Freddie Hubbard, R.I.P.

The great jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard died Monday at the age of 70. Here he is, playing with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

Friday Jazz

Don't Forget! Every Friday Evening, Bird & Beckett Books presents: JAZZ IN THE BOOKSHOP from 5:30 TO 8:00 PM. A neighborhood tradition
since 2002!

This Friday, January 2nd-
Don Prell's SeaBop Ensemble

Blues in the Bookshop

Today, Sunday, Dec. 28th at 4:30 pm-
In honor of Rosetta Records' mission
to keep the recordings of
blues women of the 1920s alive
Which Way West? presents
a live set of
blues and rhythm & blues by

THE TIDBITS
Local gal Patricia Wilder
on guitar and vocal
and Brooklyn's
Rocki Shore on bass!

Beckett Down Bottom

The Classical Theatre of Harlem has staged a performance of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot" in the Katrina ravaged Lower Ninth Ward. Check out the article in the New York Times.

New Store Open Now!!!

Bird and Beckett is now bigger and better, beatin' and boppin' at our new store. Come see us at 653 Chenery in Glen Park.
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New Location!

A Glen Park institution since 1999, Bird & Beckett is proud to announce the opening of our new location, just around the corner from our place of birth. The new store is located at 653 Chenery Street, between Diamond and Castro. Come help us move this weekend, September 22nd and 23rd and get a sneak peek at our new digs.

Bird Lives

This is a clip taken from the only known footage of Charlie "Bird" Parker actually playing live, not miming for the camera.

Beckett's "all seeing eye"

Buster Keaton tries to evade the all seeing eye in Samuel Beckett's "Film" (1965).