Keith Saunders, piano.
Eric Markowitz, bass.
Tony Johnson, drums.

It’s the Sunday happy hour show at Bird & Beckett, so bring something to sip and pay what you can. Bring a snack for yourself or bring some food to share. Stay for a tune, stay for a set, stay for the evening. $20 is nice, but you decide what it’s worth, and what you can afford; students $0 to $10, your call; kids free.

This long-running combo under Smith Dobson V’s leadership held forth for years at the Club Deluxe on Haight Street. The Club Deluxe has just now reopened, but perhaps you haven’t gotten there yet to brave the enthusiastic and well juiced patrons? God love ’em! Get a taste in Glen Park, where you can recapture the magic — or capture it for your very first time — when saxophonist Smith Dobson fronts a rhythm section well known to Bird & Beckett regulars.

Relax awhile with some fine bebop, hard bop, post bop, the new thing… some swing… This is San Francisco jazz for a Sunday summer afternoon. Make the Sunday happy hour show at Bird & Beckett a habit. It’ll help you get through the hard times.