Bird Beckett Books Records Home of the Bird Beckett Cultural Legacy Project

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653 Chenery Street
in San Francisco's Glen Park neighborhood

1-415-586-3733
[emailprotected]

Open to walk-in trade and browsing
Tuesday to Sunday
noon to six

Live Streams Every Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm.

Saturday, November 20 – 7:30pm
Larry Ochs with Gerald Cleaver and Tim Perkis
jazz club! when the lights are low

Larry Ochs returns to the Bird Beckett stage, where hes been heard with Rova and in his duo with drummer Don Robinson. Tonight, hes invited Gerald Cleaver, drums; and Tim Perkis, electronics. Close your eyes and open your ears. Youre in for a fine ride. “Ochs’ full-bodied tenor is out of the John Coltrane/Albert

Read More Sunday, November 21 – 5pm
Amy Kessler Joshua Raoul Brody
Reeling Movie Tunes for a Winter Day

An evening of songs from and about movies, sampling silent films, cult classics, Japanese anime, and flicks that dont yet exist (but should). Oakland-based contralto Amy Kessler has performed in opera, jazz, experimental theater, radio, symphonies, churches, and many backyards. Her love of film music and her hatred of standard recital repertoire have combined to

Read More Monday, November 22 7pm
Poets!Zoom All Open Mic!

Bring a poem to the zoom! Kim Shuck, San Franciscos 7th Poet Laureate, 2019-2021, MCs and keeps it real! The New Jersey poet William Carlos Williams wrote, It is difficult to get the news from poems yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there. San Franciscos first poet laureate, Lawrence

Read More Wednesday, November 24– 7:30pm
Walker Talks!
Taoist Magic, Intrigue and Power
live streamed

Layers of mythic history teased out by Walker Brents III in his monthly talk on topics mythological, poetical, philosophical and otherwise. Find it at 7:30pm on Wednesday the 24th on Bird Becketts YouTube channel or Facebook page.

Read More Friday, November 26 – 7:30pm
New Squatoolas

Bounce back from your overstuffed Thanksgiving indulgence! Cant stir from the couch? Understood! But if you watch it in the stream, melt down any firearms that might be in your house, get your debit card out of your wallet and donate to sustain the musicians and the stream. Instructions are on the screen Once youve

Read More Saturday, November 27 – 7:30pm
The Cottontails
completely live!

Make Bird Beckett a stop on your holiday whirl. Keep the faith, keep the consciousness alive, and keep swingin. Were relying on you.

Read More Sunday, November 28 – 5pm
Tomorrows Jazz Today–
Hungry players, testing the traditions.

On Thanksgiving weekend, Sunday, November 28, well open the shop and clear the stage at 5pm for a three-hour all-comers jam session students and old hands alike! Professional musicians, come on out. No remuneration, but for that afforded the Keith Saunders Trio, with Eric Markowitz on bass and Akira Tana on drums and

Read More Yes! Believe your five senses!
Shows for In-Store Audiences
have resumed, and continue!
albeit masked.

Bird Becketts events open to the public have been back since mid-June! Mask up and come in! (do please bring proof of full vaccination. Not vaxxed? Get vaxxed and join us!) Live jazz more in the shop for audiences and live streamed through cyberspace! Every Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm + more Come

Read More Dig this! A Bird Beckett classic from the archive:
Grant Levin Quartet featuring Daawan Muhammad 6/12/21

For decades now, Grant Levin has been one of the best kept secrets in jazz, and Bird Beckett has been proud to present him literally hundreds of times since he arrived in the Bay Area in 2010. The performance documented here was the last of the live-stream only pandemic concerts we presented between March

Read More O Pioneers of the Cosmostream! Weve been vaccinating you against the plague of boredom and the scourge of demagoguery with live streamed events twice a week and more since March 2020, when it all came down!

