Source: The New York Times.
LUCIAN BAN AND ELEVATION (Saturday) The pianist Lucian Ban has a new album, “Songs From Afar,” which honors his Transylvanian folk heritage even as it pursues a modern chamber-jazz ideal. His essential partner on the album is the violist Mat Maneri, who rejoins him here with the saxophonist Abraham Burton, the bassist John Hébert and the drummer Eric McPherson. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, 212-989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com. (Nate Chinen)
STEVE COLEMAN 60TH-BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (through Sunday) Mr. Coleman, an alto saxophonist and composer, is one of the most rigorously conceptual thinkers in improvised music and a figure of acknowledged influence on the scene. His monthlong residency at the Stone concludes this weekend with Five Elements, his flagship band, featuring Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Maria Grand on tenor saxophone, Miles Okazaki on guitar, Anthony Tidd on bass and either Sean Rickman or Marcus Gilmore on drums. At 8 and 10 p.m., Avenue C and Second Street, East Village, thestonenyc.com. (Chinen)
COLTRANE REVISITED (Friday and Saturday) Timed to coincide with what would have been John Coltrane’s 90th birthday (he was born on Sept. 23, 1926), the pianist Steve Kuhn — one of Coltrane’s sidemen, however briefly — assembles a respectful cast. Eric Alexander endeavors to fill Coltrane’s shoes on tenor saxophone, while Jaleel Shaw plays alto; the rhythm section has Lonnie Plaxico on bass and Steve Smith on drums. At 8:30 and 11 p.m., Birdland, 315 West 44th Street, Clinton, 212-581-3080, birdlandjazz.com. (Chinen)
FESTIVAL OF NEW TRUMPET MUSIC (through Sunday) This annual convocation of trumpet-centric progressivism, rooted in but not restricted to the jazz tradition, concludes with several special programs, like a Friday concert titled “Explorations in New Brass Music,” in an auditorium at the New School (66 West 12th Street). “Night of Large Ensembles,” in the same room on Saturday, will feature the premiere of “Rosa Parks — Oratorio,” by Wadada Leo Smith, as well as the Taylor Ho Bynum PlusTet. And a ceremony and performance honoring John McNeil, in a smaller New School space on Sunday, will feature (among others) the festival’s founder, Dave Douglas. A full festival schedule is at fontmusic.org. (Chinen)
JON IRABAGON QUINTET (Friday) Mr. Irabagon is an audacious saxophonist who has successfully ducked in and out of the modern jazz mainstream. In this quintet he’ll have an incisive front-line partner in the trumpeter Tim Hagans, along with a powerhouse rhythm section: Luis Perdomo on piano, Matt Clohesy on bass and Dan Weiss on drums. At 9 and 10:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, 212-989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com. (Chinen)
INGRID LAUBROCK’S UBATUBA (Tuesday) Ms. Laubrock is a tenor saxophonist drawn to dynamic tension, and in this band — its name, also the title of a new album, is a nod to its tuba player, Dan Peck — she has strong partners for her agenda. Along with Mr. Peck, they are Tim Berne on alto saxophone, Ben Gerstein on trombone and Tom Rainey, her husband, on drums. At 8 and 9:30 p.m., Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, 212-989-9319, corneliastreetcafe.com. (Chinen)
CHES SMITH AT THE STONE (Tuesday through Oct. 2) Mr. Smith, a drummer equally capable of gangly fury or brittle restraint, convenes a handful of his favorite collaborators at the Stone next week — starting on Tuesday with the violist Mat Maneri and the pianist Craig Taborn, who appear on his fine recent album, “The Bell.” Among the other highlights is a deep-drone proposition featuring Mr. Maneri, the tenor saxophonist Travis Laplante and two bassists, Michael Formanek and Stephan Crump (8 p.m. on Wednesday); and a chamberesque set with Nate Wooley on trumpet, Anna Webber on flute, Oscar Noriega on clarinets and Jennifer Choi on violin (8 p.m. Thursday). At 8 and 10 p.m., Avenue C and Second Street, thestonenyc.com. (Chinen)
HENRY THREADGILL’S ZOOID (Tuesday through Oct. 2) Mr. Threadgill recently won a well-deserved Pulitzer Prize for music, on the strength of his assuredly spiky 2015 album, “In for a Penny, In for a Pound.” He’ll be at the Village Vanguard next week with the same band featured on the album: Zooid, a blazingly intuitive chamber-improv unit with Liberty Ellman on guitar, Jose Davila on tuba, Christopher Hoffman on cello and Elliot Kavee on drums. At 8:30 and 10:30 p.m., Village Vanguard, 178 Seventh Avenue South, at 11th Street, West Village, 212-255-4037, villagevanguard.com. (Chinen)
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