He pursues a similar agenda in this engagement, featuring the hyperarticulate Cuban drummer Dafnis Prieto.
The festival, really a high-profile club engagement, features two celebrated artists from Brazil: the pianist and composer Cesar Camargo Mariano, above, and the guitarist and singer Jo Bosco.
All of which is sure to factor into this engagement, featuring the sterling rhythm section of Mike LeDonne on piano, Rufus Reid on bass and Carl Allen on drums.
"Live at Birdland," meanwhile, offers a single disc of highlights from a 2010 engagement featuring Mr. Hall's current trio, augmented by the alto saxophonist Greg Osby.
In an engagement featuring three programs, Pilobolus will present its first full-evening work, "Megawatt>Full Strength," and two collections of company favorites, when it performs at the Joyce Theater from July 11 through Aug. 6.
This engagement features the same superb ensemble as on the album: Mr. Hill on piano, Charles Tolliver on trumpet, Greg Tardy on tenor saxophone and clarinets, John Hebert on bass and Eric McPherson on drums.
★ Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (Friday and Saturday) Now celebrating its 10th anniversary, this conscientious big band ranges far and wide within its repertory for this engagement, featuring older arrangements along with recent commissions by Miguel Zenón, Vijay Iyer and others.
That trio will play the Jazz Standard next Tuesday and Wednesday, and then stay on as the rhythm section for a New Year's Eve engagement featuring a 14-piece big band.
As on a recent album, "Odean's List" (In and Out), this engagement features yet another saxophonist as a guest soloist: Mr. Carter, a longtime admirer and fellow traveler of the band.
All are sure to factor into this engagement, featuring the bassist Ron Carter, his fellow National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, as well as Mike LeDonne on piano and Carl Allen on drums.