Hungry to hear some of Bird Becketts past live streams? On the home page you can scroll down to read the individual posts for the shows weve mounted in the past several months, a hint of whats gone down since the pandemic lock-down began. In more amazing times, it would take you right back

Read More Friday, November 19 – 7:30pm
Tony Johnson Quartet with Bob Kenmotsu
live jazz in the bookshop
and in the stream
every Friday night

Bob Kenmotsu subbed for Charlie McCarthy this time out, joining Tony, Al and Glen on the bandstand. Both Bob and Charlie are stellar tenor players, so no net loss there! Click here to find a recording of the show on our YouTube channel. Youll can also find past shows on our Facebook page under the

Read More Monday, November 15 – 7:30pm
Art Lande + Eric Jekabson:
The Arterik Quartet

Dont miss this one the only San Francisco date for this quartet and the final date in a regional tour in support of their brand new album, The Silver Fox. The Arterik Quartet Erik Jekabson, trumpet Art Lande, piano Peter Barshay,  bass Alan Hall, drums Call the bookshop to reserve a seat! 415-586-3733 Doors

Read More Sunday, November 14 5pm
Seducers Honeymoon

Seducers Such!
Second Sundays at Bird Beckett

Americas favorite country band, or a hybrid thereof, in Americas favorite bookshop honky tonk, every second Sunday from now through 2022! Tonight the Seducers and Nashville Honeymoon merge in the moonlight. Its a Seducers Honeymoon show! Lynne Maes and Hank Maninger bring a satchel of songs a cauldron of chemistry to the show,

Read More Sunday, November 14 3pm
Focus on Abortion
Roslyn Banish, writer and photographer, discusses her recent book

Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories introduces the often-missing and most important voices in the abortion conversation: the voices of those who have experienced abortion, and shows us the faces of the individuals whose stories we hear. “Some doctors who didn’t even know me, didn’t speak to me, didn’t know what I looked like,

Read More Sunday, November 14 10am livestream only
SF Lives: Live Talk
Educator Gail Meadows in conversation
with journalist Denise Sullivan

Join San Francisco columnist Denise Sullivan for a series of morning discussions with The City’s activists, educators, arts and cultural leaders, as well as lesser-known workers, the everyday people who help make this place we call home, every second Sunday at 10 am, live streamed from Bird Beckett Books in Glen Park. Find the stream on

Read More Saturday, November 13 – 7:30pm
For Milford Graves
Grex: Karl Evangelista
Rei Scampavia
with Robert Lopez

Karl Evangelista guitar Rei Scampavia keys Robert Lopez drums Guitarist Karl Evangelista and experimental trio Grex perform “For Milford Graves,” an original composition commemorating legendary percussionist, educator and multidisciplinary researcher Milford Graves. The program will also feature pieces from Alice Coltrane, Don Cherry and Evangelista’s repertoire of Filipino American music. Evangelista ranks among a

Read More Friday, November 12 – 7:30pm
Eric Nakanishi Quartet
with painter John Nakanishi
live recording tonight

Eric Nakanishi, saxophone Edward Evans, trumpet Cyrus Campbell, bass Isaac Schwartz, drums Doors open ten minutes before showtime. If you have a reservation, you must claim it by 7:30. As with all of our shows, once the music starts, we allow anyone waiting for a seat to take whats available. Please bring proof of vaccination

Read More Monday, November 8 – 7pm
Poets!Zoom
Strictly Virtual
for real!
tonights featured readers are
Susan Dambroff and Diane Moomey

Kim Shuck hosts our twice monthly online poetry reading, every 2nd and 4th Monday. Featured readers precede an open mic on the 2nd Monday, while the 4th Monday reading is all open mic. Watch this space for the zoom invitation. Susan Dambroff is a poet, performer and teacher.  She has published three compilations of poetry.

