Archive for August 2016
Friday, October 14th – 5:30-8 pm
The Patrick Wolff Quartet
plays jazz in the bookshop!
Patrick Wolff, tenor sax Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Tony Johnson drums Injecting swing into jazz classics, a little Monk, some Kenny Dorham, some Lucky Thompson– you can’t really go wrong with these musicians and this music! “The kid can play…so lyrical, and deft and swinging to boot.†—ROBERT PINSKY, UNITED STATES POET LAUREATE…
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Thursday, October 13th – 8-10 pm
Macy Blackman & Bing Nathan, piano & bass
play rhythm & blues, with historical (hysterical) commentary
Piano professor Macy Blackman has played it all, and plays it for you tonight with Bing Nathan on bass… From the Clovers to the Orioles, Fats Domino to Professor Longhair… they’ll play the tunes and tell the stories that we crave!
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Sunday, October 9th – 4:30-6:30 pm
LITQUAKE COMES TO BIRD & BECKETT!!
Smooth Toad: Twisted Roots, Cast Iron Crooning & the L’try Stuff!
Smooth Toad presents the dusty American folk ragas of surrealist/dada poet G. P. Skratz, romantic fiddler/bard Hal Hughes, and legendary theater artist Bob Ernst. The trio weaves an authentic collaboration that conjures original hymns wherein Captain Beefheart meets Lord Byron. Their words and tunes explode into a whole new art form: think nightingale on…
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Saturday, October 8th – 7:30-10pm
The Smith Dobson Quartet
plays Bird & Beckett’s “jazz club”
every Saturday night, when lights are low…
Smith Dobson is a triple jazz threat, a respected and much sought player on saxophone, vibes and drums. He’s heir to several generations of family talent — his father was a top pianist on the scene through his untimely death in 2001, and his mother is a jazz singer and teacher of repute. Tonight, Smith…
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The Art of the Duo
Pianist Grant Levin meets bassist Kash Killion
Saturday afternoon, Oct. 8th – 4-6 pm
Two sets of interplay between one of the best young jazz piano players we’ve ever heard, and a bassist whose skills, talent and reputation have been solidly established in these parts for decades. Kash Killion is a San Francisco based cellist, bassist, sarangist, vocalist, and composer, who began his professional music career at age ten.…
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Friday, October 7th – 5:30-8 pm
Don Prell’s Seabop Ensemble
Trumpet player Al Molina, reed player Jerry Logas and drummer Vinnie Rodriguez join bassist Don Prell for two generous sets of live jazz. Decades of professional experience and tons of improvisational skill on the bandstand tonight. Don first made his mark on the jazz scene in the 1950s, when he was an integral part of…
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