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Tonight! Let’s continue the joyous celebration! Sunday, November 8 7:30pm - Americano Social Club live streamed music for la dolce vita The Americano Social Club reminds you to wear your mask, and minimize your riskier impulses they do the same but remind you also that you’re free in your hearts and souls, and for the very lucky ones, in the company of your very significant others they’re pleased to offer up their music for the present occasion. You know the one we mea...n. Michael Zisman, ringleader of this private club with a generous membership policy, has had a long and distinguished career as a jazz bassist; for all that, this project on mandolin may be closest to his heart. At the core of the Americanos are Michael, guitarist/vocalist Jason Vanderfort and bassist Joe Kyle, Jr., with guitarist Scott Foster and the extraordinary vocalist Emily Z on board with great regularity, particularly when it comes time for the long-running monthly Family Ruckus at Club Deluxe, a raucous affair that prominently features two or three belly dancers and an audience that’s invariably eating out of the palm of their hand before they end the first song. Here’s a bit of that delirious scene! Though no doubt it seems like a scene from long, long ago, it’s a future we’ll once again come to know and embrace. No time like the present to nurture its flame on Sunday, at the appointed hour, at the bookshop (by way of fb or YT). Be sure to bring cashafter the factor punch up your cover charge through this link during the show and show them your love. So glad we can close out your weekend celebrating the removal of the blockheaded tyrant baby. Now be safe and let’s get that virus whipped, with science, so we can get back to this dizzy atmosphere in all its sumptuous glory

Sylvia Cuenca, drums Essiet Essiet, bass Peter Zak, piano Live from Bird & Beckett Books, San Francisco... November 7, 2020 See more

Hey Americanos! We hope you are all taking care of yourself and each other in these crazy days! To help lower all of our stress levels we are going to play an o...nline show this Sunday, November 8th at the fantastic Bird & Beckett Books with the stream starting at 7:30pm. The show is free to view but donations can be made to help support the bookstore. We will be singing and playing some of your favorites so we invite you to join us for Fun, Music, and lots of Love. See You on the Inter-Webs!!! https://birdbeckett.com/sunday-november-8-730pm-americano-/

Tonight! Saturday, November 7 7:30pm - from New York City The Sylvia Cuenca Trio - featuring Peter Zak on piano and Essiet Essiet on bass live streamed from Bird & Beckett... Drummer Sylvia Cuenca brings pianist Peter Zak and bassist Essiet Okon Essiet to Bird & Beckett Saturday evening for two sets of jazz trio work. Sylvia’s career has included four years in the Joe Henderson Quartet and eleven years in trumpeter Clark Terry’s band. All three musicians are New York-based, in the midst of major careers in the music. Family connections bring them all to the west coast on occasion and we’re the lucky musical beneficiaries of that situation. Our first encounter with Sylvia and Essiet was six years ago when they came to Bird & Beckett to play in the late, great guitarist Eddie Duran’s sextet, celebrating Eddie’s 90th birthday. In a number of configurations, Sylvia has brought groups into Bird & Beckett well over a dozen times in the past six years; and under Peter’s leadership, this trio played Bird & Beckett in the late summer of 2018. We’re well pleased to have them back. Catch the show on Bird & Beckett’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. $25 suggested donation / pay what you can at this link Here’s some video of Sylvia and Peter playing Mezzrow in New York City https://www.smallslive.com//20770-peter-zak-kiyoshi-kitag/ And here you’ll find video of Essiet with the pianist George Cables and drummer Victor Lewis in a date in Madrid https://www.facebook.com/JazzImprovisers/videos/1142181075892576

Jay Standards, trumpet Scott Larson, trombone Keith Saunders, piano Eric Markowitz, bass Evan Larson, drums... Bird & Beckett, San Francisco November 6, 2020

Tonight! Friday, November 6 7:30pm The Sanders/Larson Jazz Quintet - live streamed jazz every Friday from Bird & Beckett A throwback to the great small jazz groups of the early 1960’s, the Sanders/Larson Jazz Quintet is a mainstay of the San Francisco jazz community, honed in countless nights on the bandstand of Club Deluxe and other great Northern California venues. The quintet’s sound and style is rooted in the 60’s Blue Note era, the heyday of small group jazz. Original ...compositions by quintet members fit snugly with tunes by jazz legends like Hank Mobley, Miles Davis, Horace Silver and Donald Byrd. You can get a taste of the quintet’s sound at this link: https://www.clubdeluxe.co/sanderslarson-jazz-quintet Jay Standards trumpet Scott Larson trombone Keith Saunders piano Eric Markowitz bass Evan Hughes drums Catch the show on Bird & Beckett’s Facebook page or YouTube channel. $25 suggested donation / pay what you can at this link