Posts Tagged ‘jazz’

Twice a month, Grant Levin — among the very best jazz pianists on the local scene — brings in a duo partner for two sets of standards and originals.  For this outing, Pepe Jacobo  plays drums. These duo dates make for an intimate setting that lends itself to the kind of beautiful interplay that elevates…

Honoring the life of a legend and ground breaking, revolutionary artist after his recent passing. Scott Foster, guitar, leads a quartet to explore Ornette Coleman’s music with Jim Peterson on sax, Noah Schenker on bass, and Bryan Bowman on drums. Scott Foster presents a new quartet or trio each month on the third Friday of…

jazz club! when lights are low . . . Heshima Mark Williams presents The Ways & Means Committee, a tight quintet that delves deep into a book of straight-ahead jazz influenced by Herbie Hancock, Jerry Gonzalez, Buster Williams, and Fort Apache Band. For their Bird & Beckett date, this “boppish collective” comprises Dr. Gary Bean,…

Pianist Don Alberts has the bebop knowledge and technique we love so well at Bird & Beckett, as well as being a prolific composer, a versatile poet, a fiction writer and a documentarian. Don has recorded several cds and has published many volumes of his compositions. His books include A Diary of the Underdogs: San…