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Rez Abbasi Acoustic Quartet (Friday) On “RAAQ” (AbstractLogix), a new manuscript whose pretension is an acronym for this band, a guitarist Rez Abbasi brings courteous clarity to a module of pointy originals and engaging covers, including a square by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. His partners in a party are a vibraphonist Bill Ware, a bassist Michael Bisio and a drummer Eric McPherson. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $15 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Nate Chinen)

Aum Fidelity during a Stone (Friday by Thursday) The residue of Jun during a Stone has been orderly by Steven Joerg, who runs Aum Fidelity, a tiny yet moral tag clinging to initial music. His programming naturally touches on some in-house tag talent, like a effort saxophonist David S. Ware, who plays a 8 p.m. set on Friday, and a alto saxophonist Darius Jones, who plays both 8 and 10 p.m. sets on Thursday. For a full schedule, see thestonenyc.com. The Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village; $10. (Chinen)

★ Dee Dee Bridgewater: To Billie with Love / Chrisette Michele: The Music of Ella, Billie Sarah (Friday) Ms. Bridgewater, who took home a Grammy Award this year, revisits a grounds behind her winning manuscript in a jazz outspoken category: an extroverted, briskly low-pitched reverence to Billie Holiday that emphasizes hardiness along with heartache. Sharing a check is Chrisette Michele, a younger thespian some-more in line with RB, yet she’ll be operative here to infer her fixing with several jazz-vocal touchstones, Holiday among them. Part of a Blue Note Jazz Festival. At 8 p.m., Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, Manhattan, (800) 982-2787, the-townhall-nyc.org; $45 and $50. (Chinen)

★ Ron Carter Trio Featuring Mulgrew Miller and Russell Malone / Tom Harrell: Jazz Meets Classical: Debussy Ravel (Tuesday) Ron Carter, one of jazz’s many rarely regarded bassists, has led this chamberlike organisation — with Mulgrew Miller, an worldly yet modern-spirited pianist, and Russell Malone, a sensitively gorgeous guitarist — for a array of years, with superb results. And vocalization of elegance, it’s one peculiarity we competence pretty design from a other garb on a bill, led by a trumpeter Tom Harrell and featuring reworkings of song by a span of French impressionist composers. Part of a Blue Note Jazz Festival. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea, (212) 414-5994, highlineballroom.com; $30 in advance, $35 day of show, with a $10 smallest during tables. (Chinen)

★ Gerald Clayton Trio (Thursday) With “Bond: The Paris Sessions” (Emarcy), his higher second album, a pianist Gerald Clayton delivers a state-of-the-art piano contingent record, beautifully recorded, with a clarity of soulful equilibrium. His excellent operative trio, with Joe Sanders on drum and Justin Brown on drums, has a possess denunciation together, trafficking simply in some of jazz’s stream obsessions — neo-gospel harmony, aerodynamic rhythm, a glorification of a mermaid — even when they’re refurbishing a standard. (Through Jul 3.) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $25. (Chinen)

Jimmy Cobb and Cobb’s Mob (Friday and Saturday) The princely hard-bop drummer Jimmy Cobb has served as a coach to many immature musicians by this band. One, a guitarist Peter Bernstein, takes a symphonic lead here, alongside a pianist Richard Wyands and a bassist Yonatan Levi. At 8, 10 and 11:30 p.m., Smoke, 2751 Broadway, during 106th Street, (212) 864-6662, smokejazz.com; $35 cover, with non-static minimum. (Chinen)

★ Ravi Coltrane Quartet (Friday and Saturday) Ravi Coltrane was recently brought into a Blue Note Records roster, a essential pierce for all concerned — and one some-more reason, if any were required, to compensate courtesy to him and his operative band. Here, as usual, he balances his slippery, courteous effort and soprano saxophone personification opposite a cohesive stir of a stroke territory with a pianist Luis Perdomo, a bassist Drew Gress and a drummer E. J. Strickland. At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; $30 cover for side seating and $40 for core seating, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)

Claire Daly Quintet (Friday and Saturday) Claire Daly, a baritone saxophonist and flutist, wrote a song on her new album, “Mary Joyce Project: Nothing to Lose” (Daly Bread), in respect of her father’s cousin, a initial non-Alaskan to transport by dogsled from Juneau to Fairbanks, in a mid-1930s. The music, symphonic and searching, was recognised by Ms. Daly with her pianist, Steve Hudson, who rejoins her here. At 11:30 p.m., Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz during Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595, jalc.org; $10 to $20 cover; students $5 to $10. (Chinen)

