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MICHAEL BATES’S OUTSIDE SOURCES (Thursday) On his most recent release, “Clockwise” (Greenleaf), the bassist Mr. Bates presents a batch of resourcefully slippery compositions for Outside Sources, a quartet consisting of fellow searchers: the trumpeter Russ Johnson, the multireedist Quinsin Nachoff and the drummer Jeff Davis. The same group reassembles here, probably with new material to add to the old. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 cover, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)

MARK FELDMAN AND SYLVIE COURVOISIER (Saturday) Ms. Courvoisier, a pianist and composer, pursues intricacy and rigor; Mr. Feldman, a violinist, favors plangent power. Partners by marriage, they perform music from two duo albums here: “Malphas: Book of Angels Vol. 3” (Tzadik), featuring music by John Zorn (at 8 p.m.); and “Oblivia” (Tzadik), consisting of their own originals (at 10). The Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10 per set. (Chinen)

MICHAEL FORMANEK QUARTET (Thursday) At 10 p.m., Michael Formanek, a nimble and powerful bassist, regroups an ensemble of sympathetic souls, including one of his longtime partners, the alto saxophonist Tim Berne; the others are Craig Taborn on piano and Gerald Cleaver on drums. An 8 p.m. set will put Mr. Formanek in sparse duologue with the violinist Mark Feldman. The Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10 per set. (Chinen)

TONY MALABY’S TAMARINDO (Friday and Saturday) Free improvisation, often strenuous and unbridled, is the chief methodology on “Tamarindo” (Clean Feed), a fine recent release by the tenor and soprano saxophonist Tony Malaby. The album features the same alert and inventive rhythm team that appears here: William Parker on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums. What it doesn’t feature is a frontline partner, like the august avant-garde trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, heard here. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village , (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org; $20, members $10. (Chinen)

TRIO 3 WITH GERI ALLEN (Saturday) Never mind the redundancy in the title, or that this avant-garde collective actually works here as a quartet. The alto saxophonist Oliver Lake, the bassist Reggie Workman and the drummer Andrew Cyrille are battle-ready teammates; they stand only to gain from the addition of the pianist Geri Allen, as they recently proved on an album called “At This Time” (Intakt). At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Sistas’ Place, 456 Nostrand Avenue, at Jefferson Avenue, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn , (718) 398-1766, sistasplace.org; $25. (Chinen)

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