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Jimmy Ryan's Bird & Beckett Bebop Band at Jazz In The Bookshop! Series at Bird & Beckett Books and Records
Courtesy of Eric Whittington | Posted on November 10, 2014
Where
Bird & Beckett Books and Records
Jazz In The Bookshop! Series
653 Chenery Street
San Francisco, CA
Map
(415) 586-3733
When
Fri, November 14, 2014
5:30 pm
Save the date
Musicians
About
On the second Friday of each month, jazz in the bookshop features The Jimmy Ryan Quintet aka The Bird & Beckett Bebop Band!
In Novrmber, Jimmy’s band features vocalist Dorothy Lefkovits along with Henry Hung on trumpet, Stephen Norfleet on tenor sax, Don Alberts on piano, Aaron Cohn on bass and Jimmy himself on drums!!!
Drummer Ryan learned his trade in L.A. in the ’50s, and hit the San Francisco scene (by way of a short stint in Monterey) in 1960. Jimmy has played alongside influential musicians Putter Smith, Vince Wallace, Kent Glenn and Bishop Norman Williams, putting in significant time in the early days at legendary San Francisco clubs including Jimbo’s Bop City, Ronnie’s Soulville and in the Fillmore and the Jazz Workshop in North Beach, and in a more recent era, the Gathering Caffe on Grant Avenue....