Jazz Listings for Dec. 24-30

Full reviews of new jazz concerts: nytimes.com/music.

★ The Bad Plus (Tuesday by Thursday) Since combining a decade ago, this acoustic energy contingent — Reid Anderson on bass, Ethan Iverson on piano, David King on drums — has been famous for a shrewd twists on a cocktail repertory, something a rope pushed to a extent with an manuscript expelled final year. “Never Stop” (E1), this year’s dauntless release, swings a pendulum a other direction: all originals, start to finish, with everybody pitching in. (Through Jan. 2.) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, during 11th Street, West Village , (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; $25 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Nate Chinen)20101223

David Binney Group (Tuesday) David Binney, an alto saxophonist given to a strong and kinetic aria of postbop, leads his steadiest-working band, consisting of a keyboardist Jacob Sacks, a bassist Thomas Morgan and a drummer Dan Weiss. At 10 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village , (212) 929-9883, 55bar.com; $15 cover. (Chinen)20101223

Chris Botti (Friday by Thursday) A photogenic trumpeter whose brooding character suits stream notions of a customary songbook as lifestyle accessory, Mr. Botti tends to widen out, during slightest a little, with his best band. This holiday rendezvous during a Blue Note, now a tradition, runs into a new year. (Through Jan. 2.) At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village , (212) 475-8592, bluenote.net; $65 or $75 cover during tables, $40 during a bar, with a $5 minimum. (Chinen)20101223

Edmar Castañeda Trio (Sunday) Last year Edmar Castañeda, a rhythmically disposed Colombian harpist, expelled his second album, “Entre Cuerdas” (ArtistShare), enlisting a handful of guest collaborators. The thespian Andrea Tierra, his countrywoman, was among them, and she should be a healthy partner here. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan , (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $25. (Chinen)20101223

Cyrus Chestnut, Benny Green, Dezron Douglas, Willie Jones III (Monday by Thursday) Mr. Chestnut and Mr. Green are pianists who share strong unrestrained for jazz and gospel traditions. On this rendezvous they also share a stroke section, with a bassist Dezron Douglas and a drummer Willie Jones III. (Through Jan. 2.) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz during Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway , (212) 258-9595, jalc.org; $30 and $35 covers, with a smallest of $10 during tables, $5 during a bar; students, $15 cover. (Chinen)20101223

★ Freddy Cole (Friday and Saturday) A charismatic and amiable vocalist, Mr. Cole performs a customary songbook with tractable grace. He’s expected to pull here from “Freddy Cole Sings Mr. B” (HighNote), his reverence to Billy Eckstine, that warranted him a new Grammy nomination. At 9 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton , (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; $30 side seating, $40 core seating, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)20101223

★ Paquito D’Rivera and Tango Jazz Celebration (Friday by Sunday) Mr. D’Rivera, a enthusiastic Cuban alto saxophonist and clarinetist, celebrates a recover of “Tango Jazz: Live during Jazz during Lincoln Center” (Sunnyside), in a usually correct setting, with suitable partners like a Argentine bassist Pablo Aslan. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 set Friday and Saturday, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz during Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway , (212) 258-9595, jalc.org; $30 and $35 cover, with a smallest of $10 during tables, $5 during a bar. (Chinen)20101223

★ End-of-the-Year Improv Benefit for a Stone (Tuesday by Thursday) The Stone, a nonprofit opening space determined by a iconoclastic composer-saxophonist John Zorn, binds one of a long-lived fund-raisers, sketch on a list of improvisers that includes Mr. Zorn, a trumpeter Dave Douglas, a cellist Erik Friedlander and a drummers Matt Wilson and Tyshawn Sorey. At 8 and 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $20 per set. (Chinen)20101223

4 Generations of Miles (Friday by Sunday) The fast unfamiliarity of Miles Davis’s bands creates it theoretically probable for 4 former sidemen to explain tie to 4 phases of his career. Here those musicians are a drummer Jimmy Cobb, a alto saxophonist Sonny Fortune, a bassist Buster Williams and a guitarist Mike Stern. At 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, during 51st Street , (212) 582-2121, iridiumjazzclub.com; $35 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)20101223

Ari Hoenig Trio (Monday) Ari Hoenig, an irrepressibly kinetic drummer, has loads of knowledge with a pianist Jean-Michel Pilc and a bassist Francois Moutin: for a series of years, they worked together in a quick-reflex contingent led by Mr. Pilc. The repertory will be opposite here, yet a rapport should be a same. From 9:30 p.m. to midnight, Smalls, 183 West 10th Street, West Village , smallsjazzclub.com; $20 cover. (Chinen)20101223