Archive for December 2015
Sunday, March 27th – 7:30-10 pm
The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
Misisipi Mike Wolf revisits his debut cd
Canyon Moonlight series… until the Riptide returns!
This Sunday, Misisipi Mike Wolf & Friends perform his 2009 debut album live, for you.  Mike says, “The Cold Hard Facts of Mike” was my redemption song, and it came about very unexpectedly. After a couple of very dark years of personal turmoil I had found myself suddenly with a clear head…
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Saturday, March 26th – 7:30-10:00 pm
Vinnie Rodriguez Quartet
featuring saxophonist Tim Lin
— spotlight on Hank Mobley
jazz in the bookshop! when lights are low…
Every Saturday night, Bird & Beckett undergoes the full transformation from bookshop to jazz boîte… that’s French to you… a jazz club like no other in the City that still knows how. If you haven’t been, you may scoff– but once you’ve experienced live jazz at Bird & Beckett, you’ll know it’s true. An exquisite…
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jazz in the bookshop! every Friday, 5:30-8 pm
March 25th: The Chuck Peterson Quintet w/Dorothy Lefkovits
and at the break (7 pm)— a book presentation by
Frank Hayde, author of Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight
Special guest tonight– Frank Hayde, author of a new biography, Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight, about the seminal bebop drummer, will give a short presentation at the break (about 7 pm). From 5:30 to 8:00 pm, two sets of swinging bop and straight-ahead jazz by The Chuck Peterson Quintet with vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits. San Francisco’s long-running…
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Friday, March 25th – round about break time
Stan Levey: Jazz Heavyweight author Frank Hayde!
Stick around during the break between sets, when writer Frank Hayde will tell you a tale or two of seminal bebop drummer Stan Levey, a guy who was on the bandstand in 1942 with Dizzy Gillespie at the tender age of 16, with Diz & Bird, Al Haig and Curly Russell a few short years…
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Monday, March 21st – 7-9 pm
Poets Steve Arntson & Deborah Fruchey
open mic follows
Jerry Ferraz hosts
Bird & Beckett showcases featured poets and follows them with an open mic every 1st and 3rd Monday, from 7 to 9 pm. Tonight, Steve Arntson & Deborah Fruchey are the featured readers. Jerry Ferraz, a long-standing fixture on the San Francisco poetry scene, has booked and hosted our twice monthly series and for well…
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Rockabilly Explosion!
Jinx Jones at Bird & Beckett
Saturday, March 20th – 7:30-10 pm
You’ve heard him close out the Glen Park Festival many years running… and for a good stretch now at Bird & Beckett on the third Saturday night of each month, 7:30-10 pm. It’s like a party in your living room! Jinx is a legendary guitarist, and most definitely the king of rockabilly in these parts, whether in the…
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