Jazz Listings for New York

This weekend in NY, you can find plenty of shows to keep you busy.

REZ ABBASI AND SNAKE CHARMER (Tuesday) On his new album, “Bazaar” (Zoho), the guitarist Rez Abbasi infuses Southeast Asian motifs with jazz flexibility, rock bombast and the swirl of a Hammond B-3 organ. Here Mr. Abbasi reconvenes much of the album’s stellar cast, including the Punjabi singer Kiran Ahluwalia, the Dutch tenor and soprano saxophonist Marc Mommas and the Colorado-reared alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232; cover, $20. (Nate Chinen)

DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY (Thursday) As the name implies, this big band is calibrated for maximum intrigue, with a style that genuflects to Steve Reich minimalism as well as to orchestral jazz in the descent of Bob Brookmeyer. At 10 p.m., Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, between Houston and Bleecker Streets, Lower East Side, (212) 614-0505, bowerypoetry.com; cover, $12. (Chinen)

GARY BARTZ/MULGREW MILLER (Monday) Mr. Bartz is an alto saxophonist with a searching approach, and Mr. Miller is a pianist with an earthy style. Post-Coltrane modality will most likely play a part in their duets, along with some well-conceived original tunes. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, West Village, (212) 475-8592, bluenote.net; cover, $25 at tables, $15 at the bar, with a $5 minimum. (Chinen)

STEVE LEHMAN QUINTET (Thursday) The alto saxophonist and composer Steve Lehman pursues an abstract lyricism informed by myriad traditions; he has intuitive peers in the trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, the vibraphonist Matt Moran, the bassist Matt Brewer and the drummer Tyshawn Sorey. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org; cover, $12; members, $10. (Chinen)

JOE LOVANO NONET (Tonight through Sunday night) Joe Lovano, a tenor saxophonist with much experience in large ensembles, has intermittently led an excellent bop-flavored nonet for a number of years. This week the group has been playing a Miles Davis-centric repertory drawn from Mr. Lovano’s recent Blue Note album, “Streams of Expression.” At 9 and 11, Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; cover, $25, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)

★ RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA QUARTET (Thursday) “Codebook” (Pi), the latest album by the alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, investigates the topic of cryptography, not necessarily the most promising theme for an improviser. What lifts the project off the ground is the brazen imaginative exertion of his band, which is appearing with one substitution: Craig Taborn, who ably fills in on piano for Vijay Iyer. At 8 and 10 p.m., Sweet Rhythm, 88 Seventh Avenue South, at Bleecker Street, West Village, (212) 255-3626, sweetrhythmny.com; cover, $15, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)

MEDESKI MARTIN SCOFIELD & WOOD (Tonight and tomorrow night) Eight years ago the guitarist John Scofield began his jam-band crossover career with “A Go Go” (Verve), an album that cast Medeski Martin & Wood in an accompanying role. Now Mr. Scofield is touring as an equal partner with the groove trio in support of “Out Louder” (Indirecto), an altogether superior new release. At 9, Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey Street, near the Bowery, Lower East Side, (212) 533-2111, boweryballroom.com; $35. (Chinen)

RASHANIM/TALAT (Thursday) The guitarist Jon Madof, the bassist Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz and the percussionist Mathias Künzli are Rashanim, a rambunctious trio with a new album, “Shalosh” (Tzadik), that supports John Zorn’s banner ideal of radical Jewish music. Talat, also celebrating a new album, is a comparably less established ensemble with a promising lineup, including the trumpeter Matt Shulman and the saxophonist Marc Mommaas. At 9 p.m., Zebulon, 258 Wythe Avenue, near Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 218-6934, zebuloncafeconcert.com; no cover. (Chinen)

WALLACE RONEY (Tomorrow) On his recent album “Mystikal” (High Note), Mr. Roney advances a species of Afro-futurism inherited and adapted from his trumpet mentor Miles Davis. He explores similar territory in a hard-hitting ensemble with his brother, Antoine Roney, on tenor and soprano saxophone; Robert Irving on piano; Clarence Seay on bass; Val Jeanty on turntables; and Eric Allen on drums. At 9:30 p.m., Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, at Astor Place, East Village, (212) 539-8778, joespub.com; cover, $20, with a two-drink minimum. (Chinen)

PHAROAH SANDERS (Thursday) Mr. Sanders, an authoritative ambassador of the 1960s avant-garde, has never stopped imbuing his performances with the tone of a spiritual quest; he has worthy acolytes in the pianist William Henderson, the bassist Nat Reeves and the drummer Joe Farnsworth. (Through Dec. 3.) At 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Iridium, 1650 Broadway, at 51st Street, (212) 582-2121, iridiumjazzclub.com; cover, $35, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)

★ MARIA SCHNEIDER JAZZ ORCHESTRA (Tonight through Sunday night) Evocative harmonic coloration and swirling rhythmic undercurrent are two of the chief devices of this large ensemble, led by the composer Maria Schneider. Its ranks include improvisers like the tenor saxophonist Rich Perry and the pianist Frank Kimbrough, but its strength lies in a virtually unsurpassed degree of cohesion. At 7:30 and 9:30, with an additional 11:30 show tonight and tomorrow night, Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; cover, $30. (Chinen)

★ HENRY THREADGILL’S ZOOID (Tonight through Sunday night) The august composer and multi-reedist Henry Threadgill has always nursed a fascination with timbre. These days he indulges it best in this superb ensemble, which finds his flute and alto saxophone in conversation with Liberty Ellman’s acoustic guitar, Jose Davila’s tuba and trombone, Dana Leong and Rubin Kodheli’s cellos, and Elliot Humberto Kavee’s drums. At 9 and 10:30, Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village, (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org; cover, $20; members, $10. (Chinen)

VISION CLUB SERIES (Tomorrow) This off-season outreach of the Vision Festival presents Survival, featuring the saxophonist Henry Warner, the bassist William Parker and the drummer Rashid Bakr (at 7:30); and a separate free-jazz trio led by the saxophonist Charles Gayle (at 9). At 7:30 and 9 p.m., Clemente Soto Velez, 107 Suffolk Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side, (212) 696-6681, visionfestival.org; cover, $10 per set. (Chinen)