From NYTimes.com:
Uri Gurvich (Friday through Sunday) Uri Gurvich, a young Israeli alto saxophonist, has a proudly cosmopolitan new album, “BabEl” (Tzadik), featuring the Argentine pianist Leo Genovese, the Bulgarian bassist Peter Slavov, the Cuban drummer Francisco Mela and the Moroccan oud player Brahim Fribgane. This week Mr. Gurvich has been in residency at the Stone, varying his instrumental format and welcoming a few guests, including the guitarist Lionel Loueke (on Sunday). At 8 and 10 p.m., Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; $10 for each set. (Chinen)
Open Loose (Thursday) Mark Helias is a bassist equally committed to the causes of momentum and texture, and in that sense he has a very good thing in Open Loose, a band with Tony Malaby on tenor saxophone and Tom Rainey on drums. At 8:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, (212) 989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $20 cover, includes one drink. (Chinen)
Mike Pride’s From Bacteria to Boys (Wednesday) Mr. Pride is a drummer of strong build and forceful attack, and his writing for From Bacteria to Boys runs toward shifty postbop, constitutionally hardy but prone to digression. Here he draws from “Birthing Days,” one of his two bracing new albums on Aum Fidelity, with a lineup featuring the saxophonists Jon Irabagon and Jonathan Moritz, the pianist and keyboardist Alexis Marcelo and the bassist Peter Bitenc. At 8 p.m., Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, West Village, (212) 242-4770, greenwichhouse.org; $15, $12 for students and 65+. (Chinen)
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