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653 Chenery Street in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood
Open to walk-in trade and browsing Tuesday to Sunday noon to six
phone: 1-415-586-3733 email: [email protected]
Aaron Bennett, saxophone.
Kyle Bruckman, synthesizer.
Brett Carson, piano.
Mark Clifford, vibes.
Lisa Mezzacappa, bass.
Jordan Glenn, drums.
$25-30 cover charge; byob.
Students, $10.
For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733.
Bassist, bandleader and composer Lisa Mezzacappa has been assiduously and playfully exploring the concept of worldbuilding in the othrwrldly cycle, a suite of music inspired by her fascination with the speculative fiction of Ursula Le Guin, Haruki Murakami, Samuel R. Delany and David Mitchell— as a way to envision new kinds of musical interaction, storytelling, structure and play.
Lisa is no stranger to big concepts, with projects that have been based on the hardboiled 1940s sensibility of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, the 1970s & ’80s fabulist playfulness of Italo Calvino and many other metamusical nourishments along the way.
She’s always in the company of musicians game to embark and engage on whatever journey she wants to make, and she’s always game to put herself in their hands when they have their own flights to fancy. You’ll be in good hands yourselves when you come out to Bird & Beckett to hear what they have in mind.
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The Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project
Our events are put on under the umbrella of the nonprofit Bird & Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (the "BBCLP"). That's how we fund our ambitious schedule of 300 or so concerts and literary events every year.
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The Independent Musicians Alliance
Gigging musicians! You have nothing to lose but your lack of a collective voice to achieve fair wages for your work!
The IMA can be a conduit for you, if you join in to make it work.
https://www.independentmusiciansalliance.org/
Read more here - Andy Gilbert's Feb 25 article about the IMA from KQED's site