From NYTimes.com:
Tim Berne and Michael Formanek (Saturday) Mr. Berne, a saxophonist, and Mr. Formanek, a bassist, have accrued a lot of mileage together, in settings both chamberlike and aggressively unscripted. This special duo performance, part of the Sound It Out series, should recall the spirit of their well-rendered album in that format, “Ornery People,” from just over 15 years ago. At 8 p.m., Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, West Village, 212-242-4770, greenwichhouse.org; $20, $15 for students. (Chinen)
Peter Evans Zebulon Trio (Thursday) Peter Evans, a trumpeter with an expressive command of timbre and texture, named this trio — with John Hébert on bass and Kassa Overall on drums — after the sorely missed club in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where it recorded an album, “Zebulon,” that provides a loose framework of expectation here. At 9 and 11 p.m., the Jazz Gallery at Salt Space, 1160 Broadway, fifth floor, at West 27th Street, 646-494-3625, jazzgallery.org; $15, $10 for members in the first set; $10, $5 for members in the second set. (Chinen)
Go: Organic Orchestra (Monday) This sprawling, meditative large ensemble is a project of Adam Rudolph, an open-minded percussionist, composer and conductor. Drawing inspiration from earthy and elemental sources, it features three dozen musicians, in a diverse whorl of woodwinds, strings, percussion and guitars. At 7 p.m. (open workshop) and 8 p.m. (performance), ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn, shapeshifterlab.com; $15. (Chinen)
Ingrid Laubrock Quintet (Monday) A tenor and soprano saxophonist drawn to a spirit of inquisition, Ingrid Laubrock enlists some accomplished partners in this band: the alto saxophonist Tim Berne, the trombonist Ben Gerstein, the tuba player Dan Peck and the drummer Tom Rainey, her husband. 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)
Tri-Centric Music Festival (through April 19) The Tri-Centric Foundation, organized around the music of the irrepressible avant-garde composer and multireedist Anthony Braxton, is in the midst of a sprawling festival at Roulette in Brooklyn. On Friday at 8 p.m., the trumpeter Nate Wooley presents “Battle Pieces,” a process-oriented work for quartet, in a concert that also includes Mr. Braxton’s “Composition 146,” for 12 flutes, two tubas and percussion. On Saturday at 8 p.m., Mr. Braxton leads his Falling River Music Nonet, sharing a program with the vocalist Fay Victor and her piece “Neighborhood Dynamics.” And over three nights starting on Thursday, at 8 p.m., Mr. Braxton will preside over the premiere of “Trillium J (The Non-Unconfessionables),” his latest opera. A full schedule is at tricentricfoundation.org. Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, near Third Avenue, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, 917-267-0363, roulette.org; $20 to $35, $15 to $30 for students and members. (Chinen)
Dan Weiss (Friday and Saturday) Mr. Weiss, a drummer whose range of interests may be rivaled only by his depth of precision, recently released a breakthrough of an album, “Fourteen,” featuring his beguilingly complex music for a 14-piece chamber ensemble. This album-release engagement will feature the same personnel, including Miles Okazaki on classical and electric guitars; David Binney and Ohad Talmor on saxophones; Jacob Garchik and Ben Gerstein on trombones; Jacob Sacks and Matt Mitchell on either piano or organ; and three unflappable vocalists, Lana Cencic, Judith Berkson and Maria Neckam. At 9 and 11 p.m., the Jazz Gallery at Salt Space, 1160 Broadway, fifth floor, at West 27th Street, 646-494-3625, jazzgallery.org; $22, $10 for members. (Chinen)
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