Archive for April 2015
Saturday, May 23rd – 8-11 pm
jazz club… when lights are low
The Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet
Vinnie Rodriguez has assembled an exciting quartet to accompany him on an exploration of the trombone in modern jazz: Scott Larson, Adam Shulman and Robert Overbury. The quartet will be focusing on hard-swingin’ tunes by Blue Note artists including Hank Mobley, Donald Byrd and JJ Johnson from the late ’50s and early ’60s. Trombonist Scott…
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Store Anniversary Celebration!
Friday, May 22nd – 5:30-8:00 pm
jazz in the bookshop
The Jazz Founders!
Store Anniversary Celebration! Founded in May 1999 at 2788 Diamond, Bird & Beckett is 16 years old this month! Tonight, May 22nd, it’s a special “Founders’ Reunion” of the Friday evening “jazz in the bookshop” series leaders: Chuck Peterson, reeds Scott Foster, guitar Don Prell, bass Jimmy Ryan, drums with special guests Dorothy Lefkovits, vocals…
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Thursday, May 21st – 7 pm
Gallery Ex Libris Opening Reception
City College Book Arts Class Projects
They’re doing some fine work over at City College.  Always have.  And the book arts class taught by Grendl Löfkvist has resonated with many people we’ve mentioned it to. Gallery Ex Libris director Jack Whittington has invited his classmates and Professor Löfkvist to show their work from May 23rd through the end of June. We…
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Vinnie Rodriguez’s quartet pays tribute to Horace Silver in tonight’s broadcast of a recent live performance at Bird & Beckett.  With Erik Jekabson, trumpet; Keith Saunders, piano; Adam Gay, bass; and Vinnie Rodriguez, drums. Recording engineer Jim Bennett’s weekly show on KCSM 91.1fm, “In the Moment,” airs the quartet’s March 28th Bird & Beckett date tonight,…
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Wednesday, May 20th – 7 pm
Murmurations Reading Series
Poets Tiff Dressen & Nico Peck
Come to the 2nd installment of Murmurations reading series (Avery Burns’ occasional series at Bird & Beckett) for an evening of Delphic proportions. What does that mean? Here are two poets wholly engaged with the idea “Know thyself”. Each explores this terrain thru the lens of the contemporary lyric adding to its potential and continued…
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