The Joshi Marshall Project will be performing at Bird & Beckett with music from bebop to Bob Dylan, including selections from Joshi’s 2009 debut album “In the Light.” Joshi had a large role in the Acid Jazz and Hip Hop Jazz scene in the San Francisco club area known as South of Market, culminating perhaps...
Ian Dogole & Music Beyond Borders plays a distinctive fusion of World Music and Jazz, blending creative jazz improvisation with the scales, rhythms, and indigenous instruments of global music traditions particularly from Africa, South America, and the Middle East. Band line up: Ian Dogole: Global percussion (cajon, udu, doumbek, African talking drum, kalimba) Richard Howell:...
Where funk meets soul and love meets grit, the powerful vocal stylings of Jairo Vargas, aka Rojai (Row-Juh), merge elements to produce a raw soulful sound as distinct and unique as the San Francisco streets that bred him. Rojai is the leader & vocalist for the widely recognized and highly acclaimed San Francisco bands Bayonics, The...
The Klaxon Mutant Allstars is a Bay Area-based electroacoustic jazz quintet known for their eclectic, genre-twisting sound that blends jazz with technology-driven effects The group features several prominent musicians from the San Francisco music scene: Henry Hung: Co-leader, trumpet, keyboards, and live effects. Eric Garland: Co-leader, drums, and composer. Kasey Knudsen: Saxophone and composer. Colin...
The Dave Parker Sextet is a San Francisco-based jazz ensemble led by musician, educator, and entrepreneur David Parker. The group is known for performing the works of legendary composers like John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Lee Morgan, Ornette Coleman, and Eric Dolphy.
Grammy Winner Jose Andres Rodriguez - “El Sinsonte”, Changüí master singer and musician from Guantanamo Cuba, in duo performance with Kai Lyons on Tres Cubano, exploring the funky, folkloric, 19th-century music of Eastern Cuba. $20 cover charge / students $10
French popular tunes from many decades. Big Lou, accordion; Kit Robberson, viola da gamba; David Golia, guitar; Bing Nathan, bass. $20 cover charge / students $10
Kata-Vento Reunion Concert: Music of Carlos Oliveira. Original tunes inspired by northeastern Brazil, featuring three flutes, guitar, and percussion. Carlos Oliveira, guitar and compositions; Chloe Scott, Rebecca Kleinmann, and Sonia Caltvedt, flutes; Brian Rice, percussion. $25-30 sliding scale cover charge / students $10
The 230 Jones Street Band is Bird & Beckett’s legacy combo, with its roots in the Chuck Peterson Trio’s weekly Friday happy hour that kicked off jazz in the bookshop as a regular feature starting 24 years ago. Tony’s one of the mainstays of a generation of players that came up when bebop was America’s...
Ben Stolorow, piano; Peter Barshay, bass; Vince Lateano, drums. Part of the Bird & Beckett Jazz in the Bookshop (Sundays 5–7pm). Seating is limited — reservations recommended: 415-586-3733. Suggested contribution: $20–30; students $10–15; younger kids free.
The Patrick Wolff Quartet plays classic jazz in Bird & Beckett. With Keith Saunders, Eric Markowitz and Smith Dobson.
The Scott Foster Quartet is a jazz ensemble led by San Francisco-based guitarist and educator Scott Foster. Jim Peterson, saxophone; Scott Foster, guitar; Dan Seamans, bass; Tom Hasset, drums