Archive for July 2014
August 29, 30 and 31… jazz trifecta!
Live music from the Bird & Beckett bandstand three nights a week, EVERY week! Fridays, it’s “jazz in the bookshop” from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Saturdays, “jazz club” from 8 to 11. Sundays, our “which way west?” concert series from 4:30 to 6:30 pm — mostly jazz, plus a few other things to broaden our…
Read More
Friday, August 29th – 5:30-8:00 pm
CD Release! “Jazz is My Religion”
Recorded LIVE! at Bird & Beckett
The Dave Parker Quartet
Join us for a Friday evening celebration of a fantastic recording! Â The Dave Parker Quartet — with Dave on bass, Charles Hamlton on trombone, Jerry Logas on baritone sax, guest artist Hal Richards on soprano sax and Bob Marshall on drums will convene at Bird & Beckett to celebrate the quartet’s live CD — “Jazz…
Read More
Monday, August 18th – 7:00 pm
POETS! Ayo Khensu-Ra
with saxophonist Ra-Ta
open mic follows, Jerry Ferraz m.c.
A voice in poetry like Ayo’s does not come along often.  Attend to it and see what you find there.  Ayo’s father, Ra-Ta, will ride along on saxophone.  “some kind of poetic musical endeavor…” says Ayo… “or musical poetic endeavor…whatever. Me reading, my dad playing etc. Come on down, invite a friend, have a drink…
Read More
Sunday, August 24th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Reconnaissance Fly
jazz and beyond
Aggressively whimsical and charmingly incoherent. Reconnaissance Fly deliriously mixes Spam poetry, found texts and original lyrics with jazz, progressive rock, funk, samba, free improvisation, a small Chinese gong, and an arsenal of wind instruments all deployed against the forces of tedium! Amanda Chaudhary with keyboard and electronics; Rich Lesnik playing clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano and tenor saxophones; Polly…
Read More
Sunday, August 17th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Sufi Music of the
Sukhawat Ali Khan Ensemble
which way west? Sunday afternoon concert series. Never a cover charge, but your donations help us pay the musicians! $10 to $15 suggested for this date, but it’s totally your call. Sunday, August 17th from 4:30-6:30 pm: Vocalist and harmonium player Sukhawat Ali Khan brings in an ensemble with a second vocalist plus flute and…
Read More
Saturday, August 16th – 7:30 pm:
“Playing with Parkinson’s”
a jazz club film screening
A new documentary film on Sangeeta Michael Berardi, avant garde jazz guitarist. Sangeeta will be on hand, along with director Burrill Crohn. Sangeeta Michael Berardi, from the 60s through the late 1990s, was a fantastic guitarist playing with the top musicians on the “out” side of jazz — Archie Shepp, Roswell Rudd, Alice Coltrane, Pharoah…
Read More