Marlina Teich, guitar and vocals;
Rob Zuckerman, sax;
Richard Saunders, bass;
John Fisher, drums.

$20 cover charge; byob.
Reservations, call 415-586-3733.

Marlina Teich brings an eclectic blend of bebop, swing, blues, and Latin music to Bird & Beckett this evening. She’s a San Francisco-based guitarist/vocalist specializing in swing, show tunes and jazz standards.

Marlina has performed internationally at Sandals resorts in Jamaica; wineries in Sonoma County, California; and in hotels, including an engagement in Ben Swig’s Penthouse Suite at the Fairmont Hotel for the Italian Consulate. Along the way, she’s performed in countless clubs and restaurants and for private parties. She has worked a number of California prison tours with jazz bands, was a music instructor at San Quentin prison, and taught in summer sessions for the California Jazz Conservatory. She’s done studio work for radio commercials, and has played and recorded with a variety of renowned musicians including: Richie Cole, Eddie Henderson, Jimmy Knepper, Jules Broussard, Yolanda Nichols, Juanita Ellington, Art Washington and Bishop Norman Williams, among many others. It’s all been about making magic and working for a living as a professional musician — an honorable and exciting calling, one she’s thrived on.