Source: The New York Times.
The Bad Plus (Tuesday through April 10) An acoustic piano trio with a collectivist heart, the Bad Plus holds fast to the idea of a group identity, essential and inviolable. Last year the band released an excellent album with a respectful interloper, the saxophonist Joshua Redman, but here the lineup will strictly feature core members: the pianist Ethan Iverson, the bassist Reid Anderson and the drummer David King. At 7:30 and 9:30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, 212-576-2232, jazzstandard.net. (Nate Chinen)
Pharoah Sanders Quartet (Tuesday through April 9) On Monday, the tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders will be recognized as a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master at the Kennedy Center in Washington. The following night, Mr. Sanders, 75, will bring his ecstatic, gruffly spiritual style to Birdland, beginning a five-night run with a muscular rhythm team: the pianist William Henderson, the bassist Nat Reeves and the drummer Greg Bandy. At 8:30 and 11 p.m., 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, 212-581-3080, birdlandjazz.com. (Chinen)
John Scofield Quartet Featuring John Medeski (Tuesday through April 10) The guitarist John Scofield has never met a groove he couldn’t finesse, whether in the context of groovy post-bop or slinky R&B. Next week he leads a band with a marquee collaborator: John Medeski, the keyboardist in Medeski Martin & Wood, with whom Mr. Scofield has joined forces often over the last 20 years. At 8 and 10:30 p.m., Blue Note, 131 West Third Street, Greenwich Village, 212-475-8592, bluenote.net. (Chinen)
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