(Chinen) Alex Sipiagin Group (Wednesday and Thursday) The trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, who favors a smartly updated variation on hard-bop, just released "Live at Smalls" (SmallsLIVE), an album that captures the vibrancy and vitality of his style.
Given this perspective, Socrates has to show that smartly pursuing one's happiness favors being just (which requires always acting justly) over being unjust (which tolerates temptation to injustice and worse), apart from the consequences that attend to the appearance of being just or unjust.
Born in 1917, Kirby (né Jacob Kurtzberg) was a pugnacious child of the Depression-era Lower East Side and thus far more likely to favor a sure paycheck over a smartly negotiated contract.
(Chinen) Darius Jones Quartet (Tuesday) The alto saxophonist Darius Jones favors a robust and personal take on post-1960s free jazz, working here with a smartly adaptable rhythm section featuring Matt Mitchell on piano, Trevor Dunn on bass and Chad Taylor on drums.
At 7 30 and 9 30 p.m., Jazz Standard, 116 East 27th Street, Manhattan, (212) 576-2232, jazzstandard.net; $20. (Chinen) Darius Jones Quartet (Monday) The alto saxophonist Darius Jones favors a robust and personal take on post-1960s free jazz, working here with a smartly adaptable rhythm section featuring Matt Mitchell on piano, Trevor Dunn on bass and Ches Smith on drums.
Or should the propeller-heads of the economic policymaking community be smartly slapped down in favor of commonsense and tradition?
There was no formal announcement about Mr. Gates directing his military staff to shed their fatigues in favor of business uniforms — the smartly pressed ones bedecked with combat medals and service ribbons that are the military equivalent of a civilian coat and tie, worn with dress shoes and not combat boots.
Larry Flick of Billboard reviewed the song favorably, writing that it is "a wonderfully refreshing release that smartly side-steps her tried-and-true balladry in favor of a credible foray into jeep-funk territory".
While Quidditch played a role in the books all the way up to the final installment, the movies smartly excised many scenes on the pitch in favor of exploring the inner emotional lives of its characters.