Read More Sunday, November 7 5pm
Tomorrows Jazz Today!
Young Players, Testing the Traditions
SFCM Student Combo + Jam Session
led by the Keith Saunders Trio

The San Francisco Conservatory of Musics Roots, Jazz and American Music (RJAM) program sends another stellar ensemble our way this Sunday! This evenings combo has been growing strong under the tutelage of local jazz tenor sax titan, Patrick Wolff. Prepare to be stunned by their talents! The SFCM combo will perform a set starting at

Read More Saturday, November 6 – 7:30pm
Tammy Lynne Hall Trio
jazz club! when lights are low

Tammy Lynne Hall is among the premier pianists in the Bay Area, with a richly deserved international reputation and audience. Her playing is steeped in jazz, gospel and classical influences. She is one of our most treasured artists in this music! “A musician who has much to offer in the way of originality, fine technique

Read More Friday, November 5 – 7:30pm
Eric the In Crowd
live jazz in the bookshop
and in the stream
every Friday night

Eric Shifrin, piano Ari Munkres, bass Mark Lee, drums Jazz and pop tunes for the swells and the swindlers. Rueful, insouciant, always swingin This is what its like on a good night in the penthouses and the dives, and in your little neighborhood bookshop. Cant make it into the shop? Well miss you. But you

Read More Thursday, November 4 – 7pm
Poets Barbara Paschke
and Lisbit Bailey
followed by an open mic

An open mic follows our featured readers. All welcome to one of the most vibrant reading series in the City. This evening, two poets with a longstanding commitment to social change through poetry are featured. Barbara Paschke has been involved in translation for over thirty years, both as a translator and editor. Her publications include Riverbed

Read More Sunday, October 31 – 5pm
Tomorrows Jazz Today
Young players, testing the traditions
SFCM Sextet + Jam Session
hosted by the Tammy Lynne Hall Trio

Once a month, jazz combos comprising students from local colleges and high schools open the program, followed by a student jam session hosted by a professional trio. All young (or youngish) students aspiring to a career in jazz including those who are learning on the bandstands and in the public squares are encouraged

Read More Saturday, October 30 – 7:30pm
When spirits convene:
The Ghost Call Quartet.
jazz from the other side

Darren Johnston trumpet Ben Goldberg clarinet, contra-alto clarinet David Boyce tenor sax, bass clarinet Gerald Cleaver drums BYOB, and bring a twenty for the band. If youre watching in the stream, thanks for helping us meet the quartets guarantee and the cost of streaming by donating online. Find the stream on

Read More Friday, October 29 – 7:30pm
CBop
jazz in the bookshop
every Friday night

Enjoy an intimate evening of jazz standards, a few tunes off the beaten track, a couple of originals, and hear what a long-running quartet can bring to the table Mark Secosh, saxophone Bob Jones, piano Dan Keller, bass André Custodio, drums Joining CBop for their second set, soulful jazz vocalist Raja Live in the shop

Read More Thursday, October 28 – 7:30pm
Walker Talks!

Illuminating the paragraphs of such sages as Mulla Nasrudin and Lao Tsu is like singing with your eyes, or making scat-notes out of the tracks of a tattered clown.  Wise fools.  Old sages who ride off on donkeys into the mountains.  Scattered texts and word-of-mouth.  Jokes that strike home.  Such stuff as dreams are made

Read More Monday, October 25 – 7pm
All Open Mic Poets!Zoom
Strictly Virtual–
for real

The 4th Mondays Poets!Zoom is all open mic! BYOP! And stay home! Hosted by Kim Shuck, San Francisco Poet Laureate Emerita. Bird and Beckett Online Open Mic. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84350265713?pwd=eE84V3BYdWxiSFBHNHhmdUt1WTUzdz09Meeting ID: 843 5026 5713Passcode: 244211 facebook invite: Facebook Invite

Read More The Bird Beckett Cultural Legacy Project

Our events are put on under the umbrella of the nonprofit Bird Beckett Cultural Legacy Project (the "BBCLP"). That's how we fund our ambitious schedule of 300 or so concerts and literary events every year.

The BBCLP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit...
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