Jazz Listings from the New York Times

From NYTimes.com:

ACT (Saturday) On a self-titled debut, released on the Brooklyn Jazz Underground label, this three-piece band pursues a style both hypnotic and rough-and-tumble, drawing freely from the saxophone-trio playbook but guarding its independence. The members of the group — the saxophonist Ben Wendel, the bassist Harish Raghavan and the drummer Nate Wood — are all members of Kneebody, a larger, hazier band, but one that upholds similar convictions. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Jazz Gallery, 290 Hudson Street, at Spring Street, South Village , (212) 242-1063, jazzgallery.org; $20; $10 for members. (Nate Chinen)

APEX: RUDRESH MAHANTHAPPA AND BUNKY GREEN (Tuesday and Wednesday) Mr. Mahanthappa, an alto saxophonist with a searching intelligence and an incisive instrumental voice, recently established a collaborative rapport with Mr. Green, a fellow alto player more than 35 years his senior. Apex, the resulting group, is more than a generation-spanning experiment: it’s a rare opportunity to hear Mr. Green outside of the classroom, and beyond his home base of Chicago. The rhythm section, which has been thoughtfully assembled, consists of the pianist Jason Moran, the bassist François Moutin and the drummer Damion Reid. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan , (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $25. (Chinen)

MICHAEL BATES’S OUTSIDE SOURCES +1 (Sunday) On his most recent release, “Clockwise” (Greenleaf), the bassist Michael Bates presents a batch of resourcefully slippery compositions for Outside Sources, a quartet consisting of fellow searchers: the trumpeter Russ Johnson, the multireedist Quinsin Nachoff and the drummer Jeff Davis. The guest addition here is Oscar Noriega, playing bass clarinet. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; cover, $10, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)

PETER BRÖTZMANN AND HAMID DRAKE (Sunday) Mr. Brötzmann is a German saxophonist known for an abrasive and uncontainable sound; Mr. Drake is an American drummer based in Chicago, and possessed of a driving and protean style. Their texture-minded duo interplay was the focus of an album called “Dried Rat Dog” (Okka Disc) — but that was a dozen years ago, and they have since logged many hours together in larger bands, which can only bode well here. At 7 and 9 p.m., SEA Theater, Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, 107 Suffolk Street, at Rivington Street, Lower East Side , (212) 254-5420, visionfestival.org; $15 per set, or $20 for both; $10 and $15 for students. (Chinen)

MARTY EHRLICH RITES QUARTET (Friday) Marty Ehrlich, a versatile alto saxophonist and virtuoso clarinetist, teams up here with several adaptable and sympathetic improvisers: Ron Horton on trumpet, Erik Friedlander on cello and Mike Sarin on drums. At 10 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Chinen)

AMIR ELSAFFAR-HAFEZ MODIRZADEH QUINTET (Sunday) As on a scintillating new album, “Radif Suite” (Pi), Amir ElSaffar, an Iraqi-American trumpeter, collaborates here with Hafez Modirzadeh, an Iranian-American saxophonist, playing an improvised music that incorporates traditional elements of Iraqi maqam and Persian dastgah. Their rhythm section is capably poised to respond to any shift in texture; it consists of the bassist Mark Dresser and the drummer-percussionist Alex Cline. At 10 p.m., Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street, Greenwich Village , (212) 505-3474, lepoissonrouge.com; $15. (Chinen)

ESP LIVE (Tuesday) In the first set of this series, organized by the experimental label ESP-Disk, the alto saxophonist Matana Roberts probes her own compositions in a trio with the guitarist Liberty Ellman and the drummer Tomas Fujiwara (at 10 p.m.). The second set (at 11) will feature the improvising duo known as Sparks, with Peter Evans on trumpet and Tom Blancarte on bass. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, near Bleecker Street, East Village , live.espdisk.com; $10. (Chinen)

ROBIN HOLCOMB (Friday through Sunday) Ms. Holcomb seeks out meditative spaces as a pianist and singer, and she softens her experimental urges with an enveloping lyricism. On Friday she performs in a vocal context, playing and singing in conjunction with the experimental fiction writer Lynne Tillman. On Saturday she digs in with Tony Scherr on guitar and vocals and Doug Wieselman on clarinet and saxophone; on Sunday she revisits “Larks They Crazy,” an off-kilter classic released more than 20 years ago, with the original crew of Marty Ehrlich and Mr. Wieselman on reeds, Dave Hofstra on bass and Kenny Wollesen on drums. At 8 p.m., the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village , thestonenyc.com; $10. (Chinen)

DAVE HOLLAND QUINTET (Tuesday through Thursday) Characterized by rhythmic assertiveness, tight counterpoint and an unconventional blend of timbres, this ensemble has history at Birdland, having recorded an exhilarating live album there a number of years ago. “Pathways” (Dare2), the new octet release by its bassist-bandleader, Dave Holland, was similarly recorded at the club, with every member of the quintet on board: the trombonist Robin Eubanks, the saxophonist Chris Potter, the vibraphonist Steve Nelson and the drummer Nate Smith. (Through April 24.) At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton , (212) 581-3080, birdlandjazz.com; cover, $30 and $40, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)

INGRID LAUBROCK’S ANTI-HOUSE (Saturday) Ms. Laubrock is a tenor and soprano saxophonist of experimental temperament — the name of her band here, with its flat negation of shelter, feels appropriate — and she knows how to rally other musicians to her cause. She has excellent partners in the guitarist Mary Halvorson, the bassist John Hébert and the drummer Tom Rainey. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village , (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; cover, $10, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)

JENNY SCHEINMAN AND MARY HALVORSON (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 worked often in duo settings, though less often with each other. At 7 p.m., Barbès, 376 Ninth Street, at Sixth Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn , (347) 291-4328, barbesbrooklyn.com; cover, $10. (Chinen)