Archive for May 2014
Friday, May 30th — 5:30 to 8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
special “fifth Friday” session!
The Pacific Jazz Connection
Live recording session tonight! Reed players Jerry Logas (bari sax) and Smith Dobson V (tenor sax) co-lead this quintet that delves into the 1950s West Coast sound that brought beautifully wrought harmonic and rhythmic qualities to the forefront of jazz. Â “Bernie’s Tune,” Â “Line for Lyons” and much more… Â And then they range further afield……
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Thursday, May 29th – 7 pm:
Self-Portrait of the Poet
Suicided by the MFA Degree
a reading by Justin Etc., with Amy K Bell & Jill Tomasetti
per the Press: The Gorillla Press is excited to release our first full-length book, a collection of poems by Oakland poet and SF State grad Justin, Etc. Featuring cover art by SF artist and poet Truong Tran, this little paperback is a beaut and a pleasure to read. Bird and Beckett Books has graciously given…
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Sunday, May 25th – 4:30 to 6:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio
Grant Levin, piano Glenn Richman, bass Mark Lee, drums Enjoy a group that epitomizes the joy of the piano jazz trio tradition. Â Grant Levin is one of the key young pianists on the local scene. Â Beginning in July, you’ll find him directing our 2nd Saturday “jazz club” sessions. Â Now, catch him in the comfort of…
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Sunday, May 25th – 2:30 pm
Walker Talks! on Albert Camus
The conflict between the intellectual search for meaning in life when no inherent meaning is to be found there spawned the 1950s philosophy of the absurd explored trenchantly by French Algerian writer Albert Camus in his many books — including centrally, The Myth of Sisyphus (1942). Each month, save the summer months, Walker Brents III explores a…
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Saturday, May 24 — 8-11 pm
Introducing
JAZZ CLUB Sat. Nights! Join up!
Michael Parsons at the piano,
with Jay Sanders, Charles Thomas & Vinnie Rodriguez
It’s the new thing at Bird & Beckett! Â May is the trial run, then we lay low in June and start in earnest in July… Â Catch dinner some Saturday at one of the neighborhood’s great restaurants, then come on up to Jazz Club for a couple sets of fantastic jazz ’til 11 p.m The second…
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Friday, May 23rd — 5:30 to 8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop every Friday!
tonight: The Chuck Peterson Quintet
with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits
Chuck Peterson and Howard Dudune, reeds; Glen Deardorff, guitar; Dean Reilly, bass and Tony Johnson, drums, make up the regular fourth Friday band at Bird & Beckett, carrying on a long tradition of weekly jazz parties in Glen Park. Â No cover charge, but do bring some money for the musicians anyway! Â Supporting live jazz in…
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