Sunday, July 19th – 8-10 pm
Special engagement!
Pugsley Buzzard on tour!

Pugsley Buzzard!  The piano wonder from Down Under… He’s back on tour, and returns for his fourth Bird & Beckett appearance, an occasion that makes us gleefully happy! Pugs is at once a rollicking stride piano master and a gravelly voiced singer, plumbing the extremes of dark fate and wry, whisky-soaked self-reflection. He plays barrelhouse blues & boogie woogie, growls his…

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Saturday, July 18th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Heshima Trio featuring Gaea Schell

Bassist Heshima Mark Williams leads our 3rd Saturday dates.  He’s a San Francisco native whose playing springs from thirty years’ experience of the Bay Area’s rich musical heritage.  Heshima studied under the tutelage of the first African-American classical bassist in the Boston Symphony, Dr. Ortiz Walton.  He has toured with trombonist Julian Priester; trumpeter Eddie Henderson;…

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Sunday, July 12th – 4:30-6:30 pm
Ira Kamin vs. PC Muñoz Free Jazz

Free jazz from two musicians who have been exploring new territories for decades.  Check your preconceptions at the door and enjoy a little post-Independence Day freedom — from dogma, convention and whatever expectations you might be inclined to harbor. Ira Kamin got his start in Chicago, making his mark on keyboards with the great blues…

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