Live Jazz in SF Bay

Noel Jewkes, reeds Keith Saunders, piano Heshima Mark Williams, bass Mark Lee, drums Kay Kostopolous, vocals Noel Jewkes and the Bird & Beckett proprietor, Eric, share a birthday, and try to rendezvous in the shop on or about the date each year for a performance by Noel and his compatriots. We're pulling it off again this year. It's always a pleasure to present the swingingest cat in Northern California jazz, and it'll be no exception this year, as Noel turns 86 and Eric turns 70. Come out and help us celebrate! And enjoy some fine jazz in the bargain! $25 cover charge, byob. Students $10; kids free For a reservation, call the shop at 415-586-3733

This month, Tony Johnson is here with the Smith Dobson Quartet, a long-standing outfit for many years at the Club Deluxe before its closure a few years ago. Smith Dobson, saxophone; Keith Saunders, piano; Eric Markowitz, bass; Tony Johnson, drums. Drummer Tony Johnson has a 6X per year residency at Bird & Beckett, wrangling one band or another on the third Sunday of the even-numbered months (June, August, October, December, February, April). Tony has been a mainstay of the San Francisco jazz scene since he arrived in 1959.