Archive for September 2017
Friday, February 2nd – 5:30-8:00 pm
Justin Rock Trio
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday since October 2002
$10 suggested donationÂ
This may or may not be the Bastet! Either way, it’s Justin Rock, a firecracker of a jazz guitarist with a lot on his mind, most of it private! With collaborators Owen Clapp on bass and Mike Quigg on drums, he’ll rock the joint this Friday and Friday next. Jazz in the bookshop just got…
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Thursday, February 1st – 7:30-9:30 pm
Guitarist Howard Alden & Violinist Kit Eakle:
A duo exploration of some music by Monk & Django!
$20 cover charge
Howard Alden is a formidable guitarist with an international reputation, visiting California this winter for a number of dates with violinist Kit Eakle, well known as an historian of the violin in jazz. Alden and Eakle are embarking on a run of quartet dates around the Bay Area exploring the music of Thelonious Monk and…
Read MoreFebruary 1st to 4th: More!
 . Guitarist Howard Alden on Thursday, the 1st; The Justin Rock Trio (Bastet) on Friday, the 2nd (early show); Kahil El’Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble 45th Anniversary Show on Friday, the 2nd (late show); The Five Spot Jazz Quintet on Saturday, the 3rd; Nasty Women Poets on Sunday, the 4th (2pm); …
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Sunday, January 28th – 4:30-6:30 pm
The Grant Levin Trio
$10 suggested donation
Two favorite collaborators join one of San Francisco’s most astonishingly talented pianists for two sets of standards, bop, little known gems and originals. Grant Levin, piano Charles Thomas, bass Pepe Jacobo, drums
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Sunday, January 28th – 2:30-4 pm
Walker Talks!
Novalis, arch Romantic poet of the 18th century, precursor to Goethe, perceptive of the ancient wisdom embodied in Heraclitus’ observation, “Wisdom is a dry light.”
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 Saturday, January 27th– 7:30-10:00 pm
Lost Shapes
jazz club! when lights are low…Â
The Jazz Philanthropists Union presents…  The Lost Shapes  Darren Johnston, trumpet Kasey Knudsen, alto sax Mark Clifford, vibraphone Safa Shokrai, bass Jason Levis, drum set  All five members contribute compositions to the band’s book.
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