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First Fridays jazz in the bookshop!
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
5:30 to 8:00 pm
The first Friday of every month, it’s always Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble — a fixture in San Francisco’s longest running neighborhood jazz party! Don has had a six decade love affair with the string bass and jazz, beginning back in the 1950s. That’s when he first made his mark as a mainstay of the Bud Shank…
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jazz in the bookshop every Friday
July 25th – 5:30-8:00 pm:
The Chuck Peterson Quintet
Chuck’s not here this week… but valve trombonist Frank Phipps sits in, while drummer Jim Zimmerman sits in for Tony Johnson and bassist Al Obidinsky sits in for Dean Reilly, with reedman Howie Dudune and guitarist Glen Deardorff as the core of the band. Five seasoned pros doing what they love to do — swing…
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Friday, July 4th — 5:30 to 8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble plays the first Friday of every month at Bird & Beckett. Â Don’s been handling the lion’s share of the bass duties here since the series started way back in late 2002, and he’s still going strong. Â He’s a veteran of the late 1950s Los Angeles based Bud Shank Quartet, and brings…
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Friday, June 6th, 5:30-8:00 pm
Don Prell’s SeaBop Ensemble
plays jazz in the bookshop
On the first Friday of each month, our weekly jazz in the bookshop series features Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble. Bassist Prell is a veteran of the 1950s LA-based Bud Shank Quartet and 30 years with the San Francisco Symphony. He’s a fiercely avid jazz player, willing to play anywhere and any time and has been…
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Friday, April 18th – 5:30 to 8:00 pm
Two Tenors: The Scott Foster Ensemble
Every third Friday, guitarist Scott Foster brings in a newly constituted ensemble for the occasion.  This week:  tenor sax players Ken Rosen and Harvey Robb make up the front line, with Scott on guitar and Richard Saunders on bass.  We’ll hear some marvelous players delving deep into the tenor sax tradition that is a cornerstone of…
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Friday, March 21st – 5:30-8:00 pm
Scott Foster and Friends
play the music of Billy Strayhorn
Every third Friday, guitarist Scott Foster brings in a newly constituted ensemble for the occasion. On March 21st, saxophonist David Boyce, bassist Scott Chapek and drummer Tom Hassett will join Scott to explore the compositions of Billy Strayhorn. Â Strayhorn was a significant force behind the beautiful music of Duke Ellington, working with Ellington from…
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