Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
Wednesday, May 21st – 7 pm
Book Event: Mingus Speaks
author/interlocutor John Goodman talks!
Author John Goodman will speak at Bird & Beckett the evening of May 21st on the man, Charles Mingus, and the book, Mingus Speaks: Interviews with Charles Mingus, 1972-1974 (John Goodman, author; Sy Johnson, photographer; University of California Press, 2013). From John Goodman’s website, www.mingusspeaks.com:  What is this thing called Mingus? Some have heard the name,…
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Sunday, May 11th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Hamir Atwal-Michael Coleman Duo
Jazz to stretch your mind… Hamir Atwal, drums and Michael Coleman, piano. Both players have picked up a lot of playing time on the progressive edge of the Bay Area jazz landscape, as well as handling the straight ahead traditions with skill born of experience and training — at Oberlin for Michael and at Berklee…
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Friday, May 16th — 5:30 to 8:00 pm
The Harvey Robb Quartet
plays jazz in the bookshop
Scott Foster has another engagement this week… he’ll be back with a great band on the third Friday in June. Tonight:  The Harvey Robb Quartet, with Grant Levin, piano; Ollie Dudek, bass; and Danny Spencer, drums. Reed player Harvey Robb has deep Detroit roots — where he grew up in the late 1950s sneaking into the jazz…
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Sunday, May 4th — 4:30-6:30 pm
The Jon Frank Jazz Quintet
which way west? Sunday concerts
Two Franks — drummer Jon and trumpeter Noah — bookend a group that includes guitarist Jordan Samuels, pianist Dave Gibbons and bassist Rob Woodcock this Sunday for our “which way west?” concert. This Sunday, nestled into two sets of standards, modern jazz masterpieces and new compositions, the quintet will treat us to a sequence…
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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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