Posts Tagged ‘jazz’
Friday, October 18th, 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
The Scott Foster Ensemble
Jazz in the bookshop… every Friday without fail. San Francisco’s longest running neighborhood jazz party! Every third Friday, guitarist Scott Foster brings in a newly constituted ensemble for the occasion. Joining guitarist Scott Foster at Bird & Beckett this Friday, October 18th, are trumpet player Dave Scott, bassist Aaron Germain and drummer Surya Prashanka. This quartet has several…
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Sunday, Sept. 22nd, 4:30 pm:
Albatross Clarinet Quartet
The Albatross Quartet, featuring Dave Tidball, clarinet, bass clarinet; Jim Dukey, clarinet, bass clarinet; Dick Mathias, clarinet, bass clarinet; and Charlie Keagle, clarinet, present a unique fusion of chamber music and jazz improvisation for clarinets and bass clarinets featuring original compositions and arrangements by members of the group and others.
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Wednesday, September 18th, 7:00 pm:
¡ Viva Lamantia !
Publication Party for the
Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia
OUT-there poetry & OUT-there jazz: Poets Clark Coolidge, Garrett Caples, and Andrew Joron (Caples and Joron are also the editors of the book), with bibliographer Steven Fama, plus music from OUROBOROS (Sheldon Brown & Joseph Noble, reeds; Andrew Joron, theremin; Clark Coolidge, drums) The Collected Poems of Philip Lamantia represents the lifework of the most visionary…
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Sunday, September 15th, 4:30-6:30
Pianist/Vocalist Frank Jackson
with the John Clark Quartet
featuring Noel Jewkes on reeds
Pianist and vocalist Frank Jackson has been an important part of the San Francisco jazz scene since the early 1950s if not earlier… having moved out from Texas with his family in 1942. Today, he’s respected as a swinging elder statesman of the music and he’s going strong. Read up on him at this link: …
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Sunday, September 8, at 7 pm
Pugsley Buzzard solo
The piano wonder from down under…a Bird & Beckett favorite from three previous tours through our fair city…is squeezing in an hour’s show for you before making his way to the airport and thence to New Orleans, Alabama, etc., etc… Don’t miss this chance to hear some new material & some old favorites by a…
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Sunday, September 8th, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
The Betty Shaw Quartet
which way west? Sunday concert series. All ages welcome! No cover charge, but your generous donations make it possible for us to pay the musicians. Sunday, September 8th – 4:30-6:30 pm: The Betty Shaw Quartet, with Ian Carey (trumpet), Robb Fisher (bass) & Ron Marabuto, drums. Live recording today for KCSM 91.1 FM’s “In the…
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