Kazemde George / Kai Lyons Duo

Kazemde George and Kai Lyons at Bird & Beckett debut a new duo built around Brazilian songs and original material. George, a tenor saxophonist raised in Berkeley and now based in Brooklyn, holds a neurobiology degree from Harvard and a master’s in jazz composition from the New England Conservatory, released his debut I Insist on Greenleaf Music in 2021, and has worked with David Murray, Jason Moran and Solange; he last played the bookshop with a quintet in 2022. Lyons, a San Francisco guitarist who also plays Cuban tres and won best tresero at the 2022 Changüí Festival in Guantánamo, teaches jazz guitar at San Francisco State and Cal State East Bay.