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Tony Malaby (Friday and Saturday) This tenor saxophonist has a burly but beseeching tone, and in his own bands he often pushes toward an amiable ruckus. He leads two of his current outlets here, starting at 9 p.m. with a longstanding trio featuring the pianist Angelica Sanchez and the drummer Tom Rainey. At 10:30 p.m. he spearheads Novela, a richly textured nonet featuring sharp improvisers like the trumpeter Ralph Alessi and the trombonist Ben Gerstein. The compositions are Mr. Malaby’s, and the arrangements are by Kris Davis, the pianist in the group. At Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)
Mt. Varnum / The New Mellow Edwards (Friday) Ted Poor, a drummer whose thoughtful agility has made him nearly ubiquitous on the current jazz scene, is the mastermind behind Mt. Vernon, an indie-rock band making its New York debut here. The band’s lead singer is Grey McMurray; its roster otherwise includes Pete Rende on piano and keyboards and Ben Street on bass. And it shares more than a little aesthetic overlap with the other band on this double bill, the New Mellow Edwards, which includes Curtis Hasselbring on trombone and guitar, Chris Speed on reeds, Matt Moran on vibraphone and Mary Halvorson on guitar — and which will be playing a new piece, “Number Stations,” inspired by shortwave radio. At 9 p.m., 92YTriBeCa, 200 Hudson Street, at Canal Street, (212) 601-1000, 92ytribeca.org; $12 in advance, $15 day of show. (Chinen)
★ Marc Ribot Trio (Tuesday through July 1) Marc Ribot, whose persuasively prickly guitar playing has long been a protean feature of the downtown scene, leads the trio previously at the core of Spiritual Unity, his tribute to the free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler. The bassist is Henry Grimes, a survivor of the Ayler-era avant-garde; the drummer is Chad Taylor, who also works in the realm of experimental rock. It’s not a group one expects to see at the Village Vanguard, despite Ayler’s history there, so consider this a momentous incursion. At 9 and 11 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, (212) 255-4037, villagevanguard.com; $25, with a one-drink minimum. (Chinen)
Curtis Hasselbring, Oscar Noriega, Tom Rainey / Pete Robbins Quintet (Tuesday) Mr. Hasselbring, a venturesome trombonist and guitarist, teams up here with the multireedist Oscar Noriega and the drummer Tom Rainey, playing a 9 p.m. set as part of the Konceptions series. At 10:30 p.m. the alto saxophonist Pete Robbins leads an exploratory quintet with Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Carlos Homs on piano, Carlo De Rosa on bass and Tyshawn Sorey on drums. At Korzo, 667 Fifth Avenue, at 20th Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, (718) 285-9425, eurotripbrooklyn.com, konceptionsmusicseries.wordpress.com; $10 suggested donation per set, with a two-drink minimum. (Chinen)
★ Terje Rypdal (Wednesday) Mr. Rypdal, the Norwegian guitarist and composer, has a three-CD boxed set of reissued material, “Odyssey — In Studio & In Concert,” due out on ECM next month. With music dating to the mid-1970s, it’s a reminder of the breadth of his career, and the extent to which he has expanded on it. For this rare stateside appearance, he leads the ensemble at the core of his most recent ECM release, “Crime Scene”: Palle Mikkelborg on trumpet, Stale Storlokken on Hammond B-3 organ and Paolo Vinaccia on drums and sampler. At 7:30 p.m., Le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, near Thompson Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 505-3474, lepoissonrouge.com; $25 in advance, $30 day of show. (Chinen)
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