Shane Endsley and a Music Band (Saturday) “Then a Other” (Low Electrical), expelled this year, is an artless matter of element for Mr. Endsley, a trumpeter with a affinity for low tune and deeper groove. He revisits a album’s themes here with a sure-footed organisation featuring a pianist Gerald Clayton, a bassist Matt Brewer and a saxophonist John Ellis. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $15 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)

Kenny Garrett Quartet (Tuesday by Thursday) Kenny Garrett can be among a many satirical saxophonists in jazz, a soloist of volcanic power and forked insight. It has been awhile given he had a operative rope co-ordinate with his possess talent, yet this one — with Benito Gonzalez on piano, Nat Reeves on drum and Ronald Bruner on drums — has during slightest a fighting chance. (Through Jul 3.) 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 to $35 cover, with a smallest of $10 during tables, $5 during a bar. (Chinen)

★ Roy Hargrove Quintet / The Badwagon (Friday) Roy Hargrove, an mostly gorgeous trumpeter with a knack for purposeful soul, headlines this giveaway Celebrate Brooklyn! uncover with his ace postbop quintet. Also on a bill, intriguingly, is a mashup of dual other operative bands: a Bandwagon, led by a pianist Jason Moran, with Tarus Mateen on drum and Nasheet Waits on drums; and a Bad Plus, featuring a pianist Ethan Iverson, a bassist Reid Anderson and a drummer David King. Christened a Badwagon, it binds a guarantee of inclement revelation. At 7:30 p.m., Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 683-5600, bricartsmedia.org/performing-arts/celebrate-brooklyn; $3 suggested donation. (Chinen)

Jon Hendricks and Annie Ross (Monday by Wednesday) As a pre-emptive jubilee of his 90th birthday, that will indeed come in September, Mr. Hendricks reunites with Ms. Ross — his aged partner in Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, a sparklingly hip and widely successful singing group that brought vocalese to a masses half a century ago. Joining them is Nikki Yanofsky, a discriminating teenage jazz thespian from Canada who proudly wears Mr. Hendricks’s sign of approval. Part of a Blue Note Jazz Festival. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 475-8592, bluenote.net; $45 cover during tables, $30 during a bar, with a $5 minimum. (Chinen)

★ Dave Holland Quintet (Monday) The tough athleticism and low intensity of Dave Holland’s drum personification have figured prominently in jazz given a late 1960s, when he was recruited by a nervous Miles Davis. Mr. Holland’s career as a bandleader, that began shortly afterward, has always been about intelligent experimentalism with a brazen thrust. The best new painting has been this bomb yet sure-footed quintet, that now includes Chris Potter on saxophones, Robin Eubanks on trombone, Steve Nelson on vibraphone and Nate Smith on drums. Part of a Blue Note Jazz Festival. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Highline Ballroom, 431 West 16th Street, Chelsea, (212) 414-5994, highlineballroom.com; $25 in advance, $30 day of show, with a $10 smallest during tables. (Chinen)

The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Thursday) Organized by a trombonist Conrad Herwig, who done a well-received manuscript by this name in a mid-1990s, a Latin Side of John Coltrane does accurately what it promises, with crackling poise. Joining a rope as a guest soloist here is a effort saxophonist Joe Lovano, who has piloted his share of Coltrane tributes, always with style. Part of a Blue Note Jazz Festival. (Through Jul 3.) At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 475-8592, bluenote.net; $35 cover during tables, $20 during a bar, with a $5 minimum. (Chinen)

Milton Nascimento (Friday) During his artistic peak, in a 1970s, a Brazilian singer-songwriter Mr. Nascimento warranted his repute as an courageous and sensitive troubadour, a high clergyman and pied piper of a speechless vocal. He hasn’t reached those heights in a while — his many new solo release, “Novas Bossas” (Blue Note), from 2008, is a important yet pro forma repertory manuscript — yet his concerts still reason a intensity for moments of stimulating grace. Part of a Blue Note Jazz Festival. At 7 p.m., Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz during Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 721-6500, jalc.org; $30 to $120. (Chinen)

‘A Night in Treme’ (Friday and Saturday) More than any details of impression or plot, it’s a realistic diligence of New Orleans song — as community ritual, as informative currency, as a means of medium income or carnal muster — that forms a fortitude of a HBO array “Treme.” This furloughed package facilities some impending talent, including a saxophonist and Mardi Gras Indian arch Donald Harrison; a percussionist Cyril Neville, of a Meters and a Neville Brothers; and a guitar and banjo actor Detroit Brooks. At 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $30. (Chinen)


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