Joey Baron (Friday and Tuesday) Mr. Baron, an irrepressible drummer, programmed the music at the Stone this month, along with the new-music percussionist Robyn Schulkowsky. On Friday at 10 p.m., they dig in with another drummer, Tyshawn Sorey, who plays a preceding set with his trio (see below). On Tuesday at 8 and 10 p.m., Mr. Baron plays in a quieter duo with his former bandleader and longtime kindred spirit, the guitarist Bill Frisell. (Arrive early for that one.) The Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Chinen)
Chicago Underground Duo (Wednesday) The cornetist Rob Mazurek and the drummer Chad Taylor make up this longstanding electro-acoustic entity, which pursues texture and atmosphere as aggressively as melody and rhythm. “Boca Negra” (Thrill Jockey) is the duo’s most recent album, a carefully considered product of the studio and of 21st-century technologies. At 8 p.m., Issue Project Room, 232 Third Street, at Third Avenue, third floor, Gowanus, Brooklyn , (718) 330-0313, issueprojectroom.org; $10, $9 in advance, $8 for members. (Chinen)
Collective Language (Friday) This exploratory four-piece band — with the drummer Gregg Bendian, the alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon, the bassist Peter Brendler and the pianist Adam Kromelow — usually plays compositions by its members. Here, in a coffeehouse setting, the group homes in on music by Thelonious Monk, which is almost always a good idea. At 8 p.m., Caffe Vivaldi, 32 Jones Street, West Village , (212) 691-7538, caffevivaldi.com; no cover. (Chinen)
Stephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio (Wednesday) Mr. Crump, a bassist, has led his Rosetta Trio for several years, making the most of a two-guitar frontline, with Liberty Ellman on nylon-stringed acoustic and Jamie Fox on electric. The group’s new album, “Reclamation” (Sunnyside), is a collection of intimate, engrossing originals likely to crop up again here. At 7 p.m., Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen Street, near Houston Street, Lower East Side , (212) 477-4155, rockwoodmusichall.com; $5 suggested donation. (Chinen)
Steve Kuhn, Dave Liebman, Steve Swallow, Billy Drummond (Tuesday through Thursday) Three members of this all-star band share a bit of history: the pianist Steve Kuhn, the multireedist Dave Liebman and the bassist Steve Swallow all worked together in the early 1980s. Their average age now is 68, which makes the drummer Billy Drummond the youngster in the group. (He recently turned 51.) (Through Sept. 11.) At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton , (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; $30 side seating, $40 center seating, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)
Tony Malaby (Friday through Sunday) Mr. Malaby, a saxophonist given to intelligent bluster, leads three separate bands this weekend, each a slightly different outlet. Apparitions, which plays on Friday at 9 p.m., includes two venturesome drummers — Tom Rainey and John Hollenbeck — along with a bassist, Drew Gress. Novela, performing on Friday and Saturday at 10:30 p.m. and on Sunday at 8:30 p.m., features the same two drummers along with a substantial cohort of horns, conducted by the pianist Kris Davis. And Paloma Recio, playing Saturday at 9 and Sunday at 10 p.m., explores postbop terrain with the subtlest of Spanish accents, abetted by the supple harmonies of the guitarist Ben Monder. Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 or $15 covers, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)
Jenny Scheinman, Mary Halvorson, Ches Smith (Tuesday) Ms. Scheinman, a violinist, and Ms. Halvorson, a guitarist, share an attraction to plain-spoken timbres and an aversion to bland sentimentality. Strong, intuitive improvisers both, they have recently worked together in duo settings; here they welcome Mr. Smith, a ruggedly assertive drummer who has worked often with each of them, separately. At 7 p.m., Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn , (347) 422-0248, barbesbrooklyn.com; $10 suggested donation. (Chinen)
Tyshawn Sorey Project (Friday) Mr. Sorey can play the drums with explosive physicality, but also with a sense of scale and equipoise. He works here with the same creative partners as on an excellent recent album, “Paradoxical Frog” (Clean Feed): the keyboardist Kris Davis and the saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock. At 8 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Chinen)
Steve Swell’s Nation Of We (Wednesday and Thursday) As the name implies, this is an ensemble of many voices, wedded to an ideal of collectivity. Mr. Swell, a trombonist, is the ringleader and instigator of a lineup that includes the saxophonist Darius Jones, the trumpeter Roy Campbell and the cellist Daniel Levin. (Through Sept. 10.) At 8:30 p.m., Roulette at Location One, 20 Greene Street, at Grand Street, SoHo , (212) 219-8242, roulette.org; $15, $10 for students and under 30; members free. (Chinen)
Trio X / Trio Caveat (Tuesday) Trio X, led by the saxophonist Joe McPhee, is a rough-and-tumble free-jazz trio, sharpened by experience and mutual conviction. (Its other members are the drummer Jay Rosen and the bassist Dominic Duval.) Trio Caveat — the bassist James Ilgenfritz, the saxophonist Jonathan Moritz and the guitarist Chris Welcome — is a younger ensemble pursuing similar ideals. At 8 p.m., Issue Project Room, 232 Third Street, at Third Avenue, third floor, Gowanus, Brooklyn , (718) 330-0313, issueprojectroom.org; $10, $9 in advance, $8 for members. (Chinen)
