From NYTimes.com:
Taylor Ho Bynum New Sextet (Saturday) An adventurous cornetist with a clear sense of rugged independence — next month he’ll take a two-week tour of his native New England via bicycle, playing concerts along the way — Taylor Ho Bynum has his best compositional output in this chamberlike group, with veteran partners like the guitarist Mary Halvorson and the saxophonist Jim Hobbs. 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)
Oliver Lake Organ Quartet (Tuesday and Wednesday) The incisive alto saxophonist Oliver Lake has a soulful recent album, “Makin’ It” (Passin’ Thru), featuring a trio with Jared Gold on Hammond B3 organ. Here Mr. Lake expands to a quartet, enlisting Mr. Gold along with the trumpeter Freddie Hendrix and the drummer Chris Beck. At 7 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan , (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $20. (Chinen)
Paul Motian, Mark Turner, Tony Malaby, Bill Frisell (Tuesday through Thursday) One of the great rites of summer in New York is the annual two-week Village Vanguard engagement by Mr. Motian, a slippery drummer; Mr. Frisell, a shadowy guitarist; and Joe Lovano, a gruff-meets-gentle tenor saxophonist. This year there’s a wrinkle: that all-star trio will headline at the club for a week, preceded by this less familiar aggregation. Like Mr. Lovano, Mr. Malaby and Mr. Turner are tenor and soprano saxophonists, but each has his own irrefutable style, respectively suggesting earth and air. (Through Aug. 29.) At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village , (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; $25 cover, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)
Matthew Shipp (Monday) Every aspect of music-making sets off a calculation, in real time, for Mr. Shipp. Performing a pair of solo piano sets here, he’ll bring a revisionist impulse to standards and originals alike, drawing partly from “4D” (Thirsty Ear), his most recent release. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village , (212) 475-8592, bluenote.net; $15 cover at tables, $10 at the bar, with a $5 minimum. (Chinen)
Trio 3 With Geri Allen (Friday and 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 Ms. Allen, as they recently proved on an album called “At This Time” (Intakt). At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton , (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; $30 or $40 cover, with a $10 minimum at tables. (Chinen)
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