A Weeks Jazz In New York
Cyrille Aimée and the Surreal Band (Friday and Saturday) At 12:45 a.m., Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595, jalc.org
Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet (Friday through Sunday) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 p.m. set on Friday and Saturday, Jazz Standard,116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net
Ben Allison Band (Saturday and Thursday) Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Boulevard, Queens, (718) 463-7700, flushingtownhall.org; free, no reservations required. Thursday from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., Smalls Jazz Club, 183 West 10th Street, West Village, (212) 252-5091, smallsjazzclub.com
The Bad Plus (Friday through Sunday) At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212) 475-8592 bluenote.net
Barbès Turns 10 (Tuesday through May 6) For a lineup, visit barbesbrooklyn.com. At Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (347) 422-0248, barbesbrooklyn.com
Karl Berger’s Improvisers Orchestra (Tuesday) This performance is part of a series, on alternate Tuesdays through May 15, in which the musicians workshop ideas during a 7:30 p.m. open rehearsal, followed by a proper 9 p.m. performance. At Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org
BossaBrasil Festival 2012 (Friday and Saturday) At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com
Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival (Friday through Monday) Among the highlights are the Harlem Renaissance Big Band, on Friday at Jazz 966, 966 Fulton Street, at Grand Avenue; the Winard Harper Group on Saturday at Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue; and a jazz vespers service with the Brandon Sanders Quintet, featuring the vibraphonist Warren Wolf, on Sunday at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 279 Lafayette Avenue.
Eli Degibri Quartet (Tuesday and Wednesday) From 8:30 to 11 p.m., Smalls Jazz Club, 183 West 10th Street, West Village, (212) 252-5091, smallsjazzclub.com
Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter (Friday through Sunday) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., with an 11:30 p.m. set on Friday and Saturday, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595, jalc.org
John Escreet Trio (Saturday) At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org
40twenty / Jesse Stacken (Thursday) The drummer Vinnie Sperrazza along with his partners the pianist Jacob Sacks, the trombonist Jacob Garchik and the bassist Dave Ambrosio — Mr. Sperrazza plays just one set here, at 10 p.m. A preceding set at 8:30 will feature Mr. Stacken, a pianist. At I-Beam Music, 168 Seventh Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn, ibeambrooklyn.com
Friends of Master Drummer Charli Persip (Monday) At 7:30 p.m., Saint Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, (212) 935-2200, saintpeters.org
Tomas Fujiwara and the Hook Up (Friday) At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com
Kenny Garrett Quintet (Friday through Sunday) At 8 and 10 p.m., Iridium Jazz Club, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121, theiridium.com
Henry Grimes’s Sublime Communication Trio (Wednesday) At 7:30 p.m., Zurcher Studio, 33 Bleecker Street, NoHo, (212) 777-0790, galeriezurcher.com
Roy Hargrove Quintet (Friday through Sunday, Tuesday through May 6) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, West Village, (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com
Big Chief Donald Harrison (Friday) At 7:30 p.m., Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, (212) 864-5400, symphonyspace.org
Juilliard Jazz Orchestra, With Frank Wess (Tuesday through May 6) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 258-9595, jalc.org
Lage Lund Trio (Saturday) At 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m., Bar Next Door, 129 Macdougal Street, near West Third Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 529-5945, lalanternacaffe.com
Mat Maneri Quintet (Saturday) At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com
Grégoire Maret (Thursday through May 6) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net
Hugh Masekela and Larry Willis (Tuesday and Wednesday) At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net
Now vs. Now (Wednesday) At 8 p.m., Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, shapeshifterlab.com/portfolio/now-vs-now
Wayne Shorter Quartet (Friday and Saturday) At 8 p.m., Frederick P. Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, 60th Street and Broadway, (212) 721-6500, jalc.org
Sean Smith Quartet (Wednesday) From 7 to 9 p.m., 55 Bar, 55 Christopher Street, West Village, (212) 929-9883, 55bar.com
Thumbscrew (Sunday) At 8 p.m., Sycamore, 1118 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, (347) 240-5850, sycamorebrooklyn.com
Steve Turre Quintet (Friday and Saturday) At 8, 10 and 11:30 p.m., Smoke, 2751 Broadway, at 106th Street, (212) 864-6662, smokejazz.com
