Jazz Listings From The New York Times

From NYTimes.com:

Michael Bates Quartet (Friday) The bassist Michael Bates brings a prickly fluency to his role as bandleader-arranger on “Acrobat: Music for, and by, Dmitri Shostakovich,” his most recent album. He lines up a different ensemble for this engagement, but one with a comparable skill set: Gregory Tardy on saxophones, Bobby Avey on piano and Jeremy Clemons on drums. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, 212-989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com; $10 cover, with a $10 minimum. (Chinen)

Bizingas/Kirk Knuffke Quartet (Thursday) Led by the trombonist and keyboardist Brian Drye, Bizingas, playing here at 8:30 p.m., favors an aesthetic informed by electronic music, rock and avant-garde jazz. Its ranks include the cornetist Kirk Knuffke, who plays his own set at 9:30 p.m. with the saxophonist John O’Gallagher and the guitarist Miles Okazaki. IBeam, 168 Seventh Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn, ibeambrooklyn.com; $15. (Chinen)

Celebrate Ornette: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Thursday) This salute to the trailblazing saxophonist and composer Ornette Coleman — a joint presentation of Celebrate Brooklyn! and the Blue Note Jazz Festival — features his son, Denardo Coleman, on drums and at the helm. This free show’s illustrious guest list, with Denardo Coleman Vibe as a house band, will include the performance artists Patti Smith and Laurie Anderson; the saxophonists Henry Threadgill and David Murray; the guitarists Bill Laswell, Thurston Moore and James Blood Ulmer; the pianists Geri Allen and Bruce Hornsby; and the bassist Flea. And no promises, but there could also conceivably be an appearance by the man of the hour. At 7 p.m., Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park West and Ninth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn, 718-683-5600, bricartsmedia.org. (Chinen)

Michael Formanek’s Elusion Trio (Thursday) Mr. Formanek, a bassist and composer drawn to scintillating frictions, has excellent partners in the pianist Kris Davis and the drummer Ches Smith, who round out this new band. 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)

HNH (Thursday) The name of this avant-garde European collective refers to the surnames of Thomas Heberer, who plays a quarter-tone trumpet; Pascal Niggenkemper, a bassist; and Joe Hertenstein, a drummer. At 8 p.m., Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, West Village, 212-242-4770, greenwichhouse.org; $15, $12 for students. (Chinen)

Briggan Krauss at the Stone (Tuesday through June 15) An alto and baritone saxophonist with a special gift for textural abstraction, Briggan Krauss sets up shop at the Stone next week, beginning on Tuesday with a solo performance (at 8 p.m.) and a quartet featuring Jacob Sacks on piano, John Hébert on bass and Jim Black (at 10 p.m.). H-Alpha, his band with Mr. Black and the electronic musician Ikue Mori, plays on Wednesday, adding the guitarist Nels Cline for its second set; on Thursday Mr. Krauss plays first with the Micro Titans, and then with Han Blasts Panel. At the Stone, Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com; $15 per set; $10 per set for 13- to -19-year-old students. (Chinen)

Red Hook Jazz Festival (Sunday) Now in its seventh year, this proudly grass-roots festival takes place on two consecutive Sundays, in a community garden near the industrial Brooklyn waterfront. Highlights of this weekend’s lineup include the Ralph Alessi Trio, led by its namesake trumpeter, with Drew Gress on bass and Mark Ferber on drums; Azares, which includes the guitarists Joe Morris and Ryan Ferreira; Aberikula, led by the drummer Harris Eisenstadt and featuring Nate Wooley on trumpet and Sara Serpa on vocals; and Deathblow, led by the guitarist Amanda Monaco, with Michaël Attias on saxophone. From 1 to 6 p.m., the Urban Meadow, at President and Van Brunt Streets, Brooklyn, urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com; $10 for adults, free for children. (Chinen)

Vision Festival (Wednesday through June 15) This festival, the country’s leading annual summit of avant-garde jazz, has dedicated its 19th edition to the memory of Amiri Baraka, with poets reading from his work each night. The festival will also bestow a lifetime achievement honor on the free-jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle, featuring him in several groups on Wednesday night, notably a large-scale Vision Artist Orchestra. Thursday’s program will celebrate the action painter and festival fixture Jeff Schlanger, with musicians including the multireedist Peter Brötzmann with William Parker on bass and Hamid Drake on drums. At 7 p.m., Roulette, 509 Atlantic Avenue, near Third Avenue, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, 212-254-5420, artsforart.org; $30 per day, $20 for students, $140 for a five-day pass, $270 for a V.I.P. pass. (Chinen)