Michaël Attias’s Spun Tree (Wednesday) To celebrate the release of “Spun Tree,” his new album on Clean Feed, Michaël Attias, a saxophonist and composer of coolly investigative temperament, regroups a smart ensemble with the trumpeter Ralph Alessi, the pianist Matt Mitchell, the bassist Sean Conly and the drummer Tom Rainey. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)
Kenny Barron-Dave Holland Duo (Friday through Sunday) Mr. Barron, a pianist, and Mr. Holland, a bassist, hail from the same jazz generation and share some crucial characteristics, notably a judicious technical command. They have worked together on tour, playing standards and their own tunes — but rarely in a room as comfortably scaled as this one. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $30 cover. (Chinen)
Jane Ira Bloom Trio / Jason Kao Hwang’s Lifelines (Thursday) Textural abstraction has always been a sound improvisational strategy for Jane Ira Bloom, an accomplished soprano saxophonist, who appears here at 8 p.m. with strong regular partners, Mark Helias on bass and Bobby Previte on drums. At 10 p.m. the violinist Jason Kao Hwang presents music for a midsize ensemble that includes several poets, along with the cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, the drummer Andrew Drury and others. At the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; $10 cover. (Chinen)
Marty Ehrlich (Friday) Mr. Ehrlich, a versatile alto saxophonist and virtuoso clarinetist, performs in two settings here, beginning in duologue with the pianist James Weidman. Then he presents his Rites Quartet, a group stocked with several texture-adept improvisers: James Zollar on trumpet, Erik Friedlander on cello and Michael Sarin on drums. At 9:30 p.m., Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, shapeshifterlab.com; $10. (Chinen)
Endangered Blood (Friday and Saturday) Organized but not necessarily led by the multireedist Chris Speed, Endangered Blood draws strength from its players’ mutual, headlong commitment. Besides Mr. Speed, its roster includes the alto saxophonist Oscar Noriega, the bassist Trevor Dunn and the drummer Jim Black; they’ll be drawing partly from a recent self-titled album on Mr. Speed’s label, Skirl. Friday at 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; $10. Saturday at 8 and 9:30 p.m., Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, shapeshifterlab.com; $10. (Chinen)
John Hébert Trinity Project (Sunday) The bassist John Hébert, who has anchored some of the more scintillating small-group happenings of the last decade, teams up with the inventive French pianist Benoît Delbecq and the expressive drummer Gerald Cleaver, fleshing out an imaginative three-part suite inspired by Cajun French culture. At 7 p.m., Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, East Village, (212) 539-8778, joespub.com; $15 cover, with a two-drink minimum. (Chinen)
Darius Jones Quartet (Thursday) With “Book of Mæ’bul (Another Kind of Sunrise)” (Aum Fidelity), the alto saxophonist Darius Jones lobs another depth charge into the post-bop swimming pool, backed by the same dynamic rhythm section found here: the pianist Matt Mitchell, the bassist Trevor Dunn and the drummer Ches Smith. At 8 p.m., Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, West Village, (212) 242-4770, greenwichhouse.org; $15, $12 for students. (Chinen)
Medeski Martin & Wood (Friday through Sunday) This peripatetic groove machine recently passed the 20-year mark, with strong evidence that it hasn’t grown complacent. This week the band — John Medeski on keyboards, Chris Wood on bass and Billy Martin on drums — has been playing a residency with a different guest each night. On Friday it’s the saxophonist Bill Evans, and on Saturday it’s the multireedist Marty Ehrlich. On Sunday the band returns to form, though there’s always the chance of an unannounced visitor. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 475-8592, bluenote.net; $40 cover at tables, $30 cover at the bar, with a $5 minimum. (Chinen)
Out of Your Head Brooklyn (Sunday) This biweekly series assembles crews of young musicians for first-time spontaneous interplay. The first set, at 9:30 p.m., will feature a holiday brass quintet anchored by Dan Peck on tuba; the second set, at 11 p.m., will include the saxophonist Ed Rosenberg and the guitarist Dave Miller. At Freddy’s Bar, 627 Fifth Avenue, at 17th Street, South Slope, (718) 768-0131, freddysbar.com, outofyourhead.org; free. (Chinen)
Jason Robinson’s Janus Ensemble (Tuesday) On his new album, “Tiresian Symmetry” (Cuneiform), Mr. Robinson, a saxophonist and composer drawn to mythological antiquity (and the textural palette of Henry Threadgill), leads his Janus Ensemble over an intriguingly shifting landscape. He’ll do something analogous here, with a band grounded by two drummers, George Schuller and Ches Smith, and otherwise featuring J D Parran and Marty Ehrlich on reeds, Bill Lowe and Marcus Rojas on tubas, Liberty Ellman on guitar and Drew Gress on bass. At 8 p.m., Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, shapeshifterlab.com; $10. (Chinen)
George Schuller’s Circle Wide / Instant Strangers (Tuesday) Mr. Schuller, a drummer, formed Circle Wide to channel the spirit, and some of the music, of Keith Jarrett’s American Quartet of the 1970s. His partners, performing here at 8:45 p.m. — as on a new album, “Listen Both Ways” (Playscape) — are the saxophonist Peter Apfelbaum, the guitarist Brad Shepik, the vibraphonist Tom Beckham and the bassist Dave Ambrosio. A later set will feature the debut of Instant Strangers, an intrepid collective consisting of the alto and baritone saxophonist Tim Berne, the guitarist Mary Halvorson, the bassist Stephen Crump and the drummer Tomas Fujiwara. At 8 p.m., Shapeshifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, shapeshifterlab.com; $10. (Chinen)
