The Bad Plus (Wednesday) Since forming about a decade ago, this acoustic power trio — Reid Anderson on bass, Ethan Iverson on piano, David King on drums — has been known for its canny twists on the pop repertory, something the band pushed to the limit with an album released last year. “Never Stop” (E1), due out on Tuesday, swings the pendulum the other direction: all originals, start to finish, with everybody pitching in. Opening for the band here, in an inspired twist, is the soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome, whose most recent self-released album consists entirely of solo performances, and compellingly so. At 9 p.m., Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side , (212) 533-2111, boweryballroom.com; $25. (Chinen)
Claudia Quintet (Friday and Saturday) Established a little over a dozen years ago by the drummer-composer John Hollenbeck, this ensemble turns out music of clockwork intricacy and crisp premeditation. “Royal Toast” (Cuneiform) exudes the same coolly assertive air as each of the band’s previous four albums, striking a similar accord between the factions of progressive jazz, classical Minimalism and low-glare experimental rock. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $15 cover, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)
Jon Irabagon Trio (Tuesday) A saxophonist of formidable technique and frisky temperament, Jon Irabagon has a new album, “Foxy” (Hot Cup), featuring the same musicians appearing here: Peter Brendler, a peer, on bass and Barry Altschul, an approving elder, on drums. 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)
Marc Ribot (Wednesday) Mr. Ribot is a vagabond poet on solo guitar, as he proved nine years ago with his superb album “Saints” (Atlantic). His hauntingly intimate new release, “Silent Movies” (Pi), due out on Sept. 28, features music composed for (or inspired by) films, much of it starkly acoustic and all of it attuned to the air it displaces in a room. At 7 p.m., Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street, Greenwich Village , (212) 555-3474, lepoissonrouge.com; $15, $17 day of show. (Chinen)
Steve Swell’s Nation Of We (Friday) 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. 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)
